My cat's "accidents" have stopped...simple solution?

I used to have a cat and it usually goes out to do its business outside in the sand. I think the cats naturally do their business in the sand by digging the sand and doing their stuff then burying it afterwards. Probably you cat thought the cat is similar to sand and that was why it was doing it there. May be by putting the litter box on the tile floor, the cat could tell the difference between the solid floor and the sand.

I don't know but my guess would be that with carpet they hold so many smells that your cat can smell and you can not. Plus it holds tons of dust and dirt that really does not come up when you vacuum. Your cat can smell this too. Also some other cat may have used the carpet or the dog and the cat knows this as well so it is a carried on experience. When you moved the box to the area with no carpet the cat does not smell anything but the litter box and knows exactly where to go now.

It might not be the carpet vs the tile, it might be the location. Cats like to be able to see what's coming and have a way to get away from it. But who really knows what goes on in the minds of cats?

LoL, who can explain a cat LOL, I have two and one is big old tom and he is too big to fit in a regular litter box and he would put his front paws on the edge of the litter box and hang on for dear life ! Or,so it seemed to me ! But, he got a little lazy in his old age and started to just pee or poop over the edge........what I couldn't understand was why didn't he put his front half on the floor and just pee or poop in the litter box.....? It's really funny too cuz he'd try his best to cover it up with his paws scraping the floor with nothing LOL.........we always got a big kick out of him til I bought the new bigger box. I bought a BIG , plastic storage box that is tall and wide......he now has to pee or poop on the inside of the box........it might be on the SIDES, but the stuff is IN The box now ! Ok, so I have to clean more LOL As to your cat, I would say that the odor she made herself in that spot is what she thought was her rightful place to go. Tile? well,LOL, alls I know is she doesn't like the feel of the tile when she would try to cover her mess up as opposed to the soft carpet.........I really don't know............but do give her credit for going in the litter box in the bathroom NOW............. I have to say,this is one conversation I never thought I'd have the pleasure of grinning about :) Hugs, quita

While dogs are loyal to man, that's why dogs are considered as man's bestfriend, cats on the other hand is loyal to a place. I guess you know what i mean.

That's great! Maybe your cat thought you all should do it together or something, or it's the bathroom smell that also inspire him/her to go there. I rescued so many cats, sometimes they do out of the litter box...I don't know the solution but in here I can't keep the toilet opened. But I love all of them, no matter what, hahaha. My sons and daughters.