Transition from litter box to doing business outdoors (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/cat@lemmy.world

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We've got one cat 6months and the other 3months old, currently both using the litterbox. However we're going to move to a new house soon, and eventually try to transition them to getting used to doing their business outdoors instead of the litterbox. Does anyone have any tips or best practices for this transition?

Edit: I dont live in the US, I live in Scandinavia - huge garden and away from traffic. The cats are fine being outside - most cats here are in fact outside. We have norwegian forest cats and they're meant to be both indoors and outdoors - even during winter!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Forest_cat

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[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world -5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You better stay in your house, too. Use a home trainer for exercise. Consume media for distraction.
Maybe you can crack a window once in a while when the weather is nice.
It's dangerous out there.

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Maybe you do, but I don’t personally go on bird, rodent, and reptile murder sprees when I leave my house so I should be okay.

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

So you're vegan and don't drive a car? Cause otherwise you're killing a hell of a lot more animals just for your pleasure and convenience.

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

bingo!

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Well, me too. And I'll only ever have cats that are from a shelter and sterilized. So I'm not increasing the number of cats by owning one. But I won't lock up an animal either just for existing and living according to its nature.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

You can let it outside but do it supervised.

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