Kitten and the litterbox

At least you didn't have my experience! I adopted two Siamese at the same time!!! Talk about a handful! My drapes were their jungle and they climbed them constantly. I am glad that I adopted the pair as they kept each other company and contrary to what people say, they didn't focus on each other and shut me out of the dynamics. When he gets to five months he will start to shoot up, and suddenly you will have a wonderful large male cat. I hope you're planning to neuter him. If you don't he WILL start marking his territory by spraying (that's when they back up to something and pee on it...I know "EEEWWWWWW that's disgusting" but when you look at the wild cats and realize that domestic cats have been domesticated for only a few thousand years, it makes sense). Also it won't have people knocking at your door asking if your guy has been busy and you're presented with boxes of kittens. My guys went in at 4 months so that they never knew the "call of the wild" and went out searching for a girlfriend. I travel through Wal Mart with my calculator in hand. I do price per on it and discovered that the Smart Kitty was a great buy. It's $7.97 for a 28 pound box. But people's tastes and scent preferences are different. The scented special kitty has a wonderful aroma too...well at least to me. I hope you aren't feeding him just dry food. Male cats especially need moist food at least once a day. The dry food can create kidney stones which if not treated immediately can be fatal to a cat. That's why my guys have a huge dishpan of water that they can drink from constantly (and I don't have to worry about their running out of water) and I keep it in my bathtub so it stays cleaner and cooler for them. I lost one boy to kidney stones and it broke my heart! You're going to have to post pix of your boy so we can enjoy him too! I haven't gotten any good ones of my boys lately, they have been so supportive and close to me since I lost my female Siamese, Murphy. But Khuay's antics are well known throughout the lot. (The brothers are named Willy and Khuay and I have a Maine Koon cat by the name of Dinglebeary)

Oh my that's a big cat!! My mom researched my kitten's breed and she found out that the males can reach up to 25 pounds. Right now he's about 2 pounds and I'm curious to see what he'll be like as an adult. When he gets bigger he might become a bit more graceful in the litterbox but he may need a bigger one lol. At the time when I bought it I thought it was pretty big. But seeing him in it now he seems to fit just right in it so I can only imagine what it'll be like when he gets bigger. Do cats really need a big litterbox? The one I have now was the biggest one available but now that I see him in it and he's just a kitten, it seems a bit small

He's a British Shorthair. I have a hard time imagining him getting that big...he's 4 months old and he still weighs 2 pounds. I've never had a cat before so I don't know how fast they grow, but everyone tells me they don't stay little long but my little guy doesn't seem to grow that fast. I've had him a month now and he's only gotten a little longer and slightly taller. Depending on how much he grows I'll probably have to change the litterbox to something bigger. When he does pee, he usually doesn't cover it up but every once in a while he will. I just want his box to be big enough so he doesn't end up stepping in his business all the time. I usually clean it out everyday but sometimes I do it every other day. I use the TidyCats clumping litter and it seems to work really well. The pee clumps up nicely and the poo gets covered up in the little "litter beads" as I like to call them lol. So the box never smells because the litter has a nice fresh scent to it. I get it from Walmart in one of the larger plastic containers. I'm not sure what litter is best or cheapest, I think the one I have was around $13 for the 36 pound container and I'm only about a third of the way through it. I guess as he gets older I'll become more used to all the products and I'll know what works best for him. So far it's definitely been a fun experience!

That's too cute! I wonder how they manage to do that lol. I'm hoping with time he'll get a little better when he's in the litterbox because he's still a bit clumsy. But for now, I'll just keep it as clean as possible so he doesn't have a bunch of poop that he could possible step in.

Using the litterbox isn't a problem for him. Since the day we got him he's known exactly where to go to do his business. He just gets a little clumsy I think because he's still so young. Plus, he really likes to scratch and dig around in the litter after he goes poo, but not when he pees. I'm surprised with the way he scratches around he doesn't fling litter outside the box. But his box has one of those covers on it so everything stays inside for the most part. Then I have one of those mats to trap the litter from his paws right in front of the entrance to his box. For the most part, he keeps things pretty tidy except for when he stumbles into his business lol

No, my kitten knows where the litter box is and he always uses it. He sometimes gets clumsy and he'll trip over his own paws and accidentally step in poo

Lol it probably is just clumsiness on his part. I wish he'd use the bathroom outside like our dogs do. It would be nice to not have a litterbox. But I'd be so nervous about letting him outside on his own and not knowing whether or not he'll come back. So far, the litterbox doesn't bother me and it's not much of a hassle to scoop out everyday

Lol that's too funny! I feel like I have to wipe my kitten too because he seems to trip into his own poo! I'm hoping he does grow out of it, I think he will because it just seems like he gets a bit clumsy

Sometimes I hear him scratching around the litterbox like a madman lol! It's only when he poos though, when he pees he just jumps in and out. I think he still needs to get used to himself and not trip over himself while in the litterbox

He seems to get a bit clumsy and accidentally stumbles and steps into it. The first time it happened I was able to clean it up with a baby wipe but yesterday it was a bigger accident and I felt more comfortable with using some soap and water to wash his paw rather than only wiping it. I think he tries to cover it up too quickly and he ends up tripping over himself lol. Hopefully he'll get a little more graceful with age

I think he's about 14 weeks now. He's still pretty little and although he's pretty agile when he runs and jumps around, every once in a while he does get a little clumsy. It seems he's still getting the hang of burying his business and whenever he covers poo he goes about doing it very fast and he has to really bury it all. I'm hoping that he gets a little better at it and doesn't stumble into it anymore because it would be bad if I wasn't home to see it on his paw and he tracked little poo prints around the house. What a mess!