Hi everyone - I'm new here 
this is post one
I recently took on an approx 10mo Birman and her then 10 day old kitten (bubs nearly 4wks old now). They were surrendered to a friends vet when bubs was newborn. Both are in very good condition and mum has been very well treated going by her behavior She definitely has opinions on all humans are good for ie attention and food etc and shes pretty well got me trained already lol.
I've never had to deal with a mum with kittens so this has been a big learning curve for us Thankfully shes been a good mum and while craves human attention (and is incredibly vocal & playful) regularly goes back to bubs. The youngest kitten i've had has been 4wks but was eating enough solids to get by and very easily litter trained. Bubs has only just started to come out play the last few days (and is not surprisingly rather large being a solo kitten on the milk bar).
Mum was obviously an out door cat and it took a few different litter types before we found one she'd use (gritty clumping type that's definitely not kitten safe). Our house is pretty small and we gave up trying to confine mum to the laundry or bathroom (both very small). She just kept relocating bubs over the barriers to behind our couch (shes athletic!!). We had to use barriers to extend the rooms as the rooms are too small with the doors shut.
She also won't have currently use the kitty litter tray in the laundry, only the one in the bathrooms bathtub (even when she was locked in the laundry on first arrival). I have one high sided tub and one more normal tub and it didn't matter which was in the bathroom. I also have a kitten size tray (with kitten safe litter) in the laundry. This is our next issue. Bubs can't access the bathtub and we are getting over the mess/smell in the middle of the house etc so would really like to get mum cat using the laundry one, especially so bubs learns. Given the house layout we are really limited with options and much to momma cats disgust she will not be an inside/outside cat until spayed and we move house next year (busy road).
It doesn't seem to be privacy related as she'll go while we are in the bathroom. I've ruled out the tubs by swapping them over. Any other suggestions?? ideas??
We are almost at the stage of just relocating the tubs to the laundry and shutting the bathroom door - we have been limiting access more and more over this week (with no issues - she just goes first thing and in the evenings mostly anyway) with the plan of seeing what happens now shes really settled in. Their food is not located in the laundry anymore either so its not that.
Thanks in advance Oh and here's the obligatory pic of Momma and bubs
this is post one I recently took on an approx 10mo Birman and her then 10 day old kitten (bubs nearly 4wks old now). They were surrendered to a friends vet when bubs was newborn. Both are in very good condition and mum has been very well treated going by her behavior
She definitely has opinions on all humans are good for ie attention and food etc and shes pretty well got me trained already lol.I've never had to deal with a mum with kittens so this has been a big learning curve for us Thankfully shes been a good mum and while craves human attention (and is incredibly vocal & playful) regularly goes back to bubs. The youngest kitten i've had has been 4wks but was eating enough solids to get by and very easily litter trained. Bubs has only just started to come out play the last few days (and is not surprisingly rather large being a solo kitten on the milk bar).
Mum was obviously an out door cat and it took a few different litter types before we found one she'd use (gritty clumping type that's definitely not kitten safe). Our house is pretty small and we gave up trying to confine mum to the laundry or bathroom (both very small). She just kept relocating bubs over the barriers to behind our couch (shes athletic!!). We had to use barriers to extend the rooms as the rooms are too small with the doors shut.
She also won't have currently use the kitty litter tray in the laundry, only the one in the bathrooms bathtub (even when she was locked in the laundry on first arrival). I have one high sided tub and one more normal tub and it didn't matter which was in the bathroom. I also have a kitten size tray (with kitten safe litter) in the laundry. This is our next issue. Bubs can't access the bathtub and we are getting over the mess/smell in the middle of the house etc so would really like to get mum cat using the laundry one, especially so bubs learns. Given the house layout we are really limited with options and much to momma cats disgust she will not be an inside/outside cat until spayed and we move house next year (busy road).
It doesn't seem to be privacy related as she'll go while we are in the bathroom. I've ruled out the tubs by swapping them over. Any other suggestions?? ideas??
We are almost at the stage of just relocating the tubs to the laundry and shutting the bathroom door - we have been limiting access more and more over this week (with no issues - she just goes first thing and in the evenings mostly anyway) with the plan of seeing what happens now shes really settled in. Their food is not located in the laundry anymore either so its not that.
Thanks in advance
Oh and here's the obligatory pic of Momma and bubs
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