Cat Litter Tray and Litter Boxes

A  cat litter tray is an indoor toilet for your cat.  It acts a replacement for the place where the cat would usually perform these functions outdoors.  An outcoor cat would toilet in loose soil or leaf litter and would cover up its wastes.  For practical, health and feline privacy reasons,  covered litter trays are best.

There are many litter materials available, the best is the one a cat willingly uses.  materials range form economic wood and paper chips to expensive dolomite varieties - based on usage, the best may be the fine, granular "clumping litter".  This material is also easy to clean, as the results of a cat's toilelting are absorbed, clumped and easily isolated from the whole tray.

To encourage a new kittern ot use its litter tray, it is a good idea to place a kitten that is just waking up directly into the tray.  Instinct will often take over as it moves its paws around the litter material.. Once your kitten has used a tray once, it will instinctively try to "over-mark" its own toilet scents.

It is wise to change litter material on a daily basis but young kittens will not usually produce large amounts of urine and feces so you can clean the trays after a few days.

Cats are very clean animas.  to maintain an adult cat in good health, it is important that its litter train is always kept clean.