HELP Please!

bella f

TCS Member
Thread starter
Young Cat
Joined
Sep 29, 2012
Messages
35
Purraise
0
So Bella is finally 7 weeks old and has gained some good weight!(we'll know how much next wk when she goes for shots!) But we have some problems.

Her biting is still a problem. I understand she is teething but she is now pulling when she bites and we usually brush her nose and tell her "no" and "oww" we have tried the mist in the face( TY for the suggestion!) when she does it and it helps for the most part and she stops when she sees us grab it while she starts biting.she still has the winking and sometimes is sounds like she is raspy or is forming a hairball. she also gets hiccups randomly, she sleeps alot. and gets crazy when she is awake. she does play with her toys as well.

she has a few times where she will stare at one of us and attempt to pop a squat in areas of room that aren't in litterbox. She is using one aluminum cake pan and 1 normal litter box we bought at walmart. we tried to swap out the cake pan for the other normal box(left cake pan near by) and she refuses to use the second one.

She still takes one stinky poo a day and several pee's(upgrade from twice a day)

She doesn't sleep on us so much anymore but sleeps like on pillow above us or something. 

as far as eating we feed her canned wet food(natural balance) 2-3 times a day and constant dry food(blue kitten). But on some flavors she will automatically try to bury food or other times other flavors she will eat then try to bury...cant figure out why. 

HELP!!!
 

orientalslave

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Jan 23, 2012
Messages
3,425
Purraise
114
Location
Scotland
Lots of things mentioned there, which one or ones do you want help with?  BTW cat / kitten poo normally stinks!
 

missymotus

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
May 8, 2005
Messages
9,234
Purraise
254
The biting is very normal for a kitten taken from mum too soon, that's part of what mum teaches them
Don't mist water in her face, water in the ears can cause infection, will also just lead to her being fearful of you

She's very young so litter box accidents are to be expected depending on how large a room she's in, how many trays and if she was litter trained by her mother.
If she prefers the smaller tray then put more of those out

Their poo smell can be effected by diet, mine are raw fed and there's little is our but really poo is poo. Humans smell using the toilet too

Burying around food is normal

Sounds like she has a slight URI with the winking and cough, vet visit is needed for that
 
Last edited:
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #5

bella f

TCS Member
Thread starter
Young Cat
Joined
Sep 29, 2012
Messages
35
Purraise
0
She loves when we blow in her face!
 

eb24

TCS Member
Veteran
Joined
Apr 14, 2012
Messages
1,417
Purraise
128
Location
USA
The biting is very normal for a kitten taken from mum too soon, that's part of what mum teaches them
Don't mist water in her face, water in the ears can cause infection, will also just lead to her being fearful of you
She's very young so litter box accidents are to be expected depending on how large a room she's in, how many trays and if she was litter trained by her mother.
If she prefers the smaller tray then put more of those out
Their poo smell can be effected by diet, mine are raw fed and there's little is our but really poo is poo. Humans smell using the toilet too
Burying around food is normal
Sounds like she has a slight URI with the winking and cough, vet visit is needed for that
I agree with all of this. 

The other thing I would try to help with the biting is to push your hand back into her mouth when she does it. She won't like the feeling and if it's not fun then she will stop doing it! Also, make sure you always have a toy nearby. When she bites do the push back and as soon as she lets go replace it with the toy and give her a lot of praise. 

Do try to get her to the vet to have her eye looked at! 
 
Top