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Actually Traci, you were so right about giving Fishsticks time. It is a great healer of stress. F is so happy in our home. He still doesn't like to be picked up, but does love to come to people (any person in the house will do) if they sit ont he floor. He's even getting up on the couch wiht us and ...

Mike, still interested in this topic? I have a 17 week old kitten, medium length hair...and he hates kittly litter. When I first got him I chatted with Traci about getting him to use the litter pan. My "last resort" was to crate him after eating until he uses the litter pan. He literally w...

Traci, Thanks for reminding me how new he is! Really, he's made amazing strides in adjusting to our household! I need to keep this forefront. Fishsticks was so very scared that he hid for two days and didn't eat a thing unitl the 3rd day. We changed his environment, his people, his other animals, an...

OK Traci, I put the litterbox (es) in the tub bc that is where he was going. There and on the kitchen floor, so I thought I'd put the litter in the place that he was using to eliminate, then once he got used to using the litter I could move it to MY prefered location (still in the same bathroom, but...

Form all that I read, one does not need to "train" a kitten to use litter, rather make it available in the right way. Well, my 14 week old kitten, Fishsticks, uses the bathtub for elimination (pee and poop). I have tried: 1. changing the type of litter, 2. putting the litter in the tub, 3....