So my cat Chloe had her first and only litter of kittens on July 19th, which makes them almost 8 weeks old. I bought one of those cheap 2 dollar litter pans at Wal Mart that are sized just for kittens, and I got them litter made out of corn grain so that they wouldn’t get sick if they ate a little. I introduced them to the litter box right around 5 weeks old, so it’s going on 3 weeks that they’ve been exposed to the idea. Out of the 4 of them, only one of them seemed to just ‘get it.’ It instantly seemed to click for him, and he has been using it ever since the first time I put him in there with no accidents. The other 3, however, are being problematic. They will use the litterbox with no issues at all as long as a I place them in there every couple of hours. They won’t get in there of their own accord though, and I don’t understand why. The box is perfect for their size, so it’s not as if they can’t get in and out because its too big. At night I put them in the bathroom with their litter pan and some food and water, and yet all 3 of the troublemakers will literally hold it all night until I put them in the box in the morning before they go. They don’t have any accidents at night, I think maybe because the bathroom is tile and they don’t want to mess on the tile. But during the day, when they are around the carpeted areas of my house, if I take too long to put them in the box they will have accidents. It’s really frustrating because I can’t see the reason why they won’t go in themselves. Obviously they understand the fact that they are supposed to be going to the bathroom in there, but except for the one I mentioned they don’t understand that they need to get in and out by themselves.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem is here?
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