Training the Cat to use the Toilet
I hate cleaning poop out of the litter box. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I have many times entertained the idea of toilet training my cat (and the cats I've previously owned over the years), but wasn't sure if it was really possible. I used to just scoff and think "that can't really work". I have been reading over time now though, and actually saw many videos of cats going to the bathroom in the toilet, that I finally thought, you know...it can't really hurt to at least TRY. lol I decided to go for it!
So, I bought a toilet training system for kitties last week off of Ebay, and cleaned out the bathroom that we have been using for a storage room ...that will be where our cat uses the bathroom. The toilet in there still works fine and once she is trained, the most cleaning I'd have to do is flush the toilet- that is, if I am successful at training her!
According to the training kit I bought (I bought the cheapo one), it should only take a few days to completely train any cat to use the toilet... don't know how accurate that is, but it didn't take her long to use the regular litter box (less than an hour), so maybe it's possible!
I have already gotten the cat acquainted with the toilet seat cover, which is filled with litter....I poured the "enticing herbs" (which I'm pretty sure is just catnip) over the top of the litter, and she definitely seemed interested. She even dug a little hole in the middle of it while she was up there. Tonight, the first step is to close her into the bathroom overnight with the littler filled toilet cover and see if she'll go in it. If she does, the next step will be to cut a small hole in the center of the cover. Then the next step would be to make the hole larger...and so on till it is just like a regular toilet seat. Then you can just take the cover off and let her have at it!
I will be sure to keep you updated on how it goes. Has anyone else here ever toilet trained their cat?
I have many times entertained the idea of toilet training my cat (and the cats I've previously owned over the years), but wasn't sure if it was really possible. I used to just scoff and think "that can't really work". I have been reading over time now though, and actually saw many videos of cats going to the bathroom in the toilet, that I finally thought, you know...it can't really hurt to at least TRY. lol I decided to go for it!
So, I bought a toilet training system for kitties last week off of Ebay, and cleaned out the bathroom that we have been using for a storage room ...that will be where our cat uses the bathroom. The toilet in there still works fine and once she is trained, the most cleaning I'd have to do is flush the toilet- that is, if I am successful at training her!
According to the training kit I bought (I bought the cheapo one), it should only take a few days to completely train any cat to use the toilet... don't know how accurate that is, but it didn't take her long to use the regular litter box (less than an hour), so maybe it's possible!
I have already gotten the cat acquainted with the toilet seat cover, which is filled with litter....I poured the "enticing herbs" (which I'm pretty sure is just catnip) over the top of the litter, and she definitely seemed interested. She even dug a little hole in the middle of it while she was up there. Tonight, the first step is to close her into the bathroom overnight with the littler filled toilet cover and see if she'll go in it. If she does, the next step will be to cut a small hole in the center of the cover. Then the next step would be to make the hole larger...and so on till it is just like a regular toilet seat. Then you can just take the cover off and let her have at it!
I will be sure to keep you updated on how it goes. Has anyone else here ever toilet trained their cat?
Bethany -
Toilet training can work, but not on all cats. If the actually toilet training doesn't work, let me know and I can give you some easy alternatives.
Reply to this
Valerie, I'm all ears!
Reply to this
If the kit doesn't work the next best thing is flushable or biodegradable kitty litter. It can be found in any petstore. There is one that is made from cedar which is wonderful in ordor absorption. And another that is just old newspapers shaped as pellets.
What you do it put a very small amount of litter in the box. Place the box securely on the toilet. When you notice that the cat uses it, you have two choices. If flushable, just dump and flush. If biodegradable, you can just toss it out a window or throw it outside. It is a wonderful tool to keep rodents out of your flower gardens! The smell of the cat will deter them. If you have a shower that no one uses or a laundry sink just rinse the box out once a week.
That is actually the easiest alternative if your cat doesn't get potty trained. Either way, these methods are kinder on the environment than the clumping kind and more natural.
Cats are actually VERY easy to train with enough patience. They are food motivated if tempted with the right food. (beware of tuna - it isn't very healthy for them. Sardines are good if it doesn't gross you out.)
The one problem with toilet training is that you have to remove their "scratching" instinct. Some cats do very well if you put a scratching post as close to the toilet as possible. Then you reprogram the instinct to scratch the post - then go potty - then scratch the post again. reprogramming is easier than removing an instinct.
I'm very interesting in seeing how this goes! I tried to potty train my cats, but one was too fat to jump up on the toilet!
Reply to this
I would love to see if this works! lol! I have the worst cat. He will not use the litter box anymore due to the dirtiness of the thing. Mind you he only used it for a little bit. I couldn't just clean the little box once a day...or after every time he used it...No... I would have to empty the box and put fresh litter in. But then he just went on the floor next to it. So now he's my outdoor kitty
Reply to this
Rule of litter boxes. Start with 2 litter boxes for one cat and then add a litter box for any 2 cats brought in.
EX: 1 cat = 2 litter boxes
2 cats = 2 litter boxes
3 cats = 3 litter boxes
moving on....
5 cats = 4 litter boxes
7 cats = 5 litter boxes
This prevents them from the "dirty" factor and you don't have to clean as often. The boxes can be right next to each other so cleaning time isn't too much longer. Usually, if you only have one cat they will urinate in one and defecate in the other. So, use absorbing litter in the urine one and just ripped up newspapers in the fecal one to save money. The newspaper one just gets dumped so you don't have to scoop it which saves time as well.
Reply to this
I am interested in seeing how this goes. Keep us posted!
Reply to this
Oh I am so interested in this post! We plan on getting a kitty in the spring. Best of wishes on the training. Keep us updated. Thanks!
Reply to this
I so hope this works for you! We've considered it before, but never gone through with it. Our cats are really picky about their litter box, and if it isn't clean enough they use whatever else is handy- carpet, a laundry basket (with clothes), the bed, etc.
Reply to this
I am a fellow cat-pooper-scooping-hater. I can't wait to hear how this goes! Would love to hear from Valerie too!
Reply to this
*sniff sniff*
I soooooooo miss working with animals! Does it show?
But raising kids is a bit more fun........
Reply to this
Looks like I'm the odd one here, but we don't provide a litter box for our cat. I'm pretty sure we did when she was a kitten, but over time she stopped using it, and we just got rid of it. She goes outdoors whenever she wants, and never has accidents in the house. She even sleeps in the house at night, when I suppose she just holds it. In the morning she is always a little urgent in her request to go outside.
Cats are smarter than most people give them credit. My little sister just trained our cat to sit on command.
Reply to this
My mom has a kitty door and her cat just goes outside when she needs to go. It works really well for her, and I don't think the cat ever goes in the house.
However, if this isn't an option I'd love to see if the toilet training works. Keep us posted!
Reply to this
I've never heard of a toilet training system for cats! I'v seen videos of cats on the toilet, and my mom *claims* she saw one of the cats we once had peeing in the toilet but I don't buy that lol. Very interesting though! I can't wait to hear how it goes
Reply to this
by the way, I still owe you pictures of the patterns I have. I haven't forgotten! (well I did, but I remembered, so it doesn't count
Reply to this
When I was a kid, my cat actually did that on his own - surprised me when I walked in on him one time. He went about his business, gave me a nasty look and then when he was finished he jumped down and ran away. (Absolutely true.)
I should have trained him how to flush - he never figured that part out.
Reply to this
Please do update us on this. I have many friends with kitties who would love to know how it goes!
Reply to this
LOL! I've always been quite envious of you...you seem like such a do-it-all wonder woman and I've learned soooooo much from reading your blog!! But THIS. This takes the cake.
Reply to this
Wow! That will be great if kitties can be able to pee in the bowl. Please update us if you able to do it
Reply to this
Hi,
Interesting article....I have never heard of a toilet training system for cats!
bathrooms online
Reply to this
I don’t think that all the articles will remain in the mind without missing a single word whichever we read. I think this article done a great job.What a best way to describe your view. Thanks for sharing with us. Really like your informative article.
Hopefully we will get more interesting topic from you in future.
Reply to this
What is the Best Method to clean the Toilet sparkling especially the ceramic parts which becomes dull?
Reply to this
Hey,
Excellent blog.I found it very interesting and at the same time very informative.Thanks!!!
Reply to this
Hey,
Glad to stumble your article... Cheerleaders are playing main role on cricket nowadays...
Reply to this
Hi,
What is the right way to use and dispose Toilet paper ?
Reply to this
Hi,
What is the Best Method to clean the Toilet sparkling especially the ceramic parts which becomes dull?
Reply to this
Interesting product but maybe it needs a potty training scent kit to make sure the cat develops a positive association?
Reply to this
What is the use of Training the Cat to use the Toilet?
Reply to this
A toilet is a plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes: urine and fecal matter. Additionally, vomit and menstrual waste are sometimes disposed of in toilets in Western societies. The word toilet describes the fixture and, especially in British English, the room containing the fixture. In Canadian English, the latter is euphemistically called a washroom; in American English, a restroom or bathroom. The latter term often describes a room that also contains a bath tub. A room with only a toilet and a sink is sometimes called a half-bathroom, a half bath, and a powder room.
Reply to this
Various fields of life take lots of efforts, hence why should we expend free time for definition essay composing? That's bright to utilize some famous custom sociology essays service to buy the term paper format from, I opine.
Reply to this
The essay writers papers accomplished by professional writers, should give people A+. Therefore it’s worth to order essays to get your purpose, I do think.
Reply to this
People do recognize that that’s easier to purchase the dissertation international or dissertation just about this topic, than to finish by personal efforts.
Reply to this
exceptional that someone has eventually developed a self empowerment procedure that is customarily skillful and, yet, simple, fun, and low-priced. They will take buy paper aid
Reply to this
I really appreciate the kind of topics you post here. Thanks for sharing information that is actually helpful. Good day!
Reply to this
Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up. /wwwirmocosmeticdentistcom
Reply to this
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. / wwwirmocosmeticdentistcom
Reply to this
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. / wwwlookmybest.net
Reply to this
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. / wwwalafayadentistrycom
Reply to this
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. /http://wwwacrylicpixcom
Reply to this