BEST AGE TO WEAN KITTENS? AND BEST WAY?
WHAT AGE THEY CAN POO AND PEE BY THEM SELVES AT? AND WHEN TO START LITTER BOX TRAINGING?
AND ANY SUGGESTIONS ON FINDING 5 KITTENS A HOME?
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Do the kittens still have their Mom?
You’ll find that the kittens will wean naturally, Mom will start refusing them, and presuming they have access to where she eats and sees her eating; they will copy her.
Nature will decide when the best age is for them. Use wet kitten food pouches or dry which has been softerned with water. only use food designed for kittens as only that has the right nutrients for them. Its ok for Mom to eat it also.
Likewise, nature takes care of the pee and poop. The Mom cat helps them pee and poop by licking their anus and stomach to stimulate the bowel into moving. She stops doing this when they are ready for her to stop, and as for the litter training- just bring the litter tray into the same area of the house as where the cats hang out, (not somewhere it’s hard for the kittens to get to) Their Mom will show them how it’s done most likely.
Most kittens are curious and will be nosing round the litter box very early on, I’d expect them to be making attempts at around 5 weeks and by 8 weeks be fairly confident at it. You might need to steer them in the right direction now and then though. By taking them to the litter tray after eating or drinking, and when they wake up from naps.
As for finding them a home- it’s a shame that you hadn’t considered this earlier, like before your cat was allowed out unspayed and on heat, don’t you think? There are millions of cats and their kittens turning up at cat shelters all over the world.
However you go about finding them a home; Make sure the new owners are responsible and you have vetted them carefully- don’t just hand the kittens over to the first person who shows up. if you need advice, speak to your local cat shelter- perhaps they can direct potential owners to you, whom they have vetted. I know in London, kittens can be quite in demand and dont hang about in shelters long- The biggest problem is the amount of people bringing their cats back a year later when they are no longer kittens but having kittens themselves and all of a sudden they are too much responsibility.
DO NOT let your kittens leave home until they are AT LEAST 8 weeks old. Any younger is far too young, every week is a huge difference in the kittens development at this stage, they have a lot to learn from their mother so let them do it.
GET YOUR CAT SPAYED!