If you're a cat owner, you already know that litter boxes are super important. But veterinarians still see owners making plenty of mistakes with them.
For starters, many cat owners make decisions based on things they want, rather than what may be best for the cat, says Fiia Jokela, veterinarian and owner of Chicagoland Veterinary Behavior Consultants.
She says humans go into the pet store with their credit card and select the box they like, but “if the cat had the credit card it’d go, ‘Oh, no, no, no, that does not look like a toilet to me.’”
Improper management of litter boxes and inadequate resources in the house can also induce stress in your feline friend, says Jokela.
Beyond that, veterinarian Christine Fellacher says behavioral problems, such as house soiling, are often related to issues with litter boxes too. “Oftentimes if they do urinate outside the litter box it's ...
