Help! Why does my cat like to sit in the litter box lately? Isn't it dirty?

A netizen said that his cat has been sleeping in the litter box every day for some time. Oh my God, that’s where it poops and urinates. How does it sleep? Going down? !

In fact, more than one scavenger has encountered this kind of thing. Everyone is confused about the reason for the cat's behavior. Is this a "quirk" of the cat?

Today, veterinarian Xiao Ming is here to analyze the reasons why cats sleep in the litter box.

1. Indication of lack of security

Veterinarian Xiao Ming’s colleague picked up a stray ragdoll cat and kept it in the hospital ever since. When he first arrived, he slept in the cat litter box every day, and would shrink in even more when people came around, unwilling to come out.

Now, after it has become accustomed to the surrounding environment, it has become much bolder, no longer sleeps in the litter box, and has started a normal life.

Most cats are timid and tend to feel insecure when they enter an unfamiliar environment. Therefore, the litter box with their scent is the place where they feel safest.

Generally, this happens to kittens that have just arrived home, or the cats have just moved and cannot adapt to the environment.

2. Protect your territory from infringement

This situation usually occurs in multi-cat households where there are not enough cat litter boxes and they need to share cat litter boxes.

For example, if you have several cats at home, cat A usually has a high status and is relatively powerful. It is unwilling to share its litter box with other cats, so it will "exclusively" keep the cat's litter box. He took the sand basin as his own.

Of course, it may also be the weakest cat. It can't always find the litter box, so it simply sleeps in it, which saves it from being used for a while.

So veterinarian Xiao Ming has always said that the best number of cat litter boxes for a multi-cat household is the number of cats + 1.

3. The cat is not feeling well

When the cat’s body is abnormal, the cat will always stay in the litter box.

For example, if cats are infected with urinary system diseases, they will frequently go to the litter box to urinate, or even just stay in it. We can It has been observed that cats do not urinate much each time and may make strange noises when excreting. In this case, you need to take the cat to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.

4. Playing in the litter box

When cats are still young, the litter box in their eyes is not a toilet, but a place where they can play.

The cat litter inside is like sand for them to play with, so if you find your kitten sleeping in the litter box every day, don’t make a fuss. alright.

5. The shape of the litter box

Many cat litter boxes bought by cat owners are semi-enclosed or fully enclosed. The fully enclosed litter box is shaped like a large enclosed cardboard box.

As we all know, cats like objects of this type of shape very much. It can be seen from their love of drilling into paper boxes, so cats stay in This type of cat litter box is equivalent to being isolated from the outside world and you can hide yourself.

If you find that your cat likes to stay in the litter box recently, you must find out the reason as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the cat sleeps in the litter box for a long time, it will be at risk of contracting diseases, such as the most common Urinary tract infection. If the feces and urine in the cat litter box are not dealt with in time, the cat may be infected with ringworm.

So, for the sake of the cat’s health, the poop scraper still has to “prescribe the right medicine” to keep the cat away from the litter box.