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If you have a new addition to your household in the form of a cat or kitten then it is essential to housetrain them as otherwise you will end up with surprises hidden throughout your home. The process of litter tray and toilet training cats and kittens can be a long and tedious process; you will need to be determined to get quick results.

Initially you will need to buy a litter tray. This needs to be of a size in which the cat can comfortably turn around. It should be put in a room in the house which is easy for the cat to access as well as being private and out of the way. You should not place the tray in the same room as which the cat sleeps or eats; they are clean animals just like we are. Another consideration is that the litter tray may produce odours.

If your cat has never used a litter tray before then it is important to give them some time to get use to it. Any cat can be trained given enough time. If you plan to toilet train your cat then it is a lot quicker if you have a spare bathroom.

Once they are comfortable using the litter tray you can move it towards the bathroom, if you are in a smaller property then you can do it in one go. You then need to let the cat get use to the new location, you may need to guide it at first. After another week or so you can start to raise the height of the tray. This is best done in stages until it is at the same level as the toilet seat. The tray should then be placed next to the toilet.

To make the cat now switch over requires the use of a litter pan. This should be connected to the underside of the toilet seat; into this you need to place litter from the tray. If you do not plan to use this bathroom yourself then you can leave both the tray and litter pan together for a few days until removing the tray.

The final part of the training may take some coaxing from you and also a careful check to see that the cat is using the toilet as expected. You need to remove the pan from under the toilet seat. Hopefully your cat will feel comfortable crouching on the seat without the safety of the pan beneath.

The age of the cat can play a factor in how easy they are to toilet train. A kitten may be too small to fit on a toilet seat correctly. Young cats are usually the quickest to take to it.

Remember that cats are territorial, they are likely to only use that one toilet in your home and not every bathroom that you have.

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