Cat food and litter

I have 4 cats and although my little one isn’t here yet we have the litter trays in one or two rooms. When they’re up and walking we plan to use baby gates to keep them out but the cats can still get into the room to use them! Not sure if that’s an option for you but that’s the only thing we could think of! Xx

I’m looking for solutions too. My LO isn’t mobile yet, but he will be soon and I anticipate he will be curious. I’ve heard others suggest setting up a playpen around the areas so the cants can get in but baby can’t. Not feasible in our situation (very small studio apartment) but it may work for you.

We just ended up putting the cat litter tray in the kitchen and putting a stair gate on the door

We live in a small apartment and gating off isn't possible. If it was I would have definitely gone in that direction! We keep our cat littler box in our hallway closet. We took the door off because it was a sliding door. We hung up a colored vinyl shower curtain that goes all the way to the floor. This way the cat can come and go as she pleases but the area is out of sight. I thought I might have to tape the sides down once she started moving but our LO doesn't care about that space. We also never open the curtain when she is around so she probably thinks it's part of the wall😅 As for food and water I put them up where the cat can go and the LO can't reach. Once we got to the point we're she would follow directions I put them back on the floor out of sight. Oh and the cat water bowl has a lid on it. The cat can push down to get water but it's not out where our daughter can put her face in it🥴

Thank you everyone! I will buy a gate tonight. She started carrying cat food to other rooms as a snack for later.

🤣 Silky girl!! Good news is that there is nothing in cat food that is harmful unless she has an allergy 😀

We put out cat food up high like on the washing machine. We’ve had family that put the litter box in a bathroom closet and cut a little cat door so the main door could stay closed. They also had the cat food on the countertop in that bathroom.

Ik it’s gross and I have no memory of it but I myself would tear in to the cat food from the bowl or bag when I was little. Like probably till they found a good spot for it and if they are correct I was anywhere from about 2-3.
To this day I don’t like seafood 😂

@Sarah I wasn't super concerned about the cat food, just irritated, but she tries to eat dirty litter now too. Today she was holding a clump of poo....

I just keep my cats litter in a room that we keep closed. The downstairs bathroom is where it is and I just keep that door closed so it doesn't even begin to be a battle

Can you put in a a gated area? We live in a small apartment have have our cat food in the kitchen and we have a gate in that door way. And our cat litter in the dinning room and have a gate closing that area off too. My girls are 3 & 4 and would play with it given the chance