Cats and kittens are meticulous, and you may find that your kitten's mother has already trained her to use a box. If not, litter training kittens is usually relatively easy.

Before your new kitten arrives, prepare your home for litter training by making sure she has immediate access to a litter box that she can climb in and out of with no extra effort. You may want to confine your kitten to only one room at first until you are sure she knows where her litter box is and that she uses it.

Once she's using the box, gradually increase her house privileges. Throughout the kitten litter training process and beyond, animal behaviorists recommend multiple cat households have multiple litter boxes: one system per cat, plus one additional system. (2 cats = 3 litter systems)