My 6-week-old kitten needs care. How do I feed and litter train her?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed
please we got a kitten we were told it was 8 weeks old an on soilds dry food an water an then when we got home an l rang to ask if it was sort of toilet trained got told she was only 6 weeks old how do l take care of it like its mother would
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Published on January 8th, 2017
At six weeks of age, Roxy should be on her way to weaning, and you can get her used to her dry food by make a kitten mush. I would soak a high quality kitten formulated dry food in water water until soft. Then mix that with kitten formula such as KMR to make a mush the consistency of oatmeal. Over the next two weeks, gradually increase the amount of dry kitten food and decrease the amount of water and KMR you use until she is eating the dry kitten food only. Make sure she has plenty of water at all time, and it's quite easy to litter box train her. Simply put Roxy in the box after she eats, and make a scratching motion in the litter with your finger. She will pick up on it quickly.
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Published on November 25th, 2017
Hi there and thanks for posting on Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! You can dry adding a little wet to her dry food to soften it up and make it a little easier for her to eat with her baby teeth. As far as the litter box goes, I would recommend letting her out of her cage so she can explore and get use to the litter box. Cats will naturally be attracted to the litter box if the box is large enough (should be one and half times the length of you cat) and is a quite and safe area. You can try taking her into the litter box and place her paws in the litter several times so she gets use to it initially. I hope this helps and thanks again for posting.
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