New kitten owner

[Newcatmum]

Today I brought home a lovely little 10 week old kitten. I'm a first time cat owner so have been researching for about 6 months before getting her.

She's settled in well I feel, eating happily, exploring the house, sleeping but she has no interest in her litter tray. I assume she is used to a different brand of litter and it will be tomorrow now before I can go out and get some other stuff.

Can anyone guide me and give me some tips on how to get her to use it? I've obviously looked online but thought I'd be better posting here and getting some advice. Thanks

[dementedpixie]

Oh god I've got millions more photos of the cats than the kids!

[Fluffycloudland77]

Kittens change so quickly, it's important to capture it all. The school will send you a photo of the kids once a year.

[Newcatmum]

I've only had her less than a week and can already see she's getting bigger. I think I'm going to struggle with this as much as I did with my youngest daughter getting bigger (cried for about a week in the run up to her 1st birthday). I think we will introduce a play mate at some point before the Summer.

[minkies11]

Never get bored of proud catmum updates! Did you end up changing from the wood pellets? One drawback is they are nasty to stand on in bare feet - still use them but my cats are a bit gung-ho with their toilet habits and throw them on the floor. Which I then stumble over.

[Newcatmum]

Yes I changed from wood pellets to clumping litter. She's a messy wee thing, throws her litter everywhere. My house has never been so clean though as I'm constantly sweeping and hoovering

[minkies11]

In the early days one of mine managed to poo in the sink and knock the toilet roll into the litter tray you have so much to look forward to as she gets bigger and more bold. You'll love it!

[Newcatmum]

Can't be any more disgusting than children I'm sure

I now make sure no dishes are left in the sink or drying rack before I go to bed. She's sort of helped me with the housework in a way

[minkies11]

Hope your little monster is getting the hang of the potty now :)
Must agree re: housework. Although I've just found a fossilised slow worm under the sofa ffs. God.

[Newcatmum]

Thanks for checking in minkies

She has 3 toilet areas at the moment only one is a litter box . I've managed to block one of the corners off but it's not possible for the other. She happily toddled in and pooed in her litter box this morning though while I was ironing . Had to get a bigger box as she was peeing over the edge of the other one. It's a hooded box but I've left the lid off just now.

Fossilised slow worm please please tell me you're not in the UK

[minkies11]

Or it could be the tail of something - it went in the bin pretty quick!