ok, where to start. I just received a kitten about 9 months ago. When i got her, she always went to the bathroom in her litterbox...no problem. When she got to about 7 months old, she would only urinate in her litter box and started to do her bowel movements outside her box. Recently, she has been ONLY doing bowel movements by the back door (which in relation to her litterbox is about 4 feet away into another room), but still urinating in her regular box. I purchased a second litterbox and placed by the back door in hopes that she would use it, which she did. I slowly started to move the litterbox by the back door, around the corner into the other room where her regular litterbox is. And she followed 
.....until the 2 litter boxes got together and (she must have realised what i was doing she started by the back door again. I tried spraying some nasty smell repelant on the floor by the back door ( cat approved of course), used bleach and other cleaning supplies to discourage her from doing her movements by the back door. That works (sometimes) but yet it just stinks up the house with all those odors, that i can't take it!!!!! Any one have a solution? I'm at a lost and have exhausted every option i can think of. If you need more info, please contact me at canine2011@yahoo.com. Thank you, Eric
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HELP!!!!!! CAT POOPING OUTSIDE LITTER BOX
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Your cat is doing what many cats do - they prefer one box to pee in and one box to poop in. This is sort of ingrained and might be very hard to erradicate!
Is it possible to just put a box by the back door? Probably you could use a covered box and it would not be so noticible. There are many ingenious designs for litterboxes - some disguised as cabinets and some disguised as plants. Pick up an issue of Cat Fancy at the pet supply store and look at the ads in the back!
Failing that, you can try confining the kitten to a small room like the bathroom with food, water, bedding and a litterbox and see if she uses that. You might even need to confine her in a smaller space like a large dog crate or cage to get her used to using a box for both poop and pee! Then you can try gradually expanding the space she is allowed to occupy after she uses the box for both functions.
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Thanks for the advice. The only problem i have with leaving a second litterbox by the back door, is that, it is directly in front of the back door. So when i leave during the morning, i won't be able to push the box against the door if i'm outside. I will try and confine her to a small area. When should i do that? All day, just at night, just when she poops by the back door?
I feel bad cause as a kitten i kept her in the laundry room at night so she wouldn't get into any mischief while i was sleeping. Until she got to be about 4 months, i started to let her out at night for the fact that 1) she would cry all night till she was let out and 2) i figured she was old enough to know that i'm in charge and not her. (she is truly a people person. She always has to be around people and she is very affectionate when she is)
Let me know, Thanks
Have you cleaned the spot by the back door she goes on with Natural Miracle (buy at any pet supply store). It's an enzyme cleaner. You should probably do that first. Then move the other box slowly back towards the other room. Maybe not so close together. It's hard when we don't know what your house layout is. If you can I would lock her in the room where you plan to have the litter boxes. Maybe have on at one side of the room the other at the other side.
Good luck,
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Moxie, Gabby and sometimes Tucker
