The cat comes indoors to use the litter box when the sun is out.If you have young children crawling around the house, it can be unsanitary.You are more likely to end up with accidents if you just remove the litter box.It's possible to train a cat to toilet outside, but you need to make the cat want to go outside first.
Step 1: There is a cat door.
Cats are accustomed to going as they please in a litter box, even though they can hold for several hours.When you remove the litter box, installing a small cat door can help your cat make the transition.If installing a cat door isn't an option, then be prepared to let your cat out early and often.As soon as you wake up, after each feeding, and before you go to sleep, you need to take the cat out.
Step 2: You want the cat to go outside.
Though your cat will eventually toilet in the spot outside that he or she chooses, you can take steps to make a particular spot seem more inviting and like the most logical choice.Pick a spot with loose soil where your cat can dig and bury waste, as well as a place with a lid for children's sandboxes.Shelter on at least one side, such as a wall or fence.Natural shelter on the sides will make it a more comfortable site for your cat.Overhead protection is a bush or tree.If the spot has overhead protection, your cat will be more comfortable.A natural spot can be a bush or a canopy.The area will be more comfortable for your cat during bad weather.
Step 3: A low-traffic area is what you should choose.
If the cat will have to share the area with a dog, play children, or both, then you should choose an area that is far enough out of the way for it to be comfortable.If your cat has to worry about being startling, he or she won't take to the spot.
Step 4: You can put some of your cat's preferred litter in the spot.
Cats can be very specific about where they go, even taking to one specific type of litter more than others.Spread the litter over the spot you have designated.This will help the cat understand that the spot is his or her new litter box.
Step 5: The designated spot is where your cat can explore.
As you allow your cat to get used to the new toileting spot, the following steps are likely to take weeks.Take the cat to the new spot to sniff around.It will take some time for your cat to understand that it is okay to go here.
Step 6: The litter should be put in the designated spot.
Fresh waste from the indoor litter box can be put on the kitty litter spread across the outdoor spot to teach your cat how to use the new spot.Take your cat to the spot again and let him or her sniff around.This will show your cat that it is a good place to pee.
Step 7: After eating, take your cat to the spot.
Your cat will want to go within twenty minutes if you give him food in his stomach.Close the door and take your cat outside after you eat.You can make your cat use the new spot in a different way.If your cat starts using the spot, don't praise him or hover over him.Cats do not respond to positive reinforcement like dogs, and you are more likely to distract the cat from the toileting process.If more than twenty minutes pass, your cat might still be holding onto the box.If this is the case, you should let the cat back inside since you want it to use the new spot.If your cat doesn't get the idea after a week of eating, try taking him or her out for a while.
Step 8: The litter box should have some earth added to it.
Cats can be very picky about where they go.The mix of litter and earth could make your cat uncomfortable.Adding some earth from the spot to the indoor litter box will help your cat adjust to this mixture.Your cat will still use the litter box and will begin to understand that the new mix is still an acceptable place to go.Take your cat out several times a week after dinner.
Step 9: Your cat has a litter box.
If your cat still hasn't caught on, you can slowly move the litter box to help the process along.If you want to keep the box inside, move it next to the cat door.You can take the cat outside if you don't have a cat door.If you show the cat that you moved the box, he or she will not be able to use it in the previous location.You may want to put something up in the previous location of the litter box.The litter box used to be located on the floor.Take your cat outside to the designated spot after meals if you leave the box in the new spot for a few days.The shakeup of the earth inside the litter box and its new location might be enough to get your cat to use the outdoor spot.
Step 10: The tray should be placed in the litter box.
If your cat still hasn't made the switch after all of the other steps, you can simply take the tray from the litter box and place it outside.Put it next to the door you use to take the cat out so that it doesn't have to go outside to use it.If you show the cat the new location of the litter tray, he or she will not be able to use the floor inside.
Step 11: The designated area has a litter tray.
When your cat is ready to go outside, you can keep moving the tray farther from the cat door until you put it on the designated spot.If you do this over the course of a week, your cat will adjust to moving a little farther outside each day to use the tray.You have to adjust the mix of kitty litter in the tray for another ten days.When the mix is mostly earth and your cat still uses it, take the tray away and place some of the waste on a designated spot.This should solve the problem.