Litter Training Help

The fact that you only have two other litter boxes and that the other cats use them is probably the problem — cats instinctively feel very vulnerable when toileting and the other two litter boxes will be firmly marked with your other cats’ smells whereas little Dizzy is used to having his own litterbox all to himself. The rule of thumb for a multi-cat household is, one litterbox for each cat and one extra — so really for three cats, you need four litterboxes. Make sure it’s in a quiet area, out of apartment traffic, so that Dizzy will feel safe and undisturbed and can see the other cats coming from where he is. Put any little ‘accidents’ into his new littertray to mark it for him. You can also get something called Kitten attract, which you can sprinkle on the top of his normal litter (but be careful, you don’t want to encourage the other cats to start using his litterbox or you’re back with the same problem). The spots where he’s marked, you need an enzyme cleaner to get the smell off, it can also be useful to put his new littertray (make sure he can get in and out easily) over those spots where he’s gone in the past. If you’re not putting a litter tray on top, you can spray the spots with a feliway spray after you’ve used the enzyme cleaner, it tells cats ‘we don’t pee or poo here’. What also might help is a Feliway diffuser (a plug-in), that will help to lower the stress and aggression signals from all of them while they’re still learning to rub along. Finally, if none of that helps, I would put him back in the bathroom and try to retrain him to the litterbox all over again. Also, talk to your vet and click the pink tag ‘litterbox’ for more advice, and also google ‘inappropriate urination’. Hopefully, you can nip this problem in the bud. Male cats are very territorial and Dizzy now knows he’s in the bigger cats’ territory, it’s a bit difficult for all of them, no matter how much they like each other.
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He should not have issues just because he doesn’t have a role model. I would take him to the vet and make sure his urinary tract is healthy…he could have crystals and it’s painful when he pees so he associates the box with pain. He may also not like the texture or smell of the litter–even though he is pooping in there. You can get an unscented one and try that. The first place to start is your vet and make sure there are no health issues going on.