Charity's kittens are almost 5 weeks old now. As you may know from some of my other posts, she stopped caring for them about 2 weeks ago so I've stepped in. They're all currently eating soft food and experimenting with the dry food in Charity's bowl. Now that I know they're getting enough food I can focus on an even yuckier problem....Litter training!
After each meal I put them in the litterbox and Charity has even been kind enough to demonstrate for them on a few occassions but they don't seem to be figuring it out. Right now they're still all living in the nursery (our spare bedroom) which is carpeted, so you can imagine what a mess I get to clean up I considered moving them to our guest bathroom but it's kinda tiny and used a little too frequently to become a cattery.
The kittens have been pottying a lot on the plastic that I put underneath their food dishes to protect the carpet from their experiments with soft food, which is easy enough to clean up but one place I really wouldn't have expected them to chose. They've got 3 different spots that they "frequent" and there are 3 kittens in the litter so I'm not sure if they've all picked one corner to use or if it's just coincidence.
They can easily access the litterbox (it has a ramp that they've been using for weeks to explore the box) and it's filled with non clumping litter. Is there anything I can do to help them transition to the litterbox and save my carpet in the process??
Please help!!!!
After each meal I put them in the litterbox and Charity has even been kind enough to demonstrate for them on a few occassions but they don't seem to be figuring it out. Right now they're still all living in the nursery (our spare bedroom) which is carpeted, so you can imagine what a mess I get to clean up I considered moving them to our guest bathroom but it's kinda tiny and used a little too frequently to become a cattery.
The kittens have been pottying a lot on the plastic that I put underneath their food dishes to protect the carpet from their experiments with soft food, which is easy enough to clean up but one place I really wouldn't have expected them to chose. They've got 3 different spots that they "frequent" and there are 3 kittens in the litter so I'm not sure if they've all picked one corner to use or if it's just coincidence.
They can easily access the litterbox (it has a ramp that they've been using for weeks to explore the box) and it's filled with non clumping litter. Is there anything I can do to help them transition to the litterbox and save my carpet in the process??
Please help!!!!