Ok. I'll give it try with just the litter and try to retrieve some feces from outside (altho he has never pooped in the house). I also thought about cutting out a small part of the throw rug on which he routinely pees on in the bathroom and laying that either with the litter or on top for awhile. Unfortunately the litter pan I bought does not have one side lower, in fact it has a short, removable rim around it to catch the litter as it is scratch about I guess. Never had a litter box before. He's not infirm, can still jump up on furniture and such so don't think he'll have a problem stepping into the pan. We shall see. Will keep you informed if interested. ha. Thanks for the reply.

Cats will instinctually use a pan or any situation where their need to bury the evidence is available. That's why when they don't have a pan they'll do it on rugs, in beds or other places where they can claw and go through the motions. That's why I chuckle when I see ads to give away kittens who are already litter trained. One seldom sees cat waste on bare floors unless their behinds are hung out over a pan when they're using it.

I hope he takes to the pan. I have two barn cats who spend their nights in the house and they will ask for in to use the pan, when there are thousands of acres around us they could use.

I decided to wait and put the litter box down right before bed, so I got it out and started to fill it with kitty litter in the bathroom where it's going to sit. Kitty suddenly got all anxious and started pacing from livingroom to kitchen and stopping each time to look in at me and what I was doing. After I finished I might have done something wrong. I picked him up and showed him the box and sat him in it and dug around in the litter. I think I scared him! Anyway, I sat the box on the same rug he pees on but didn't cover up the entire spot, covered the sofa with a trash bag and misc. just in case, and went to bed.

Next morning I got up late at 5am (usually get up at 4:30a to let he and other cat out), but Kitty hadn't peed on the rug or in the litter box or anywhere else. So I'm going to continue to put the litter box out every night and see what happens. Like you say, he may eventually use it. Thanks for all the suggestions.

I would be inclined to leave the box there day and night so that he can adjust to it.

Has he had a vet check to rule out any urinary problems? Going in the house can often be a symptom.......

I recently trained a now semi feral cat to use the litter box. She had urinated on the bathroom rug but would not use the litter box even though I purchased Cat Attract. I placed the unsoiled portion of the run under the litter box allowing space for her to continue using the rug which I spread with the kitty litter. I did this for 2 days and then cut off and disposed the soiled portion. I then cut the unsoiled portion in half and placed that half inside the box, spreading it with the kitty litter. She then used the run inside the box. On day 4 I disposed of the soiled rug and placed just a small patch of the rug into the box, spreading it with litter. On day 5 I removed the patch and from that day forward she used at all times the kitty litter box.

I did not contain her in a closed room because that horrified her. In a total of 7 weeks she went from growling feral outdoor cat to spayed and aborted indoor and outdoor cat, sleeps on my bed, follows me around like a puppy and is very, very sweet.

You could also put a 2nd box with some dirt in it. See which kitty uses. If it's the dirt one, gradually start adding a little litter to dirt.

I tried that before using the rug. Even put a bit of dried leaves in the dirt. Didn't work.