Pooping Outside the Litter box Problems?

Schedule a phone consult with our Harvard-trained Cat Behaviorist to get your cat to poop in the box!

Learn the latest research on what causes cats to defecate outside the box.  Hint: 70% of the time the instigating factor has nothing to do with the litter box which is precisely why other behaviorists have a difficult time of solving this “unfixable” issue.

If your cat is pooping outside the litter box, you may have already gotten advice such as, “Add a litter box.” That’s sometimes a good start, but whether your cat is pooping on the floor or carpet, pooping on the bed or house furniture, or just pooping everywhere, litter boxes are just a very small part of a real, long-term solution. No treatment plan for unwanted elimination is complete unless it includes all three parts of what we call a C.A.T. Treatment Plan: Cease the Unwanted Behavior; Attract to a Desirable Alternative; and last but hardly least, Transform the Cat’s Environment.  With every consultation, we also provide a diet analysis and recommendation.

That’s how we solved this cat’s problem (note: cats are never spiteful or bad; that’s not how their brains work).  IMPORTANT: This kitty is NOT bad!

The cause of your cat’s behavior is critical to understand fully. Is it medical, or is there some other physiological problem? (Tip: even if the cause was originally medical, you now have a conditioned behavior problem, and the solution will require behavioral as well as medical intervention). Is the problem related to territory? Even though more rare, how can you be sure that your cat is defecating rather than marking in a territorial behavior called middening? Identifying the problem(s) makes all the difference between wasting your time and money on dead ends and getting a real and lasting cure. That’s where we come in.

In your behavior consultation with our expert cat behaviorist you’ll learn and we’ll also show you:

• how your cat’s innate instincts directly affect his litter box needs and how you can make the multi-faceted yet simple changes to meet these needs
• the retraining process to ensure your cat defecates in the litter box every time.
• the latest behavior modification techniques to undo the habituated behavior and preferences in soiled areas so they’re not attractive for future defecation (this is the part of the plan the internet, other book authors, and vets leave out and why cat owners fail at remedying this behavior issue!)
• why social tension between cats is often the cause of litter box issues and what to do about it
• the latest scientific research and techniques to address scent tension with the litter box
• what 4 popular litters to avoid!
• and more, depending on the needs of your own cat(s) and you

Even if you take steps to cease the unwanted behavior, any favorable results are likely to be at best temporary without a plan to Attract your cat to a new behavior. This is where our re-association techniques are also crucial to long-term success. Do you know how to re-associate soiled areas with competing instinctive drives like eating or hunting? We’ll show you. This technique alone is priceless.

And then there’s the big one, the Territory: how to set up a Land of Plenty, so that your cats have all the resources they need for minimal behavior problems. We’ll explain how to set up your cats’ environment the way we do our own cats — a big part of why our own cats rarely exhibit behavior problems, and even then only very briefly.

We’re constantly receiving testimonials for solving cat defecation issues. Ready to get some real solutions for the long-term? Book a consultation now.

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