06/10/2024
How to box train a reluctant kitten. (Ours won't be a problem. They're trained by their mothers.)
Is it a fairly young kitten? Generally the mama box trains them but since she hasn't you will have to do it. Unfortunately there is no easy, fast way; training takes time! So here we go! You need a small room, a bathroom is perfect. Take out everything a kitten can hide behind. He'd probably rather hide behind the toilet, anyway. That will be his "den." He won't make a mess there. Clean cat boxes, several of them. Put down and keep fresh as many as you can handle. Buy a BIG bottle of "Nature's Miracle" for cleaning and deodorizing the messes. Follow the instructions on the bottle. Clean up any messes thoroughly ASAP! OK, here comes the hard part -- do you have a travel crate? If not, get one, the smallest you can find. This is where your kitten will sleep for the next little while. If there is room to p**p in the box without him lying in it fill the empty space with something solid, bricks or soup cans come to mind -- you get the idea. Put the kitten in the crate every night until well trained. I mean it! Harden your heart.The first night the kitten will squall all night long. Probably he will also lie in some urine or f***s. That's good! He will only do it once. The hard part is that you will have to bathe him. When you let him out in the morning after a clean night put him in a litter tray immediately. We hope he will eliminate at that time! He stays in the small room every day until he's trained; if you want to see him you can go in with him, of course and should, frequently, every day. The rest is a matter of removing the litter boxes one at a time, gradually, until there's only one left. Do NOT take the soup cans out of his crate. That's the last task.