How a cat knows how to use a litter box – and other peculiarities of the cat toilet: behavioral oddities
Among other cat habits and oddities, there is some interesting behavior observed in domestic cats.
Some individuals know how to use a litter box from an early age. This is the habit of burying excrement after going to the toilet.
Reader's Digest's feline experts explain it all with instincts, as well as smells and pheromones.
There is one interesting detail. If several cats live in one house, then when going to the toilet, one of them does not bury excrement in the filler.
Everyone knows that cats are predators who can become victims themselves. That is why they hide their presence, that is, they hide their smells.
But in the described case we are talking about dominant behavior and marking on the territory, which is why the cat behaves this way in the toilet.
Other cats will mask their scent by burying their waste in the litter.
They will do this by instinct, and there is no need to teach them this.
And if the cat suddenly stops using the litter box, this means that it doesn’t like the item, its location, or the owner hasn’t cleaned the cat’s toilet for a long time.
Earlier we told you what to do if you can’t stop your cat from climbing into the closet.
