Why does my kitten play and roll in the litter box?
Kittens often view clean litter as a toy, getting inside to roll around and explore. This playful behavior causes their fur to trap the litter, which they then track all over the house when they leave.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1taking out a toy and getting his attention on that insteadDid this help you?
- 2telling him 'thats enough now' to make him stopDid this help you?
- 3waiting until the cat finishes before trying to clean againDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“He likes to get in it and roll around. His fur traps some of the litter and he tracks it around the house.”source ↗
“Any suggestions so I don’t have warped floor and soaked towels?😅”source ↗
“I got this 3-month old asshole two weeks ago, h keeps pooping outside his box!”source ↗
“He would pee in the litterbox (doesn't always burry it btw!) then once he leaves the litterbox he poops on the floor next to it.”source ↗
“He doesn't do it all the time, sometimes he does poop in the litterbox, but it happened two days in a row now”source ↗
“Mine wait till I'm fully done then go”source ↗