Cats are extraordinarily fastidious creatures.
Outdoors, they tend to urinate and defecate in relatively open and previously unused areas. When asking cats to use a litter box, you are teaching against their instincts. It's no surprise that the most common behavior problem reported by cat owners is urination and defecation outside the litter box. Litter boxes should be placed in accessible areas - avoid dark, damp basements, distant bedrooms, or areas unprotected from the noises of washing machines, furnaces, traffic, and the like. Unusual Behavior Choose a topic below.