I’m raising my own itty bitty kitty, and here’s some of the stuff I’m going to implement soon:
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[li]One place recommended getting plastic paint trays from your favorite big box or home improvement store. They’re small enough for the kittens, yet cheap enough that you can consider them disposable.[/li][li]Clumping clay-based litter isn’t recommended for small kitties. Instead, go for one of the wheat-, corn-, or newspaper-based ones. (I’m still unclear whether clumping corn or wheat litters are contraindicated, too. Is it just the clay, or is the clumping out too?) You can switch to a clay clumping litter later when they’re a bit older.[/li][/ul]
My kitten is teeny, and I’m a little concerned that it’ll take us a bit for the litter training. That said, every other kitten I’ve ever had has taken to it quickly - most of them, I just show them where the box was and that was it. You should be OK.
To add to this: I found larger mixing trays back by the plaster of paris and wall joint stuff. They are cheap (less than $5) and large, with fairly short sides.
I forgot to add to my post why I like the 39 gallon storage containers with a door cut out. I have a long-haired princess and she gets cling-ons in her fur if it gets wet and touches the clumping litter, so she started standing and peeing over the sides of a normal sized box. The large containers eliminated that problem, as she can pee on the sides and a little bleach in a spray bottle cleans it right up.
They’re with momma cat but they’re completely outdoors. The momma adopted my coworker’s backyard as a home, and has lived there for a while, and then recently had this litter so the coworker is finding them homes. That’s why I’m anxious about the litter training, because it’ll be completely foreign to them.
I wouldn’t be too worried about that. I adopted a stray as well, as far as I know, she’d never been in a house before. Still took to the litterbox like a… cat to a litterbox.
Momma Cat litter trains kittens herself. Just make sure, as has been stated, you have a proper litter box within easy access, and they should be fine. (We just adopted two ourselves.)
