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Sherry - 29 Jun 2007 18:12 GMT

The babies have learned to urinate by themselves, without having their
bottoms stimulated.

Unfortunately, they haven't grasped the whole peeing concept yet, so
they pee all over each other while
they're cuddled together sleeping.
They smell like whiz now.

I don't want to bathe them because I don't want them chilled. I've
used some of those "kitten wipes" but they're just not cutting the
odor very well. Whew. I bought some regular clay litter. They're not
yet 3 weeks old, but they toddle around pretty good, and maybe it's
not to early to start teaching them. This should be fun. They're going
to try to eat the litter, I just know they are. :-(

Sherry

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Irulan - 29 Jun 2007 18:26 GMT

aw, I don't envy you but I admire your patience. Lily
and I will purr and pray that they learn bathroom etiquette
quickly. God bless you.

Lily & her mama

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> The babies have learned to urinate by themselves, without having their
> bottoms stimulated.
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>
> Sherry

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Lesley - 29 Jun 2007 18:52 GMT

. This should be fun. They're going

> to try to eat the litter, I just know they are. :-(

Sarsi attempted to eat some new litter last week and she's four so I
guess they will!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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Marina - 29 Jun 2007 19:03 GMT

> They're going
> to try to eat the litter, I just know they are. :-(

ISTR kittens always eat a little litter before they learn what it's for.
Purrs that your bitties learn soon.

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Magic Mood Jeep - 29 Jun 2007 20:22 GMT

>> They're going
>> to try to eat the litter, I just know they are. :-(
>
> ISTR kittens always eat a little litter before they learn what it's for.
> Purrs that your bitties learn soon.

I don't think Weeble ate any litter - but I remember him digging away in it
not 5 minutes after I gave him some for the first time! I thought he was
going to end up under the house!

He still digs, too - sometimes burying other kitty's poo (there are some
that drop it and run, like they're afraid it's going to try and crawl back
in).

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Christina Websell - 29 Jun 2007 19:49 GMT

> The babies have learned to urinate by themselves, without having their
> bottoms stimulated.

YAY! So much less work for you.

> Unfortunately, they haven't grasped the whole peeing concept yet, so
> they pee all over each other while
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> used some of those "kitten wipes" but they're just not cutting the
> odor very well. Whew.

This happened with the ferrets I was once handrearing when they could do it
on their own I wiped them down with damp cotton wool, but learnt to live
with the smell until they were self-caring. It's just impossible to provide
the same care as their mother would. I doubt it will harm your kittens if
they smell of pee for a short while. Especially if you compare it with what
*would* have happened to them, had you not taken them on, eh?
You are doing good. You are saving them. Smelling of pee for a short time
is minor, IMHO. Don't worry yourself about it. In a month's time it won't
be an issue.

Tweed

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Ginger-lyn - 08 Jul 2007 00:05 GMT

> The babies have learned to urinate by themselves, without having their
> bottoms stimulated.
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>
> Sherry

(wiping tears of laughter from eyes)

I'm sorry, since I'm sure it is worrisome and not very pleasantly
odiferous, but the way you wrote this made me completely crack up.

Purrs that they figure out the litter is for peeing in, and each other
is not for peeing on!

Ginger-lyn

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Enfilade - 08 Jul 2007 14:03 GMT

We bathed Kumani and Tyche in the sink this way:

Warm water
Wash one kitten
Put her in a towel right away by wrapping the towel around both the
kitten AND your hand under her
Run a hair dryer against the towel, so it is not blowing right on her
skin, but warming through the towel, letting your hand take the brunt
of the heat
Put her in a box and take the other kitten
Repeat.

We put old clothes in the bottom of their box and changed the clothes
two or three times a day. Great way to throw out our ripped/torn/
stained clothes before we moved (Im such a pack rat but I donated to
the BITTY CAUSE!)

Also, Kumani and Tyche never tried to eat their litter. They were
litter trained by 5 weeks--quite literally a day before they learned
to jump out of the box we kept them in.

Good luck!

--Fil

> I don't want to bathe them because I don't want them chilled. I've
> used some of those "kitten wipes" but they're just not cutting the
> odor very well. Whew. I bought some regular clay litter. They're not
> yet 3 weeks old, but they toddle around pretty good, and maybe it's
> not to early to start teaching them. This should be fun. They're going
> to try to eat the litter, I just know they are. :-(

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