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Hello!
How are you? Its me again!Well I dont know if you remember me or not, I asked you about one of my newborn kitten's eye problem. Well it went away and they are all healthy now and they play a lot! I came across a new problem though. The first 2 kittens use the kitty litter all the time, but the next 3 dont want to use the same kitty litter AT ALL! Even if I spot them about to use the toilet somewhere else in the house and I quickly put them on the kitty litter, they just get off and do it somewhere else! What should I do? Why dont they want to use the same kitty litter? Should I get another separate one for them? It is getting tiring cleaning up after them..... Help!
-Adrita

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Adrita,

I am so glad the kittens are doing so well!!!!!

With 5 kittens you will need more than one litter pan.  I would use 3 located in different places.  If that does not work, you can confine them to a smaller area where they have no choice!!!!!  You also want to make sure you scoop the kitty litter often (at least once a day) as cats really do not like overly dirty kitty litter.

Best regards... Norm.  

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Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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