All cats love peace and quiet to do their business, and community cats want to be around people as little as possible. However, there are still ways to attract them to your outdoor litter boxes. You can’t exactly litter box train a community cat like a cat who lives indoors with you. Help cats find and use an outdoor litter box Some of these structures can also be used as a covered litter box. See Alley Cat Allies’ shelter options gallery.These ideas will help you get started creating your own: Only use enough litter in the litter box for cats to comfortably dig inwhich is a major attraction for them. Think about it: clumping litter in the rain sounds like a recipe for disaster! Instead, use materials like sand or peat moss, which you can find at most hardware or garden stores.
Conventional litter won’t work for an outdoor litter box unless the box is fully covered. Don’t worry about building a bottom for a litter box if you’re building a frame you’ll want easy drainage. A covered box can help cats feel hidden and safe. You can also build it out of a large container, like a plastic storage bin, so it’s more like a cat shelter. You can leave the litter box open with no roof. If there are kittens in your neighborhood, make the walls shorter so they can climb in and out easily. Start with a frame of four walls that are the right height for cats in the area. Your outdoor litter box should follow these same blueprints. You can get creative, but we advise you to think about how indoor litter boxes are built. It’s a great way to improve the cats’ lives and help people and cats coexist. With a proper place to do their business, cats are less likely to do so somewhere they aren’t wanted. You can take initiative and protect community cats by building an outdoor litter box. Far too often, cats who are brought into animal shelters will be killed. We want to do whatever we can to prevent that from happening. An outdoor litter box could save a cat’s life.Ī neighbor frustrated with community cats using the bathroom in their yard or garden may call animal control to remove the cats. With one or more outdoor litter boxes set up in strategic areas, community cats will have places to “go” that are out of sight and out of mind. A study in Japan found that community cats provided with outdoor litter boxes for the first time used them exclusively within weeks and stopped eliminating on the ground. If a person is concerned that cats are using their flower garden or front yard as a toilet, an outdoor litter box is the solution. Outdoor litter boxes make for happier neighbors, too. A safe, quiet, private outdoor bathroom with the perfect material to dig inwhat more could a community cat want? That’s right, cats who call the outdoors home enjoy having their own litter box just as much as cats who live indoors.
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