Why do cats not bury sand?
Cat burying is not only an instinct, but also a skill. Not only learning, but also a lot of practice.
If the kitten leaves the mother cat too early, the kitten usually begins to learn to bury the poop with its mother after defecation on its own. Usually, the kitten’s age from 3 weeks to 8 weeks is a critical period for learning, and the kitten will follow the mother When you defecate in the cat litter
box, you will imitate the mother cat’s action of planing and burying sand, and master the skills of burying defecation through learning and a lot of practice.
But if the cat mother herself is a rookie, the cat mother herself is a cloud burying player, the master is not good, and its baby generally can’t learn the tricks of burying sand, and the cat mother leaves its mother too early ,
If it can only bury the sand instinctively, it is the cloud burying sand we often see, only doing the sand burying action, regardless of the sand burying effect, facing the cat litter box wall, wall, cat litter box If you pull it out, then the cat babies it teaches will generally only be buried in the sand.
How to solve the trouble of cats not burying poop?
Infant learning
Whether cats can master sand burying skills is closely related to their childhood growth experience, especially from the beginning of the kitten’s self-defecation (3 weeks old), to the cat’s weaning period ( 8 weeks old) is the most important period for cats to learn to bury poop in cat litter. Although they can learn at other stages, the effect will be reduced.
So try to avoid separating kittens and mother cats before weaning.
The kittens who have learned and practiced before weaning can basically learn to self-clean and use the litter box, and also know how to bury the sand. Although it is not necessarily effective, the action of burying the sand will make of.
What should I do if the mother cat doesn’t bury the sand in a standard way, or if she doesn’t know how to bury the sand?
The mother cat will not, and the kitten will naturally not learn the basic action of burying sand:
Enter In the cat litter box, smell and choose a location to dig a hole, squat on the dug to defecate, and bury the stool with the front paws after defecation.
Cats that bury the sand in the cloud will not dig a hole after entering the litter box, nor will the sand burying process effectively bury the sand. The front paws are usually pulled in the area away from the feces, outside the litter box, or On the wall of the cat litter box, or pulling on the wall, if you smell the smell, continue to bury the sand a few times, smell it again, and leave whether it is buried or not.
How to correct a cat who has not learned well?
Whether it is a cat that leaves its mother too early in childhood, or a cat whose mother is not very good, it can be improved by the following methods:
Increase the thickness of the cat litter
Increase the thickness of cat litter. Generally, the thickness of cat litter is 5-8 cm. If your cat does not have the habit of digging holes, you can spread more cat litter and increase the thickness of the cat litter from 5 cm to 8 cm or 10 cm.
Avoid cats from digging holes because the cat litter is too thin. Increasing the thickness of cat litter can also make it easier for cats to pick up sand and bury them from other areas.
Increase the size of the litter box
The length of the litter box should be longer than the cat walking, too small The cat litter box, the cat is cramped and can’t turn away.
Cats have poor eyesight, and usually rely on smell to bury sand. The litter box is too small, and it is easy for cats to pick up sand outside the litter box.
How big is the cat litter box?
If there is no shortage of space at home, try to choose a large litter box that can accommodate 4 cats, especially suitable for cats who will not bury the sand.
The normal size on the market is to lay down 2 cats, and the small ones can only lay down 1 cat, don’t start.
Repeat the exercise
When you find that the cat has not buried the poo, find the cat and bring it to the cat litter pot and tell it to bury its poo. Usually cats will try to bury their poop when they smell it.
If the cat is not buried, supervise it to complete the burial. This process can be risky, and the cat’s claws may accidentally stick to the poo.
Learning from the same kind
It needs to be demonstrated by cats with experience in sand burial. The efficiency of cats learning the same kind is higher than that of groping by yourself or your professor.
If conditions permit, contact or buy a cat that can bury its own poop perfectly. Through demonstration and supervision, the cat will quickly learn the skills of burying poop.
