Nathan Exposed » toilet training the cats

You know with a title like that, this post is going to be classic Nathan.

So here’s the dealio.

I’ve always wanted to toilet train our 2 cats, Purr Purr and Prissy. So I ordered a CitiKitty online and today it arrived. I was so happy!

The CitiKitty is basically a pan that you put on the toilet and fill it with kitty litter. The cats adapt to using it, and little by little, you remove sections of the pan. Eventually the cats will go in the toilet without the pan, and then you don’t need any add-ons or litter. Yay!

The instructions suggest you leave out the old litter box for at least 2 weeks so the cats have a choice. But I don’t have that kind of patience. So I hid the litter box and left them with only one option - a toilet pan filled with litter.

After a few hours, Purr Purr took a piss in the toilet. I WAS SO EXCITED! I was doing my little victory dance, celebrating the pee pee in the potty. Yes, I was.

Prissy didn’t use the toilet, so I brought back out the litter box. I think I’ll just split it up. I’ll restrict them to only using the toilet for part of the day, then I’ll bring out the litter box so they have a choice. Purr Purr is already making progress in one day, and I think Prissy will imitate her.

But I have to say, I didn’t get much work done today. Every 5 minutes, I would run over to the bathroom and move around the litter, checking for buried treasures.

Like a kid at Christmas, I tell ya!

Mon, Jul 23, 2007 @ 11:17 pm | Filed in Humor | Permalink

4 Comments

Oh, you are such a funny, funny man!
Our raccoon could pee in the toilet, but he preferred the dog’s water dish.

Posted by DEL on Tue, Jul 24, 2007 @ 1:34 am

i have to say…i already have a problem with my roommates (and colleagues) flushing the toilet…i dont think i need another 2 in my life that cant flush the toilet.

granted they at least have an excuse.

Posted by aboutaboy on Tue, Jul 24, 2007 @ 1:44 pm

I always wanted to try that with my cat, Sassy but I’ve been afraid she would fall and hit her head when I’m not home. When she was just a kitten she fell in the toilet once when she climbed up to splash the water in the bowl. She was so tiny and panicked that I’ve had a fear of it every since. How old are your cats? I wonder if there is a point where it’s too hard to teach them that nifty little trick. You’ll need to give us progress report in a couple of weeks.

Posted by martini-dan on Tue, Jul 24, 2007 @ 3:18 pm

Dude, working from home gives you way too much down time.

Posted by TJ on Tue, Jul 24, 2007 @ 4:41 pm