How do you get a cat to go to the bathroom in the same litterbox as other cats?

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Cats are generally clean pets and they prefer to have their own litter box mainly because of how they reacted while in the wilds (marking territory) before becoming human's pets. Cats are also very private about doing their business in front of you or other cats. My cat will let me know if she wants her litter box cleaned (I clean it every two days) but sometimes that's just not good enough for her! LOL I use 'clumping litter' and it's easier to scoop the lumps out and also keeps the odor down. If I happen to be near her litter box while she is in it she'll get upset and walk away until I leave. Get a litter box for each one of your cats and here's hoping that you don't have more than three cats! Answer My two cats were siblings from same litter and been together ever since. It was still the FUNNIEST THING when i walked into where they have litter box and they were sitting side by side in the litter box pooping at the same time! But that's because they've known each other since birth and they don't mind sharing. I've even seen one of them already at it in the litterbox and another will come along and push her a little and she'd scoot over a little for him to come in! But lately, with the third kitten in enclosed room, they got a little bit restless, so I provided another litterbox at another location in the house just so that in case they do get antsy and start hissing, at least they have an option of not sharing the litter box and not just go poopy somewhere. I clean my litter box maybe once in two three days... I used to use scoopable silica based litter (the most common one), but I recently changed to world's best kitty litter (grain or corn based). It's still scoopable, but doesn't affect human health and kitty health really badly like silica does (and scooping is slightly slower- u'll understand if u ever use it). It lasts longer time than silica one did, so even if it's a bit more expensive I'm rather more for this. Also I used to feel sick a lot when I was using silica based one but with this one I'm a lot better. I just put a little bit of kitty deodorizer a little bit and it takes care of the smell (I only put like.. a tablespoonful of deodorizer every a 4~6 days).