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So about 3 weeks ago, I got this kitten from this lady who said the litter was 10 weeks. In the litter there was this super teeny emaciated little gray kitten, the runt. Absolutely covered in fleas. I thought it was a female, ended up being male. The other 4 kittens were big and did have fleas and worm belly but were not in god awful shape. We brought him home, gave him a good flea bath and used flea medication, and got him eating good.
A couple days later we took him to the vet where we found out she was a he, vet says he is actually about 5 weeks old, and had flea anemia. Vet says he will be in good shape with good food and a loving home. He has definitely gained tons of weight, no longer the same kitten.
I love him to death! Seriously the sweetest, funniest little guy. But my trouble is getting him litter box trained. I have gotten 5 different litter boxes. Covered litter boxes, uncovered litter boxes, shallow litter pans, litter boxes in every room, I put a litter box directly wherever he used the bathroom (corner of the living room), clean with Nature's Miracle. I have used Tidy Cat, Fresh Steps Hawaiian Aloha Breeze (what the lady I got him from said he was using, she did say he was litter box trained), Cat Attract, World's Best Cat Litter, and am now using Kitten Attract. I have a pan of Kitten Attract on both floors of my home on a quilt of puppy pee pads.
I do not scold him, I gently place him in the litter boxes and dig his paws in, and when he poops outside of the box I put his waste in his litter box. He used to go behind the couch, blocked that off. Now it is the corner of the living room. And even with the litter tray in the corner where he poops and pees, he will poop and pee next to the litter tray!!! It is like he goes out of his way to avoid using the litter box.
So when I got him, the next day I dropped off deworming medicine and flea medicine and flea shampoo to the lady who had the litter. About a week ago I picked up a littermate of his, another male named Hendrix. Thinking I can't teach him to be a cat and do cat things, another kitten can. The new kitten uses all the litter boxes BEAUTIFULLY.
My little guy, not at all. Vet says he will just learn and he has no UTIs.
I don't know what to do, he is being kept in our 2nd bedroom with food, water, scratching post, cat tree, and 2 littler pans filled with Kitten Attract. I don't want to keep him locked up.
Any tips on how to get him to use his litter pans, and not the space directly next to his litter pans, would be great!!
A couple days later we took him to the vet where we found out she was a he, vet says he is actually about 5 weeks old, and had flea anemia. Vet says he will be in good shape with good food and a loving home. He has definitely gained tons of weight, no longer the same kitten.
I love him to death! Seriously the sweetest, funniest little guy. But my trouble is getting him litter box trained. I have gotten 5 different litter boxes. Covered litter boxes, uncovered litter boxes, shallow litter pans, litter boxes in every room, I put a litter box directly wherever he used the bathroom (corner of the living room), clean with Nature's Miracle. I have used Tidy Cat, Fresh Steps Hawaiian Aloha Breeze (what the lady I got him from said he was using, she did say he was litter box trained), Cat Attract, World's Best Cat Litter, and am now using Kitten Attract. I have a pan of Kitten Attract on both floors of my home on a quilt of puppy pee pads.
I do not scold him, I gently place him in the litter boxes and dig his paws in, and when he poops outside of the box I put his waste in his litter box. He used to go behind the couch, blocked that off. Now it is the corner of the living room. And even with the litter tray in the corner where he poops and pees, he will poop and pee next to the litter tray!!! It is like he goes out of his way to avoid using the litter box.
So when I got him, the next day I dropped off deworming medicine and flea medicine and flea shampoo to the lady who had the litter. About a week ago I picked up a littermate of his, another male named Hendrix. Thinking I can't teach him to be a cat and do cat things, another kitten can. The new kitten uses all the litter boxes BEAUTIFULLY.
My little guy, not at all. Vet says he will just learn and he has no UTIs.
I don't know what to do, he is being kept in our 2nd bedroom with food, water, scratching post, cat tree, and 2 littler pans filled with Kitten Attract. I don't want to keep him locked up.
Any tips on how to get him to use his litter pans, and not the space directly next to his litter pans, would be great!!