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kiwi33 11-30-2016 04:23 AM

Both Waiwaiaa and Blackberry are totally back to normal :).

mrsD, thanks for your wisdom about urination :). I reckon that you are right - it is now 14 days since they were spayed and there have been no "accidents" since then - nothing else is different - their litter-tray gets changed same as before.

kiwi33 12-21-2016 09:28 PM

The kittens continue to thrive.

One thing that I have noticed is that they tend to defecate in random places. I don't think that this is an issue with their litter tray, which they use for both defecation and urination and the litter gets changed regularly.

Does anybody (mrsD?) have any thoughts on how to discourage this?

mrsD 12-21-2016 09:33 PM

Try having a second litterbox. Some cat experts suggest a litter box for each cat.

kiwi33 12-21-2016 09:39 PM

Thanks mrsD - I will give that a try.

mrsD 12-23-2016 12:02 PM

I forgot to suggest that the two boxes not be next to each other.

When cats get wound up while playing they will not be able to eliminate next to each other... they will be tense and distrustful while using the box ...so one will go elsewhere if they are needing to eliminate at the same time.

kiwi33 12-24-2016 02:26 AM

Thanks mrsD.

I have put two litter trays at opposite ends of the laundry, with their sleeping box in the middle.

According to the manufacturer the litter is made from recycled paper (it looks like tiny logs) and contains nothing which is not needed (no bleach or deodorants, etc).

Will see what happens.

kiwi33 01-17-2017 06:28 AM

mrsD, your idea about two litter trays has worked well :).

They are both doing well but are not impressed with the hot (30+ C) weather here of late. They flop out on the floor air-con vents and I make sure that their drinking bowls are full.

I had a bureaucratic issue with them today. After they were spayed the vet got me to sign-off on some official forms.

I thought that would be the end of it.

Wrong. Today I got a somewhat aggressive letter from the local Council, saying that they are not registered with them.

I dutifully logged on to the Council site. The term "user-vicious" is a fair summary of it. After some time, with many pauses for four-letter words, I think that they are now registered. This cost me a whole $A22 for each of them - I have a zillion back-ups of this, just in case.

Anyway, they are enjoying their and my company and I am enjoying theirs, which is all that matters :).

bluesfan 01-17-2017 01:36 PM

Hey kiwi

Glad to hear your kittens are doing well (and becoming house-trained).

Having to register your cats with the council - how ridiculous - what do they provide for that registration? Dogs I can understand as it pays for animal control services etc - but are they going to send out the noise control officers if your neighbour complains that your kittens are meowing too loud? :D
I bet you're paying for the 'control' of wild cats. I can understand your frustration - and don't even get me started on user unfriendly websites.

Hope you have a better day today.

kiwi33 01-20-2017 07:39 AM

Thanks bluesfan

I finally found an intelligent person at the Council. They don't do much apart from checking that cats have been desexed - feral breeding cats are a problem so that is fair enough.

She walked me through various things which I stuffed up trying to do it on-line.

They are now officially registered - yay :).

kiwi33 01-29-2017 10:42 PM

This is a bit self-indulgent.

Blackberry and WaiWaiaa have decided that curling up together beside the chess board in my computer room/study is a good plan :).


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