Kitten Care : When Can a Kitten Urinate on Its Own?

A kitten will begin to urinate without being stimulating by the mother after two or three weeks; this is also the time to introduce litter to a newborn kitten. Find out how to get a kitten to use the litter box with advice from a veterinarian in this free video on kitten care.

Expert: Dr. James Talbott
Bio: Dr. James R. Talbott is a staff veterinarian at Belle Forest Animal Hospital and Kennel in Nashville, Tenn.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• kittens
• kitten care
• newborn kittens
• pregnant cats
• orphan kittens
• kitten food
• kitten diseases
• cats

[AlinaRadical]

@bobnos  lol, its fine.

[bobnos]

@AlinaRadical

yeah all cool.. thanks for checking =)

[purplecrowgirl]

Ya apparently they're incapable of answering questions.But ya I figured it out and all the lil kitties went to loving homes ands are doing good.

[AlinaRadical]

@purplecrowgirl normal.

[AlinaRadical]

i guess you know what to do now, because your 'kitten' is older now, since you posted this like, 1 year ago.

[catcatttt]

i only can stimulate my 1 week old kitten pee but no poop..... any solutions?.

[bobnos]

i guess no one answers questions here. i have a lil similar problem. i got my kitten and its been a whole day and hasnt gone toilet.

it also eats the kitty litter even though im signaling by stimulating him and tried this several times.

sorry your question was not answered but i guess you got the experience. any help? if not cool.. ill keep researching

[mermaidamp]

Kittens are so cute!

[purplecrowgirl]

At 1-2 weeks of age will the kittens only urinate or will they defficate aswell..im caring for 5 kittens that are a lil over a week old and whenever i stimulate them they only urinate and only one has defficated..should i be worried or is this normal???