By purchasing a kitten in a family, the first thing that the new owners are faced - this is a teaching it to the tray. It should be responsible to approach this stage. To make the kitten pleased you, let's deal with how to teach the kitten to the tray.
How to teach a kitten to the tray - a selection of tray
To the choice of tray for the kitten, you should consider special attention. The kitten may not want to protect the need for a tray, because he may simply not be comfortable to climb him, as he is with a high side or inappropriate size, etc. For small kittens specially created trays with low sideboards. Also, trays differ from themselves not only in size, but and designs. Trays for kittens are:
- closed type;
- open type.
These models of trays have both pros and cons. Closed patterns of trays, create a kitten in a secluded atmosphere, where no one hurts him. But, such trays have a significant minus. Due to the fact that the walls of the tray restrain the smell, the cat may not want to walk into it, as it will consider it dirty. And also not to all cats is convenient to climb or bother traces of vital activity. Open patterns of trays exist different sizes, with grids, without grids.
In the tray with the mesh, the filler can be poured under the grid, thereby the cat will not contact with the filler and he will not be able to spread it around the room. Well, if the kitten prefers to rush, choose a tray without a grid or remove it from the existing tray.
How to teach a kitten to a tray - a choice of place for a tray
In order to avoid unpleasant surprises from the kitten, the place for the location of the tray must be thought out in advance.
- The tray must be placed in an easily accessible, secluded place. Access to the tray must be open throughout the day.
- Also, you should not put the tray too far, since the kitten can not find it, but only to get lost. Put the tray in the room where it will be a small cat.
- Do not put the tray near the bowls with water and food. Cats are clean animals and will not protect the need where food is accepted.
How to accustom a kitten to a tray - a choice of filler
To come toilet after each campaign to the toilet, do not run and wash the tray, you can use toilet fillers. They remarkably absorb moisture and absorb the smell. Fillers are made from various materials such as:
- woods - granules from pressed sawdusts are of different sizes, with success absorb moisture and absorb the smell;
- minerals - a commercial mineral filler is not recommended for a small kitten, as a pet can nourge it and gain health problems;
- corn - a small filler of grain crops sticks to the nippers of the animal and spreading around the apartment;
- paper - filler from paper waste absorbs moisture and does not allow to form a unpleasant smell, does not stick to the paws;
- selikahel - the filler absorbs moisture and absorbs the unpleasant odor.
How to teach a kitten to the tray?
Some kittens, on the fly you learn to use the toilet, and some require a little more attention. The first thing to do after the purchase of a kitten is to start his teachment to the tray.
- Bring a kitten to your home, let him look out and get used to it.
- Immediately put the kitten in the tray, so he got acquainted with the new item.
- Limit the movement of the kitten within the same room, so that the kitten is easier to find a tray.
- Squeeze periodically pets in the tray, as well as after it wakes up or picks up.
- If the kitten does not row their paws filler in the tray, then show him yourself. Take a neat kitten and his paws slightly hard filler.
- If the kitten started sniffing, row a paw in the wrong place, do not frighten it, but transfer the animal to the tray.
- Do not scold the kitten if he guided the need for an inappropriate place, he could simply not find a tray in the new home for him. Move the napkin puddle, then place it in the tray. The place where the kitten nahulganized, rinse thoroughly so that the smell of urine is left.
- When the kitten went to the toilet, praise it and you can treat a delicacy.
To the kitten brought only positive emotions, teach it to go to the tray. If you adhere to the above councils, then the kitten will not be difficult for the tray.