Topic: Kitten Puddles... (Read 20151 times)

Ravok · « **Reply #60 on:** May 23, 2004, 10:31:48 pm »

Cats are whats called a latrening animal, So a desire to use a kitty litter box comes naturally to most of them.
One of the most important things when litter training them is to always have very clean litter on hand, And to always use the same type or brand, ( Cats are picky!) Every time you see him or her wake up place them in the litter box, ( When they are young thats when they usually go), Keep this up and in no time the little fellows will pretty much train them selves.
It important too not to take it away from its mom too soon because she will teach it allot of these things her self.
Good luck cats are just wonderful pets and allot of fun!!

Clark Kent · « **Reply #61 on:** May 23, 2004, 10:59:23 pm »

I'm not sure how much his mom will teach him sicne he lives in a barn, with no litterbox available for him to use. they spend all their time in the room the llive and sleep in, the only way in or out is a barred window that the mom can get through, but not the kittens. mostly it's for safety, so they don't get stepped on by horses or mauled by dogs...

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

Khalee · « **Reply #62 on:** May 23, 2004, 11:22:48 pm »

Well if that is the case then they might allready know what to do. Just show him the pan with the litter in it and see what happens. My cat was the same way caught him in a barn and he knew what to do after I got him home and showed him where to go.

Scott Allen Abfalter · « **Reply #63 on:** May 24, 2004, 03:49:59 pm »

Kahlee is exactly right.

The cat has natural instincts to bury stool and to urinate where it can be covered up.

What you need to do is carry the kitty over to the litterbox the next time any, er, 'leakage' occurs. And several times a day just to remind him where it is.

The kitty should pick this up in no time and start going there on it's own.

I've had three, since kittens, and each one picked it up in a day or so.

digi · « **Reply #64 on:** May 24, 2004, 05:53:33 pm »

Funny story but true.

My family has always had cats. The first I remember (going back some years when I was probably all of 7 or 8 years) were a pair of kittens from the cats protection league. They were called Daisy and Bandit. I liked the Burt Reynolds movie and my sister liked the dukes of hazard. Anyway.

My father likes his baths in the evening. He just liked to soak in a nice warm bath for ages to relax. This one evening he came down in his dressing gown after his bath to watch a bit a TV. Kittens being kittens however liked to play and explore and found that the 2 inch gap between the sofa and the floor to be an intriging place to hide and play.

Daisy (a white cat with three little block spots) came out from under the sofa this one time to find my father sitting there in his dressing gown....or rather hanging over (if you get my drift) the edge of the sofa in his dressing gown. Wondering if these two dangly things were new cat toys daisy took to them with her claws. Needless to say that my father stood up and jumped around in some agony!

I think that was the first time (and only time) I ever saw a grown man in tears, with a kitten hanging on for dear life from his pride and joy!!!

digi · « **Reply #65 on:** May 24, 2004, 05:59:17 pm »

On another note our previous cats (Daisy and Bandit) unlike our present two (Smudge and Fluff) tend to improve the next door neighbours garden rather than use a cat tray. I think we've tried numerous things over the last 4 years, but the don't want to know. There are two benefits from this. We spend nothing on cat litter and our neighbours have a very fertilised garden!!!

Clark Kent · « **Reply #66 on:** May 24, 2004, 07:31:02 pm »

Yeah, I was thinking about that aspect, and how I can never be clotheless, lest he attack my dangling particibles...
if he is potty trained, it works for me, I jsut didn't see how since he's pretty much limited to a little room with a concrete floor. Although, I have to admit, I never did see any kitty dookies hangin around that room while I was there...

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

Ravok · « **Reply #67 on:** May 24, 2004, 10:08:13 pm »

Mine would much rather go im my mulch around my bushes outside also. Like i said they are pretty anal about having a clean place to go.

AlienLXIX · « **Reply #68 on:** May 25, 2004, 02:03:00 am »

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if he is potty trained, it works for me, I jsut didn't see how since he's pretty much limited to a little room with a concrete floor. Although, I have to admit, I never did see any kitty dookies hangin around that room while I was there...

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

Depending on how old your kittens are the mother cat tends to take care of the waste the kitten's make and that maybe why your kitten's area is clean.

When do you get to take your new friend home? I am asking this because if this is still happening when you bring him home you will have to how to use the little and maybe go as far as taking a warm wet wash cloth and umm "stimulate" the waste process. PM me if you need more pointers!

I have cared for kittens as young as a few days old and have had them thrive! It's hard and takes a LOT of time till they have their eyes open and OK they turn out thinking that they are very short and hairy humans but I have never lost one yet! <knocking on wood>

Clark Kent · « **Reply #69 on:** May 25, 2004, 10:59:34 am »

Thanks for the advice Alien. He'll be 6 weeks old this friday. i'm considering whether I should bring him home this weekend, or wait. If I wait, though, I'll have to wait till the end of june, since I can't get to the farm where he's at on my own, and the friend who can get me there is going to Hawaii next week. Supplies aren't a problem, I know what I need and where to get it, I just need to figure out what this little guy's needs are. I will say, though, that one thing I caannot stand is the smell of cat pee, so if I can't figure out how to handle his problems, he might become an outside cat again quick fast and in a hurry. I won't just toss the guy out the door, or abandon him, but I really need to keep his potty issues under control.

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

TB613 · « **Reply #71 on:** May 25, 2004, 03:40:07 pm »

Alien is correct on six weeks being a little young. The deciding factor to me is are there people around the farm such as some children that can help in socializing the kitten to humans.

Clark Kent · « **Reply #72 on:** May 25, 2004, 11:30:48 pm »

The farm he's at is boarded by alot of horses owned by various people, so I'm thinking the kittens get alot of human attention.I may put getting him off, like i said, but if I wait past this weekend I'll have to wait quite a while longer before I get him, and I'm kinda eager to get him. CHoices...

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

Clark Kent · « **Reply #73 on:** May 26, 2004, 09:43:42 am »

Oh yeah, I'd rather not name him puddles. The thought of him living up to his names in that case makes me cringe. I was kinda partial to the name Saber, unless someone had a better suggestion,

CK

P.S. I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

Scott Allen Abfalter · « **Reply #74 on:** May 26, 2004, 09:46:14 am »

There are milk supplements in a can that you can give very young kittens that are too young to be independant; we had to do this with our first cat who we found as a too-young abandon stray. It's a little expensive, but she was not on it for more than a few weeks.

One thing we learned --it is very hard to give a cat a bath! Whenever we've tried to give the cats a bath it's basically a two-person job. My single and only task is to latch onto the cat with both hands and try and keep it mostly within the bathtub. My wife gets it shampoo'ed and rinsed off. The cat, convinced that it is about to drown, fights with all it's might. We are lucky if we escape with only minor scratches.

Praxis · « **Reply #75 on:** May 26, 2004, 10:53:19 am »

When I try to give my cat a bath, it turns into something from crocodile hunter.

We've learned never to fill the bathtub- instead we take one of those movable showerheads and spray her to wash her. That way she doesn't think she's drowning, but she STILL fights for her life.

Since we're spraying her rather than dunking her, the bottom of the tub has a low level of water. The cat thrashes left and right, jumping for the edges, her claws slipping and skittering on the sides, the water splashing all over. It really looks like something from Crododile Hunter. We have to wear heavy gloves, and sometimes she'll manage to get a claw out and grab me by the shirt and try to pull me into the tub...

Khalee · « **Reply #76 on:** May 26, 2004, 11:09:06 am »

Never had a problem with mine. The only problem was I had to lock the door to keep it from wanting to come in and try to get into the tub when I was takeing baths. Trick to bathing cats is treat them like you would a baby when you give them a bath. When I made it to where it could not come in you never heard the most mornfull sounds comeing from it, pluse it would be trying to claw its way thru the door as well.

Khalee · « **Reply #78 on:** May 26, 2004, 11:35:21 am »

or he could just call it cat and be done with it.

Clark Kent · « **Reply #79 on:** May 26, 2004, 01:19:32 pm »

LOL, those are actually good suggestions, I kinda like some of them. I'll think about it. This little guy (so far) is a curious and quiet one. He's very warm and friendly, and he's explorer. You can't let youself be fooled by his shy natuere, though. He likes to walk around very tall with his chest puffed out and head held as high as it goes. And then there's the prance he does. He lifts his legs higher than I'm used to seeing most cats do, and each step is purposeful and controlled.
I do have a reason for giving him a manly name, over soemthing cuddy or cute. I feel that since he's gonna get the ol' snip snip anyway, I can't burden him with an unmanly name for the rest of his life as well. After all, how badly do I have to emascualte the poor little devil?
Here's a couple pics one that got me interested in him to begin with, and two of him I took last week:

(oh my, my friend jenny does have soem hairy arms, doesn't she?)

CK

P.S. i like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

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