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Shannie
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Date Posted: 13:24:39 06/29/01 Fri
In reply to:
Jo
's message, "Another question, Shannie....." on 11:52:25 06/29/01 Fri
First of all, Ringo is your tenant's Rottie, right? Does he ever come up to your part of the house? He doesn't have free access to your part of the house right? Yeah, be careful....if kitten sees him/he sees him, it could traumatize kitten for a very long time (not to mention, kitten could end up as dog snack)
How many weeks will kitten be when you get him? (him, right?)
Tigger was 10 weeks when I got her, Taco was about 6-8 wks.....because they were so small, and most litterboxes are made for adult cats (hard for a little one to 'get into/out of'), I used/I suggest you either get a normal litterbox and cut down the opening a bit so that it's not such a deep entrance to step over OR....go to Walmart/Zellers and get yourself a rectangular Rubbermaid container (you know, the kind you might use for muffins or cookies.....know what I mean?).......these are more shallow and easier for kitten to get into/out of. At least start out with this til kitten is a little bigger.
I never had problems littertraining......I'd just put kitten into fresh box, take my hands and take their front paws and make a 'digging motion'......they always got the hang of it immediately.
Surely the person who has the kitten now must know if the kitten is littertrained?
If you have problems training, go out and get a bag of fresh (not soil from the flowerbeds....those can contain all kinds of bugs/germs/tetanus/sh*t from other cats, etc) potting soil....place a little on TOP of the litter. Cats instinctively know to bury their waste in soil....so this might help, too.
Also, I suggest for the first day or more, keeping kitten in room by himself.....and just keeping a close eye on whether he's using box right. You might want to place a green garbage bag UNDER the litterbox, then newspaper on TOP.....so if kitty doesn't use box, might use paper....THEN, take the pee soaked paper or poop and PUT IT in the litterbox, then put kitten IN litterbox and show him how to make the digging motion.......once they associate 'wastes' with the box, you should be okay.
Be careful that kitten doesn't eat the litter (clumping)...some do. Of course, this can cause a major bowel obstruction. If you feel better, until you know that kitty knows to use box, maybe buy some of the NON clumping litter......as coarse of pebbles as possible ....if no problems, then switch to clumping and just make sure kitty's not eating it. Back when I mine were kittens, there was no such thing as clumping :-)
Of course you probably know, don't feed kitten milk...many cats have lactose intolerance, and milk is hard to digest..can cause upset tummy, diarrhea. If you want to give something, there are "milk substitutes"....Whiskas makes one.......it's in little juice-box type container.....they used to sell them at WalMart in petfood section. Always provide fresh water, too, though. And feed the best quality kitten food (canned and dry) that you can.........you actually end up feeding less and poops are MUCH less smelly/more firm.
Hope that helps.
S
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