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liv - 09 Sep 2003 21:04 GMT

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.

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Bill - 09 Sep 2003 21:24 GMT

>"liv" <liv@ziplink.net> wrote in message

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> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
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> 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

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Alison Smiley Perera - 10 Sep 2003 16:46 GMT

> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
>
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> 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

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liv - 12 Sep 2003 14:05 GMT

>> I seem to have a small kitten on my hands (9 weeks or so).
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>-Alison in OH

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That's what I'm concerned with, I may just switch to non-scoopable
litter for a while. Thanks.

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PawsForThought - 12 Sep 2003 15:01 GMT

>From: liv liv@ziplink.net

>-0400, Alison Smiley Perera
><alison@notreally.cwru.edu> wrote:
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>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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Sharon Talbert - 19 Sep 2003 22:58 GMT

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.

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