the clay based stuff sits in their stomachs if eaten, hence best not to use it however not all kittens try and eat the litter obviously lol xx it's just precaution really as you can't watch them 24/7 (unless you have a cook/laundry worker and cleaner pmsl) i'd hazard a guess the oko stuff would be ok - but someone else would have to confirm they use this with theirs lol xx i stick to worlds best just in case xx

leave mum's out - the smaller trays are sometimes hit and miss with older cats and she'll rather her tray is there anyway xx the kittens will watch what mum does and start to copycat it xx

as with food - usual weaning starts from about 4 weeks (mine however were in the royal canin babycat from week 3! lol was funny to watch)

make up some cimicat/royal canin milk or whatever powdered milk for kittens you go for and pop in an amount of kitten food and smoosh it in - dip noses in it and let them lick it off and persevere each day until they get the hint and start lapping it up themselves and actually running to the bowls when you're putting it down lol xx

then just gradually add more kitten food to the mix (over a period of a couple of weeks) and less powdered milk until no milk at all and all going well you'll have weaned kittens nice and easily xx doesn't aways go completely to plan though lol xx 2 of mine preferred solid and wanted away with the cimicat by 4.5 weeks and the others would eat without cimicat lol xx you'll get to know what they want though and how they want to do it xx

good luck xx

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