Hello everyone,

After searching the net for a straight answer i thought I'd post on these forums. My girlfriend and I are about to adopt 2 6 week old kittens this coming Tuesday. We are both very excited and are anxious that they will want for nothing. Today I picked up a couple of "value" bags of litter from the local supermarket and it only dawned on me tonight to check if there is any particular type to use with kittens of this age. Its seems that there ARE some litters you should not use but I cant find a definite answer. The litter I purchase has only 1 ingredient - Attapulgite - which seems to be one of the common types.

I guess im asking in a very long winded way - Is this litter ok to use with 6 week old kittens ?

Also I have found out from their current owners they ahve been weened onto a mixture of kitten dried food and adult cat canned food. Should I avoid feeding them dried food until they are slightly older ? And should I try and ween them off the adult canned food to a kitten-specific wet food ?


Sorry for the wall of text,

Thanks in advance for any help.

Sean.

Hiya I use TEsco value litter have found it the best for all my cats!

I wouldnt take them home at 6 weeks though they will still be feeding sometimes from mum & need alot more learning from her, 8 weeks if you must!

Not sure why she has feed them adult but wait 1/2days then Id put them onto kitten, it might not even make that much of a difference Id prob put them onto it the next day :0

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Thank you for the comments,

Unfortunately the current owner of the kittens has indicated she is unwilling to to keep the kittens for more than the 6 weeks. I will definitely follow your advise concerning the kitten food ( any specific brand recommendations ?).

Regarding the litter im assuming the Sainsburys Value ownbrand litter I bought will be similar to the Tesco one your referring to, so im assuming it will be fine for the kittens being so young ? It is non-clumping if thats any help and heres a link.

Sainsbury's online groceries

Literally the only reason i bought this was because the current owners said they used it, in hindsight i really should have checked before!

Sean.

Hiya and welcome
I bought two kittens home and they were 6 weeks old. I already had an older cat at the time as well and found the kittens were eating his food anyway. I found that they were not only eating the same tinned/pouch food i put down for the older cat, they were also eating his dry food/biscuits too. I use Tesco value cat litter. All in all there have been no problems whatsoever. The only different thing my kittens had to my older cat was kitten milk.

Thats good to know, i know the kittens will probably be fine but its better to be safe than sorry really. With food amounts, i know they should be eating 3-4 times a day but what amounts ? Pouches seem to come in 100g measures, so is that 1 days worth of food for a 6 week old kitten or ?

Sean.

the litter is different to tescos, I prefer tescos I dont like sainsburys litter! lol

With the food its best to leave it down they will eat around 16 times Plus a day so dry food down with water All the time & pouchs aswell.

she sounds like a awful person you are getting them from

I couldnt imagine my kittens going at 6 weeks.

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To be honest it can vary depending on the kitten. When my kittens were younger i would feed them about 4 times a day with wet food but always had dry food down at all times and of course their kitten milk. If they would have eaten more i would have fed them more but they didn't. Dont worry too much about being exact with amounts. I would just put a pouch of food down and when it has gone, just put another one down and so on. Cats are not like dogs...cats regulate their eating themselves whereas dogs just eat it all at once. Infact cats are one of the easiest, most independant pets you can own. Fear not...lol...it will all fall into place very easily.

Moggies nearly always go a 6 weeks old. It has always been that way.
And ive NEVER heard of a cat being fed 16 times a day in my life.

moggies normally go at 8, maybe different areas different ways etc

I have had one at 5 (I was 14 and didnt know better) and at 7. But seeing my kits grow up and still wanting a little suckle ( ) at 6 weeks I think its terrible to go so early

NO You dont FEED them 16 times a day!!! Kittens eat little & often UP TO 16times going backwards & forwards, mainly to biccis & then pouchs however many times a day, although I normally leave it out all the time when they are very young

only have lilttle tummys!

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For over 30 years now i have always seen moggies go at 6 weeks old. Maybe it does depend on the area, i couldn't honestly say i know if that is the case. As for suckling...my kitten is now 10 months old and still likes to suckle on my clothing or bedding. I think it's just comforting to him. I find it quite cute.
With regards to feeding...i apologise as i misunderstood your post when you wrote 16 times. Yes they do keep going to and fro from their meat to their biscuits. I also make sure there is food left down all day as no two cats are the same and dont really have a set eating amount.