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@egyptianmau our little orphans were darling when they learned to use the litterbox. They would dig a hole, then squat beside the hole, and lastly cover up a third place beside the other two holes. Than be very pleased with themselves. They all learned, eventually, so I would think there's hope.

I didn't know where to post this so I chose this thread. Just to let you all know, this cat site is a great place. I have been visiting it almost every day just to read the positive things people are doing with cats, the photos, and the great advice. We are cat lovers here, with 15 outdoor...

Ha and we all know cats. Can't convince them to like water, but since Freddy decided to like it, he just does. He will climb into our big sink, sit there, and everyone enjoys watching him bat at the thin stream of water. Guess he never had a mom to tell him that cats don't like it or that they...

Thanks for the suggestions. We will keep brushing, but no baths! Although the one cat loves water. He will try to figure out where the sound is from and I have had a flying kitty land beside me as I was doing dishes. He loves to play in it when he has a chance.

I am wondering about long haired cats and all their shedding. We hand raised a litter of 4, 3 of which are long haired, and 2 of those are super long haired. They are outside cats, but always come to the house and until a month ago, we let them in. They are like clockwork, showing up at the door...

Here they, approx 5 months old. One met an untimely death at 7 weeks. But they are all happy and healthy. They live in our big old barn, a cat's paradise, and regularly visit the house. They love to come in and see us. 3 are long haired, and the smaller calico one has beautiful silky fur. Thanks...

Ok, thanks. Will keep on with milk, than.

Kittens are 1 lb each. They currently share a kitten size portion at each meal, 5 times a day. Than they get a little milk. They are losing interest in milk, though. I have a gallon of goat milk left in freezer. Shall we bother feeding it all or is it ok to just feed them more canned food? What...

Our 5 orphan kitties look like that too. A combo of messy eating and fat bellies, in our kitten's case, anyway.

When and how do we stop the night feeding?

Ok thanks! Will do that.

The tsp of water for wet feed is divided among all of them.

This is a sample feeding time. They each get 3/4 tsp wet kitten food, with a minor amount of water, 1 tsp water for all of them, each in their own dish. Lol they gobble it up in a minute or so. Than we measure out 25 ml of milk for each one in each dish. They don't quite clean it out, except for...

Ok thanks! How do we continue with the milk than? Every 4 hours and wet food at every feeding?

So I'm trying to figure out what kind of feeding schedule for these kittens. Right now, its every 3.5 to 4 hrs during day and a five hour stretch at night. They each get about half tsp of wet kitten food mixed with water, and about 20 ml of milk at a feeding. They all drink from dish, and eat...

4 out of the 5 are regularly peeing in litter box. I actually got 2 of them to poop just with stimulation. 1 drinks milk from a dish quite regularly. 2 more can, but don't always. After feeding, we take them outside, fully supervised, on nice days. (We live in northern Canada). Today it was so...

Ok, we'll keep on. I'm sure once one can poop in the box, they will all follow the example. They are running around already, so surely that will help as well.

So I still wonder about the pooping thing. They quite happily pee in litterbox, or elsewhere, LOL. I stimulated all 5 this morning and only 1 peed for me. If I give enema or suppository, how long after that does it take to fill the colon with poop again? If one sits in litterbox and looks like...

Yes they get 1 tbsp oil in every 2 cups milk. Today I started adding more to each feeding as well.

Cute little things are starting to use litterbox! How amazing they have the instinct to do on their own! At least 3 use it some of the time. We have gotten 3 of them to drink from a dish a few times, where they drank all their portion from a dish. However, for 2 days now, they don't take more...