Thread: Kitten peeing outside litter.

My first thought I am afraid on reading this is "Oh help what the heck is a nine week old MC doing being away from mum & siblings",any good MC breeder wouldn't let the babes go until they were at least 12 to 13 weeks old & fully vaccinated, in those next few weeks mum would have taught babe the niceties of life chances are it wasn't really fully litter trained before you had him althugh the nature of a feline is to be clean,also a lone MC kitten being left alone all that while not a good idea either I know for a fact that my breeder friend wouldn't let a single babe go to be left alone all day they are a breed that crave companionship be it human {which they love & are happy with if you can be around more} or they need another furry to play with & give the companionship.....
I think you are on a double wammy here because obviously to begin with you gave babe what he would be getting from mum taking him to his tray being there with him etc & suddenly he is expected to be able to do it all himself it is a bit like taking a toddler from nursery school after a couple of days putting him into junior & expecting the same response,what to do if he is a happy boy out of cage I would let him have the run of whatever area he is going to be allowed in have a couple of "large trays" in different areas {sorry started this before looking at your attatchment} at this young age I don't think it is right to punish him for doing a mistake so tell him a firm no & take to tray if he does slip up tell him good boy when you see him go to tray & use remember at this point you are taking the place of his mum, at 9 weeks he really needs four meals a day still so really think you should leave more down during the day it is a hell of a long gap if not then he is getting two meals really close together,MC babes eat a lot in the first few months it is when they do one hell of a lot of their growing so make sure if you are making up his food he is also getting all the required vitamins that he will need during this very important time bless him I think you have a lonely little fella there & would strongly think of getting him a mate even if it is a moggy if you can't afford another MC.... as to using cage as a punishment area when he is older & should know better than fine when we had a problem girl she was given time out in the cats room & in the end you knew if she had done something she shouldn't as she would take herself off & just peer round the door at you with a "so what I am here mum" but she is the only one who has needed that & we didn't have her as a babe so had some horrible habits to try & get on top of but I don't think that is the case with your babe I think he has just been took away from his family far too early...sorry does this seem a bit of a ramble....post some photos of Teemo & good luck I am sure he will improve pretty quickly but you just might have to put up with a few blips along the way......xxx