QUOTE(seleisha @ Oct 11 2010, 01:21 AM)
hello everyone..
i want to ask, can i put the litter box in my kitten cage (right besides their sleeping area)?
they still not used using the litter box, how can i teach them to used it?
my kittens (i think) is 3weeks, got them when came home from college meowing beside the "longkang" at night...
Their mother abandon them, n don know why.. my sis take a pic of 4 of them last week with their mom (at neighbors' laundry basket beside the stair)..
i only find 2 don know where the other 2, hope they r safe.. (T_T)
i still looking around for the their bro/sis n mother n 2morrow will resume looking 4 them..
can someone give me advice how to feed n take care of them?
i give them sweetener milk mixed by warm water n whiskas kitten wet food n warm water..
they like the wet food but don eat much.. so worrying..
they have many n really big fleas at their fur n body.. one of them got so many eye discharge..
please advice,really need help here... (T_T)
thanks in advance.. (

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Hi Seleisha,
First of all how big is your cage?
If its too small then a litter box would take up quite a large amount of space.
Try to make sure that the cage is enough for a litter box and two kittens.
To train kittens to use the litter box, what I usually do is tear up a few bits of newspaper and put them on top of the sand in the litter box.
Or when you see any of the kittens wanting to do their business, quicky put them inside the litter box.
They will get the hang of it in a few days time.
To get rid of the fleas, get a bottle of frontline.
Spray frontline on a piece of cotton wool and rub it against the kittens fur all over the body from head to tail.
For eye discharge, cleanse the eye area with a wet cotton wool and put some teramycin (you can buy from a pharmacy) and see if it helps.
If it doesn't then bring it to the vet.
The kitten might have a cold. When kittens/cats have cold they will have excessive eye discharge.
Please stop giving them sweetned milk as this has no value for them.
You might want to go to a pet shop and get a milk substitute for cats and try to bottle feed them.
Reason they are not eating is because they might be still too young.
Try to put some of the food mixed with water into a syringe and slowly feed the kittens.
But please determine the age of the kittens first before doing that.