How to teach a cat to use the litter box? Train a cat to use the litter box to go to the toilet! For most owners, this is not a problem. Many cats already know how to use the litter box when they get home, but there are also some stray cats who never I have no experience with a cat litter box, let alone how to use it. This article briefly introduces this.

1. How to choose a cat litter box

The commonly used cat litter boxes are roughly divided into developed cat litter boxes and closed cat litter boxes ( The so-called cat toilet), and there is also a sensor-type cat litter box, which is basically used by wealthy cat owners because of its high price. Therefore, this article will first briefly introduce the characteristics of open cat litter boxes and closed cat litter boxes.

1. Open cat litter box: Its advantage is that it is cheap and uses simple materials. Sometimes there is an extra cat in the house suddenly, and it is too late to buy a cat litter box, so you can just grab a larger litter box at home. . And cleaning is very simple, just use a cat litter shovel or other tools to remove the contaminated cat litter.

Open cat litter box

2. Closed cat litter box: Its advantage is that it has an obvious effect of isolating the smell, and it will not cause a mess around the litter box due to cats pulling litter. It is messy, and it also ensures the privacy of cats using the toilet. As we all know, cats are very sensitive animals, so some cats would rather hold it in than go to the toilet in front of people. But at the same time, because closed cat litter boxes use more materials, they are much more expensive than open ones, and cleaning is a little more troublesome than open ones.

Enclosed litter box

As for how to choose a litter box, it mainly depends on the tolerance of the cat owner. If you don’t mind the smell of cat excrement in the air, you don’t mind the side of the litter box. If cat litter is occasionally scattered, an open litter box is more affordable; if the cat owner has poor tolerance, a closed litter box is more suitable. Of course, regardless of whether it is open or closed, the quality of the cat litter box is the most important. Since cat litter boxes are basically made of plastic, poor quality cat litter boxes can easily have a strong smell that lingers for a long time, which is very harmful to cats. It is said that going to the toilet in such a place is also a test of its endurance. In addition, the plastic used in poor-quality cat litter boxes is very thin and can easily break when the cat goes to the toilet and the owner moves.

2. How to choose cat litter

The cat litters that are commonly used now and are relatively easy to buy on the market are wood cat litter and paper cat litter. The differences between the four types of cat litter, crystal cat litter and condensation cat litter in terms of composition, texture, deodorizing function, etc. are detailed in the table below.

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Type Function	Wooddust cat litter	Confetti cat litter	Crystal cat litter	Condensed cat litter
Main ingredients	Made of wood chips, pulp, etc. and natural binders	Paper material	Silicone	Bentonite
Texture	Rough	Soft	Harder	Soft
Deodorizing function	Better < /td>	Normal	strong	Normal
Absorption properties	Superior	General	Super strong	strong
Dust	Small	Smaller	Small
Service life	Length	Normal	Length < /td>	Short
Disadvantages	Easily affected by moisture or parasitic fleas, etc. Not all cats can accept the wood smell	Easily affected by moisture and easily turn into paste and stick to cats	There will be a slight odor after use and cannot be flushed into the toilet or discarded on the ground	Light weight, small particles, easy Leave it in the cat’s claws

Chart 3 The difference between various types of cat litter

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Figure 5 Condensed cat litter

When choosing cat litter, it mainly depends on the cat owner’s personal preferences. You can also buy some of each type and let the cat choose. But in the end The key point is that some cat litter will add fragrances to it to appear to have good deodorizing properties, which is actually irritating to cats.

3. How to train cats to use cat litter Basin

　1. After purchasing a new cat litter box and cat litter, you should first allow the cat to adapt to it so that it knows that it is not dangerous and accepts its existence. You can put the cat into the litter box in a timely manner, adapt to the touch of the cat litter, and allow it to pull the litter.

2. When you find that the cat is going to the toilet, put the cat into the litter box in time. Or after the cat has eaten and drank enough, shut it in a relatively small space in the litter box.

　3. You can choose to use some attractants and other items.

< p> 4. After the cat learns to go to the toilet in the litter box, the litter box should be moved to a ventilated, dry, and relatively inconspicuous place, but the cat must know where the litter box is.

In fact, cat toilet training is relatively simple. As long as the owner has a certain amount of patience, it can be successful.