![]() Interestingly enough, avoiding the litter box can be a key sign of communication by your cat. If your cat begins to stray away from their normal bathroom routine, it may have something to do with the environment instead. While using the litter box is a natural instinct in all cats, that doesn’t mean that each cat will necessarily want to follow their ancestors’ paw-steps. As long as only one place in your house resembles this feature, it is unlikely that your cat will try to use anywhere else to do their business. ![]() Cats will therefore find someplace that they can bury their droppings. Therefore, it doesn’t matter if your cat was once feral or has been domestic all their life, they hold the same instinct either way. Cats slowly adapted to bury their waste so their scent could be hidden from predators and prey alike, giving them an advantage while on the hunt. This engrained instinct is an archive from a cat’s fierce ancestors, who needed to hunt and run away from predators every day to survive. By the time they are an active young kitten, a cat has already associated potty time with the box, similar to how we humans do at a young age. ![]() The secret to cats knowing how to use the litterbox is that they don’t actually know at all! In fact, kittens instinctively are born with this knowledge and only learn a little with the help of their mothers. How do cats seemingly know where you want them to do their business? This article will explain the mystery, as well as a few tips to use if your cat still does not have the hang of it yet. In fact, cats can adapt to their new litterbox in the span of the same day. Lucky enough, potty training for cats is not as exhausting and prolonged as it is for new puppies. Adjusting a pet to a new environment can be difficult, and getting them to use the bathroom is no exception. ![]()
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