How Can I Stop My New Kitten From Peeing Outside The Litter Box?
With seven other cats in the household, it sounds like there are some serious territorial issues happening over the litter boxes. This is a very common problem in multiple-cat households and generally is caused by problems over territory and dominance. The older cats have “marked” the litter boxes as their own with their urine. The fact that the litter boxes are marked would pose no problems for a dominant adult cat, but for a kitten, it could be very intimidating. Because the kitten is likely at the bottom of the food chain, the other cats are in essence not allowing him to use the litter boxes. Cats are usually really good about using their litter box, so the fact that he is peeing on the floor is a big red flag — almost all cats would much rather go in a box where they can cleanly bury it than go on the floor and get it on their fur. It would not surprise me if there were serious cat relationship problems happening to cause him to not want to go in the box. The general rule of thum
