Re: Cat litter for kittens

[Bill]

>"liv" > wrote in message
...
> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
>
> I remember there being some issues with using a scoopable litter with
> kittens. What is the current thought on this, and is there a
> recommended litter. The kitten has been tested and has spent time with
> all the cats in the house, and soon will have to leave it's area and
> go somewhere where she will have to share a litter box.
>
>
> liv
>
> take out the garbage to reply...
>
> If you can't beat your computer at chess try kickboxing.

Swheat Scoop works fine with the kittens we're fostering.

The Scoop Away unscented worked well also.

Bill

[Alison Smiley Perera]

In article >,
liv > wrote:

> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
>
> I remember there being some issues with using a scoopable litter with
> kittens. What is the current thought on this, and is there a
> recommended litter. The kitten has been tested and has spent time with
> all the cats in the house, and soon will have to leave it's area and
> go somewhere where she will have to share a litter box.

When I worked in a vet clinic we had to treat a tiny kitten who'd gotten
blocked by ingesting scoopable litter. Poor thing needed enema after
enema.

I found out how this can happen when my 6 week old foster kitten first
used her little baby-sized box. (I had filled it with the scoopable
litter I had on hand for my boys.) She peed, then walked right through
it and picked up all kinds of litter on her paws! Once I switched to
non-scooping she didn't have this problem any more. However, when she
got the run of the house she decided she was a Big Girl and used the Big
Litterbox...I had just switched away from non-scooping litter and wasn't
about to go back so I just tried to keep her little paws clean. :)

-Alison in OH

[Alison Smiley Perera]

In article >,
liv > wrote:

> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
>
> I remember there being some issues with using a scoopable litter with
> kittens. What is the current thought on this, and is there a
> recommended litter. The kitten has been tested and has spent time with
> all the cats in the house, and soon will have to leave it's area and
> go somewhere where she will have to share a litter box.

When I worked in a vet clinic we had to treat a tiny kitten who'd gotten
blocked by ingesting scoopable litter. Poor thing needed enema after
enema.

I found out how this can happen when my 6 week old foster kitten first
used her little baby-sized box. (I had filled it with the scoopable
litter I had on hand for my boys.) She peed, then walked right through
it and picked up all kinds of litter on her paws! Once I switched to
non-scooping she didn't have this problem any more. However, when she
got the run of the house she decided she was a Big Girl and used the Big
Litterbox...I had just switched away from non-scooping litter and wasn't
about to go back so I just tried to keep her little paws clean. :)

-Alison in OH

[Alison Smiley Perera]

In article >,
liv > wrote:

> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
>
> I remember there being some issues with using a scoopable litter with
> kittens. What is the current thought on this, and is there a
> recommended litter. The kitten has been tested and has spent time with
> all the cats in the house, and soon will have to leave it's area and
> go somewhere where she will have to share a litter box.

When I worked in a vet clinic we had to treat a tiny kitten who'd gotten
blocked by ingesting scoopable litter. Poor thing needed enema after
enema.

I found out how this can happen when my 6 week old foster kitten first
used her little baby-sized box. (I had filled it with the scoopable
litter I had on hand for my boys.) She peed, then walked right through
it and picked up all kinds of litter on her paws! Once I switched to
non-scooping she didn't have this problem any more. However, when she
got the run of the house she decided she was a Big Girl and used the Big
Litterbox...I had just switched away from non-scooping litter and wasn't
about to go back so I just tried to keep her little paws clean. :)

-Alison in OH

[PawsForThought]

>From: liv

>-0400, Alison Smiley Perera
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> liv > wrote:
>>
>>> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
>>>
>>> I remember there being some issues with using a scoopable litter with
>>> kittens. What is the current thought on this, and is there a
>>> recommended litter. The kitten has been tested and has spent time with
>>> all the cats in the house, and soon will have to leave it's area and
>>> go somewhere where she will have to share a litter box.
>>
>>When I worked in a vet clinic we had to treat a tiny kitten who'd gotten
>>blocked by ingesting scoopable litter. Poor thing needed enema after
>>enema.
>>
>>I found out how this can happen when my 6 week old foster kitten first
>>used her little baby-sized box. (I had filled it with the scoopable
>>litter I had on hand for my boys.) She peed, then walked right through
>>it and picked up all kinds of litter on her paws! Once I switched to
>>non-scooping she didn't have this problem any more. However, when she
>>got the run of the house she decided she was a Big Girl and used the Big
>>Litterbox...I had just switched away from non-scooping litter and wasn't
>>about to go back so I just tried to keep her little paws clean. :)
>>
>>-Alison in OH
>---------------------
>That's what I'm concerned with, I may just switch to non-scoopable
>litter for a while. Thanks.

I use Swheat Scoop and it is clumping, but safe for kittens.

Lauren
________
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Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

[PawsForThought]

>From: liv

>-0400, Alison Smiley Perera
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> liv > wrote:
>>
>>> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
>>>
>>> I remember there being some issues with using a scoopable litter with
>>> kittens. What is the current thought on this, and is there a
>>> recommended litter. The kitten has been tested and has spent time with
>>> all the cats in the house, and soon will have to leave it's area and
>>> go somewhere where she will have to share a litter box.
>>
>>When I worked in a vet clinic we had to treat a tiny kitten who'd gotten
>>blocked by ingesting scoopable litter. Poor thing needed enema after
>>enema.
>>
>>I found out how this can happen when my 6 week old foster kitten first
>>used her little baby-sized box. (I had filled it with the scoopable
>>litter I had on hand for my boys.) She peed, then walked right through
>>it and picked up all kinds of litter on her paws! Once I switched to
>>non-scooping she didn't have this problem any more. However, when she
>>got the run of the house she decided she was a Big Girl and used the Big
>>Litterbox...I had just switched away from non-scooping litter and wasn't
>>about to go back so I just tried to keep her little paws clean. :)
>>
>>-Alison in OH
>---------------------
>That's what I'm concerned with, I may just switch to non-scoopable
>litter for a while. Thanks.

I use Swheat Scoop and it is clumping, but safe for kittens.

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

[PawsForThought]

>From: liv

>-0400, Alison Smiley Perera
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> liv > wrote:
>>
>>> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
>>>
>>> I remember there being some issues with using a scoopable litter with
>>> kittens. What is the current thought on this, and is there a
>>> recommended litter. The kitten has been tested and has spent time with
>>> all the cats in the house, and soon will have to leave it's area and
>>> go somewhere where she will have to share a litter box.
>>
>>When I worked in a vet clinic we had to treat a tiny kitten who'd gotten
>>blocked by ingesting scoopable litter. Poor thing needed enema after
>>enema.
>>
>>I found out how this can happen when my 6 week old foster kitten first
>>used her little baby-sized box. (I had filled it with the scoopable
>>litter I had on hand for my boys.) She peed, then walked right through
>>it and picked up all kinds of litter on her paws! Once I switched to
>>non-scooping she didn't have this problem any more. However, when she
>>got the run of the house she decided she was a Big Girl and used the Big
>>Litterbox...I had just switched away from non-scooping litter and wasn't
>>about to go back so I just tried to keep her little paws clean. :)
>>
>>-Alison in OH
>---------------------
>That's what I'm concerned with, I may just switch to non-scoopable
>litter for a while. Thanks.

I use Swheat Scoop and it is clumping, but safe for kittens.

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

[Sharon Talbert]

I highly recommend Best Cat Litter (brandname), which is made of
corn-based particles. No sticky stuff, no injestion. And no eating of
the litter! Which is what babies tend to do.

[Sharon Talbert]

I highly recommend Best Cat Litter (brandname), which is made of
corn-based particles. No sticky stuff, no injestion. And no eating of
the litter! Which is what babies tend to do.

[Sharon Talbert]

I highly recommend Best Cat Litter (brandname), which is made of
corn-based particles. No sticky stuff, no injestion. And no eating of
the litter! Which is what babies tend to do.