It appears as though my little Princess picked out a Princess Cat. Yup - I believe Tonks is a Princess . . . a shy princess, but a princess nonetheless.
I moved her litter box downstairs a few days ago - didn’t want it in Princess’ room. We bought a covered one (to the tune of $25!) so Duma wouldn’t go fishing for snacks. Turns out, Tonks doesn’t like the dark. She’ll go in the litter box, but will only pee right next to the door, and she won’t take the time to cover it up or to cover up her poop. Yesterday, I decided not to have Princess clean the litter box - I wanted to see what Tonks would do.
What would Tonks do? She would choose to pee on the FLOOR next to the litter box rather than walk farther into the dark! The litter box is HUGE, yet she can apparently only pee in it once.
Let me tell you how pissed I was this morning!
And let me tell you how close I was to throwing Ms. Tonks outside as a little snack for the fox!
So am I totally screwed now that she’s pee’d outside the litter box? How do little kitty minds work?
I had to laugh at this Princess story! Hey, you’d flush the toilet before you pee’d in it if it was used! the Princess doesn’t fall far from the tree!
Charlie hated the covered litter box too. No problem after I removed the lid. Now I just put the box in a bigger box with the flaps of the box “up” so that he has to jump up and into the box - this cuts down on the ‘flinging’ of sand around the area.
You obviously have a different issue with Duma. Can you put it in an area and put up a baby gate to keep Duma out? (even if you put the gate up higher so Tonks can get under it? Good luck.
Take the cover off…I’m sure she will use it then. As for covering her pee and poo, well Armand is almost 10 and has never covered his business, just leaves it there on top of the litter for the world to see (and smell). I asked the vet about it when he was still a kitten and he said ‘he’s a cat, just be glad he uses the little box!” Now that we have Simba too he covers his business and Armand’s - got to love that!