Congratulations - it sounds like Jackson is accepting you as his new mommy. Any type of enclosed litter box should help keep the litter where you want it. Just be careful that you don't get one that's too tall for him to get into. You can also put the entire litter box into a bigger cardboard box and cut one side lower. It won't keep him from flinging litter all over, but it will catch it and make it easier to clean up.
Don't just move the litter box from your bedroom to some other room in one day. Now that he's use to the box where it is, he's just as likely to use the same spot as he is to go looking for the box. Either move it just a few feet a day until you get it where you want it OR get a second box and put it where you want it. Then show him the second box. Let him have both boxes until he's using both of them.
Some kitties never become "pick-them-up-and-cuddle-them" kitties. They come sit in your lap on their terms, and sleep on the bed, but don't like to be picked up. It's too soon to tell which way Jackson will be, but it sounds like he's on his way to being a friendly boy.
Some cats don't respond to catnip. Very few kittens respond to it at all; they usually need to mature a bit first. Some cats don't like the upright scratching posts. Mine have both an upright post and one of those corrugated ones that lie flat on the ground. The important thing is that Jackson learns early where he can and can't scratch.
I hope you get batteries for your camera soon - I'm anxious to see the little apple head.
Posted 11 months ago by CheetahBoysmommy #
