Posted by Chi | Posted in Cat Raising Tips | Posted on 11-11-2010
Feline Apparel
These are the outfits I got for Timely. Sometimes he doesn’t mind wearing them, but if he doesn’t feel like wearing them, he finds a way to take them off.
Kitty Condo
A nice cat condo can encourage cats to exercise and it has space for them to rest on.
I got this for Timely when he was about 2 months old.
Because Timely was an orphan feral kitten (and we didn’t have a cat in our place to show him how to use litter box), training him to use the litter was a difficult task for us.
After consulting with Timely’s vet, I picked up a bag of cat attract. I sprinkled some Cat Attract litter on the top of the Timely’s regular litter, but Timely still didn’t use his litter box. It was a stressful time for me because my apartment has carpets and I was sick of constantly checking each corner of the place. I didn’t want my place to smell bad and the little guy’s urine was highly concentrated. It’s almost impossible to get the smell out of the carpet and once he found a spot to urinate on, he tended to pee on it again because the residual smell leads him to consider that spot as his bathroom.
Even though he was having trouble peeing in the litter box, he would run to it and used it when he had to poo. At least he knew where to go for number 2, he was very smart. My situation could be worse. I tried to add one more litter box in the apartment, but it didn’t work either. The little rascal was 6 weeks old and had no clue about how to use his bathroom. I also placed a tissue (with his urine on it) in his litter box, but he still refused to use it.
Jay and I came up with an original litter box training method called “reward litter box training technique” that wasn’t suggested by other cat websites, books, and videos. We knew that Timely likes treats and we tried to place him on the litter box every so often and every time he used that box we would give him a treat. We also gave him treats if he used the litter box himself.
In order to encourage his positive behavior, we executed this method for two weeks and Timely learned to use the litter box within 2 days. It was really amazing that a tiny kitten can learn things so quickly.
Litter box comparison: kittens’ VS adult cats’ litter boxes
Posted by Chi | Posted in Cat Raising Tips | Posted on 14-09-2010
Here is the list of stuff that you can get to make you and your cat’s lives easier.
litter mat: A good litter mat can catch most of the litter after a cat steps out of the litter box. I don’t think you would like to see cat litter everywhere in your place.
Vacuuming the litter mat regularly can also increase it’s efficiency
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Posted by Chi | Posted in Cat Raising Tips | Posted on 07-09-2010
There are so many types of litter and the ideal choice for us should be all natural, easy to clean up, and flushable/biodegradable. There are a lot of debates about clay litter; some people believe that clay litter is bad for cats because the major clay litter ingredient, sodium bentonite can significantly expand in size once it is mixed with liquid. This is not good for kittens because they may ingested some of the litter when they are grooming themselves. Kitten owners worry that their kitten’s digest system may not be able to process ingested clay. Many cat owners claim that their cats have been using clay litter for a long time and they never took their cats to see a vet for litter-caused conditions.
In my opinion, it’s inevitable for a kitten or a cat to ingest some litter and if human beings are not supposed to eat clay, I wouldn’t want my little guy to eat it. We decided to go for the litter that matches our expectations and we bought a bag of Swheat Scoop Natural Wheat Scoopable Cat Litter.
Other than choosing the most ideal litter from human viewpoints such as price, litter types, flushable and odor elimination, etc.. Doing a litter trial is a very good way for your cat to choose his/her own litter.
Wheat scoop natural wheat litter
