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I'm new to this forum and a new kitten owner! Lived in houses with cats lots but never had my own.
I've recently adopted 2 brothers at around 11 weeks old (3 weeks ago). I'm friends with the person who gave us them, and they said they were pretty much litter trained when we got them.
When they arrived we had the litter tray from the previous house, and filled it with the same type of litter (wood chip). They stayed inside the travel box for a while as expected, and we didn't see them use the toilet.
We realised they had wee'd a couple times in the corner, and moved the tray there and one of them started to use it. The other struggled, so we got an extra tray and put it in a different part of the flat, and also some "puppy pads" for the surrounding areas as advised by the previous owner for accidents.
After a few weeks, the smaller kitten who was struggling to use the tray is still struggling, although he definitely has used it for both. Whenever we see him crouching down we pick him up and put him in a tray as gently as possible and he stayed for a few seconds then jumps out.
We've also watched him after eating, and put him in a tray over and over again but he jumps back out. Sometimes after multiple attempts he has went in the tray, but he really doesn't seem to like it.
The more alarming thing is that the other kitten I think is also now going outside the tray sometimes.
We've tried more trays (up to 4), varying amounts of litter, different cleaning products. We've put puppy pads down near the trays so that any accidents are easily cleaned up but I'm starting to think are they becoming used to the soft pad instead of the litter?
We're also unsure on the litter type, we were advised to use this type of litter for kittens but they don't seem to like it. Is clumping litter a no go at this age?
Can anyone suggest any tips please? I've provided as much info as I can think of, please let me know if any other information would be useful.
I've recently adopted 2 brothers at around 11 weeks old (3 weeks ago). I'm friends with the person who gave us them, and they said they were pretty much litter trained when we got them.
When they arrived we had the litter tray from the previous house, and filled it with the same type of litter (wood chip). They stayed inside the travel box for a while as expected, and we didn't see them use the toilet.
We realised they had wee'd a couple times in the corner, and moved the tray there and one of them started to use it. The other struggled, so we got an extra tray and put it in a different part of the flat, and also some "puppy pads" for the surrounding areas as advised by the previous owner for accidents.
After a few weeks, the smaller kitten who was struggling to use the tray is still struggling, although he definitely has used it for both. Whenever we see him crouching down we pick him up and put him in a tray as gently as possible and he stayed for a few seconds then jumps out.
We've also watched him after eating, and put him in a tray over and over again but he jumps back out. Sometimes after multiple attempts he has went in the tray, but he really doesn't seem to like it.
The more alarming thing is that the other kitten I think is also now going outside the tray sometimes.
We've tried more trays (up to 4), varying amounts of litter, different cleaning products. We've put puppy pads down near the trays so that any accidents are easily cleaned up but I'm starting to think are they becoming used to the soft pad instead of the litter?
We're also unsure on the litter type, we were advised to use this type of litter for kittens but they don't seem to like it. Is clumping litter a no go at this age?
Can anyone suggest any tips please? I've provided as much info as I can think of, please let me know if any other information would be useful.