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How do I make my cat use the cat litter without flinging litter everywhere?

She digs into the cat litter like a dog digs a hole, and cat litter is thrown everywhere. I tried to get one of those enclosed litter but she will still throw cat litter out the opening. What can I do?

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1. there r things u can get and you put it around the liter box and all the cat liter will stick to the sheet
2. they have covers for litter boxes, its not a cover cover but its just like an indented side's for the box. i use it and its really good. they also have mats to catch stray litter. you can pick this up at any petsmart or even petco
3. Nothing, I have the same problem. I bought one of the enclosed litter pans and he still does it too. I did get a small carpet to go in front of the opening that way when he kicks the litter out it lands on the carpet and I can just take it outside and shake it, and it doesn't end up all over the floor and my house from walking thru it. good luck.
4. My step mom uses a big plastic storage container instead of a litter box, it works GREAT! I'd say its big enough to hold a queen size comforter in it. Anyway, it works so well because the cats hop in with ease but the sides are so high they can't fling litter anywhere AND when they jump out, it falls off their feet so they don't really track it around too much either. Hope this helps!
5. Mine does it too, and I swear he enjoys flinging it. It is quite hilarious. We put the box in a corner and put cardboard on each wall, and then a rug under that I wash every week.
6. build a great wall around the litter box
7. stuff his/her face in the crap then say NO!!!! really really loud
8. I don't think you can stop a cat from doing that it is in that nature to do so. Maybe u can try doing like a walk in litterbox. That's what I have at home, I got someone to do a wooden walk in shelf/ box with plastic "curtain" in the front as to minimise the sand from flying out of the box.
9. get rid of that litter box and train the cat to use the toilet. i bet that litter is full of disease. when your dumping that stuff in a garbage bag the dust is going in your lungs. you could could wake up with a brain infection.
10. you could just use the training pad like they do for kittens and puppies
11. well if ya stop cleaning it the cat will never go in there again.voila problem solved..or u could put in crazy glue.
12. There really isn't much you CAN do. The cat is using the litter box, which is the point anyway, and won't understand why it's being punished. Just be sure to put placemats or other floor protectants underneath the box so you can clean up easily.