My New Cat Is Using The Shower Tray As Its Toilet

[sandyRoe]

The last part of cleaning the tray is to splash a little bleach on it.

Any chance of contracting a zoonotic illness?

[naomi24]

Shut the door and keep him out.

[pastafreak]

Bleach is toxic to cats...that includes inhaling the fumes. It also smells like urine to some cats. Maybe find something else to clean with.

[DTCwordfan]

My daughter's cat, late in life, has started this. At least it makes cleaning easy!

[sandyRoe]

OK, no more Bleach.

Closing the door would mean he'd go somewhere else and the tray is easy to clean.

I'll just let things continue as they are and maybe buy a pair of flip flops.

[calmck]

Do you have a litter box for each cat and are they both neutered? Is it the first or second one doing the dirty

[Barmaid]

Try rubbing the cut side of a lemon on the shower tray, it might put him off.  Cats generally do not like citrus smells and this would be non-toxic to him.

[sandyRoe]

calmck

There are 3 trays now. The older of the two uses them all in turn.

The younger one, about 4 months old and a male, won't go near any of them.

[davebro3]

ugh!

[Barmaid]

That's your problem - the young one views the trays as territory of the older one.  New tray in the shower cubicle and try and exclude the older one from it.  It will take a few days of you having to police it fairly hard, but once you've got the little one used to the idea, he should be OK.

[davebro3]

A friend describes these household invaders as "sheet machines". The fewer the merrier IMV.