This is a follow up post to my Jonny Cat Litter Box Liners Chewy review that I did last week. If you didn’t read the review you can read it HERE. There were a couple of things I failed to mention during my review.

First, a couple of readers said that their cats would shred the liners or they didn’t hold up because of the cat’s claws. MK is declawed on all four paws so these liners held up to her. So if your cat has it’s claws I don’t know how they would work for you. All I know is these particular liners do feel really thick and the bag didn’t break when I lifted it out with the litter and poo.

Second, Tylersat99 said “The liners sound so easy and fantastic. To use however we have a different problem to clear up first. Minx has always been really good about using her little box. John decided to buy one of the lighter litters and now we rarely use the litter box:(”

Tylersat99, I should of made mention about changing up the kitty’s litter box routine may lead to litter box mischief of going outside the box. I knew better too as a Veterinary Technician we deal with litter box issues quite often.

Tips for kitty owners to avoid the litter box blues, remember kitty’s are creatures of habit.

1. If your kitty is using the litter box on a regular basis don’t change a thing. Don’t change the type of litter, don’t use any additives, don’t move the box. Don’t do a thing.
2. You should have one litter box per cat plus one box.
3. You should put these litter boxes in low traffic area’s. Don’t put in a closet where you store your vacuum if your cat is afraid of the vacuum. Don’t put near the washer and dryer if your cat is afraid of those items.
4. Don’t put all the litter boxes in the basement. Stagger them out through out your house.
5. Keep potted plant soil covered with pine cones or decorative rocks to deter kitty from using it.
6. Keep the litter box clean, scoop often, change out litter often and keep the depth of litter constant.

Reasons why kitty gets the litter box blues.

1. Brand or type of litter was changed.
2. Litter has scented additives added to it.
3. The litter box isn’t cleaned often enough.
4. The litter box was changed to a new location.
5. The kitty was frightened or something frightening happened while in or near box.
6. The kitty has a medical problem.
7. The kitty has found a more appealing area or surface.

What to do if the litter box blues happen.

Start by taking kitty to the vet to rule out a medical problem like Diabetes, Kidney Disease, diarrhea/constipation or Urinary Tract Infection. Sometimes the litter box blues are due to a medical problem, if the kitty is painful when going in the litter box they associate the pain that happened with the box so they find other places to go. A common cause of litter box blues is Feline Idiopathic Cystitis, which you can read about HERE.

If ruled behavioral and not medical then….

1. Clean the area well with a enzymatic cleaner. It needs to be a cleaner that will break down the ph in the urine in order to get all the smell out.
2. You can retrain your kitty by keeping confined while learning to use the box again.
3. You can feed kitty in area of the mishap since they don’t like to soil near areas of food or play.
4. Place a carpet runner nub side up over the area, or put two sided tape over it.
5. Put an aversive odor near the soiled spot. Kitty’s don’t like citrus odor.
6. Put crinkled aluminum foil over the area.

So I hope this cleared some things up and that you don’t have a kitty with litter box blues.

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