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Scottland said:
Where is the tray in relation to the food? I was always told the tray should be within about a metre of the food
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That is SO not true. Food/water and their litter box can be kept in the same room, but they should NOT be near each other. Cats are generally clean and fussy animals.

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Taken from: http://www.catsinfo.com/kittens.html
Toileting
Pedigree kittens are fully litter trained from a very early age. With any kitten irrespective of breed to avoid accidents it is absolutely vital that for the early days and weeks in a new home, the kitten is aware at all times where the litter tray is. In a new environment, the kitten may not be able to find the litter tray alone especially with a home with two or more floors and several rooms. It is important that the kitten is restricted to one area for the first few weeks and only allowed into other areas of your home under supervision.

Once your kitten has been allowed to roam freely, always keep a watchful eye and keep taking your new kitten back to it's litter tray at regular intervals. If you are living in a very large house on multiple floors, it is advisable to have a litter tray on every floor.

When your new kitten first arrives home, it is also advisable to use the same cat litter as your breeder while your kitten settles in. Later you can gradually change this to a brand of your choice. The litter tray should also be kept clean at all times. Changing all or some of the litter tray contents daily is recommended to avoid accidents. Cats will quickly find an alternative site to use as a toilet if the tray is not cleaned daily.
 
Could be a bad habbit picked up from his mum and could be hard to break if this is the case, mibbe he was closed in a bathroom/ceramic area before and this is where he went

All advice above is good, just hope he doesnt find somewhere less obvious!

Also if he insists put an inch or so of water in the bath when your out, he will only try that once ;)
 
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was the litter dirty when he pooped in the bath? if it was, then he may have just found somewhere else he considers private enough.

some cats can be very fussy about how clean their litter needs to be. some ways around this is are either get a larger litter tray, use deeper litter, clean it more often or put a second tray in the bathroom.
 
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