toilet training cats ?

eman · Member Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 340 Location: Canada

Has anyone thought about toilet training their cats?
after reading about it, i really liked the idea. soooo i started toilet training Max and Mini about 4 weeks ago using the "Litter Kwitter". There were times where i thought it will never work and i almost gave up. Well now both cats are almost trained. I bought the Litter Kwitter on ebay but here is the actual website http://www.litterkwitter.com/en/index.php
In a week or so they should be fully toilet trained. They are now in the green "last" stage. I am really excited and cant believe it because i thought it would take longer for them to learn.
All i do now is flush the toilet when i see they did something in there. no more scooping stinky litter boxes or buying litter. Very Happy

just thought i would share Cool

halaroo · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject:

That's great! A friend of mine started toilet training her cat when he was a kitten and it went really well. Then he developed bowel problems so they found it easier to go back to the litter box. Good for you though!

Chezza · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:24 am Post subject:

WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WANT ONE lol Laughing

HDrydr · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:54 am Post subject:

I've heard about it and think that it is a great idea!!! I'm glad that it's working for you... Surprised

Bente · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:31 am Post subject:

Wow, it looks genious! Shocked

Maybe I should look into it. Kyrre's litterbox is taking up alot of space now that we have moved to a smaller apartment.

Does Max and Mini seem happy with their new toilet? And was it alot of mess to begin with? (pee on the toilet seat etc.?)

vene · Super Senior Member Plus Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 4220

That's amazing! You are doing a great job training Max and Mini. Surprised

eman · Member Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 340 Location: Canada

Thanks

Max and Mini are ok with it. they are still getting used to the idea. so they dont go right away..they jump onto the toilet seat then they go back to the floor and then jump up again back and forth and then do it. They have never had accidents where they did it on the seat or on the floor. I think it is cat's nature to aim in the hole. But once i saw pee on a blanket that was on the floor. I am still not sure which cat did it and why. It was when i first started training so maybe they didnt see the litter box and got confused. so i removed anything soft that was on the floor. and had to close all bedroom doors (cuz they have carpet) until I saw them go on the toilet for few days. Lowering the level of the water in the toilet bowl helped alot because they dont like it when it splashes back at them.
One more thing was i stopped letting the cats out until they got used to the idea because I noticed that Max would go out and start digging outside to do it there. So i had to wait every morning for them to go on the toilet before letting them out. Which they understand now because Mini would meow at the door to get out..then she would go back and poop in the toilet then run back to the door.

HDrydr · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:15 am Post subject:

Cats are very smart and very clean animals. As long as you are patient and keep to it they will learn. I tried it once and it didn't work with Patches mainly because the product was kinda flimsy and she didn't feel secure. Otherwise I'm sure it would have worked.

Mary_NH · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject:

I have thought about it but having fosters in the house my cats would simply end up using the foster litterbox.
And my dog drinks out of the toilet whenever the lid is up Rolling Eyes

so I'm pretty sure she'd be fishing for chunks Neutral

HDrydr · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

Chezza · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject:

Mary

Chessmind · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 5:54 am Post subject:

That's great eman. Any chance we could get some pics of them on the toilet?

HDrydr · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

eman · Member Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 340 Location: Canada

i have a video of Max using the toilet.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lnc4Rs0s3co
and as soon as they are fully trained..i will try to get another video Smile

vene · Super Senior Member Plus Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 4220

Max is so cool.

HDrydr · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:16 pm Post subject:

I watched the video last night that's great!!! Very smart fur baby!!!

Bente · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:27 am Post subject:

Way to go Max! Surprised

Chezza · Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY YAY !!! Max...
What A Champ Surprised

WOHHOO...Go MAX Mr. Green