Nathan Exposed » toilet training the cats: week 4

I’m now entering the 4th week of toilet training our cats, and here’s the latest.

The first 2 weeks were relatively easy. The CitiKitty plastic pan was placed between the toilet seat, filled with litter, and our 2 cats basically thought it was a new litter box. The results were awesome.

Week 3 is when things took a turn for the worst. I had been scooping and flushing the litter, which was clogging the toilet. You see, the litter wasn’t actually made to be flushed. I just used what we had from the litter box.

So during the 3rd week, I bought “flushable” litter… which is very hard to find these days. It used to be common, but concerns for the environment really impacted the way litter is made, and now most popular brands are called “scoopable” instead of “flushable”.

Purr Purr and Prissy hate the new litter. It has a much different consistency. So the problem wasn’t with the toilet, it was actually with the sudden switch in litter.

One of them has adapted to the new litter, but the other has rebelled. I don’t know which is which. But tonight, I found a big pile of poop hidden in the corner behind the toilet. Then, in the shower, someone had pissed all over the bottom of the curtain.

Yep, clear signs of rebellion. Someone is an unhappy kitty.

When it comes to bathroom habits, they are both very adaptable. Neither one of them has ever showed signs of rebellion in the past. Purr Purr is 6 and Prissy is 4.

We’ll continue to take things slowly, and I think we’ll be alright. It’s just going to require patience.

Has anyone else given this a try?

Mon, Aug 13, 2007 @ 3:01 am | Filed in Family | Permalink

3 Comments

I’ve always wanted to try it but never had the patience. Have you tried mixing the two litter granules together so the one who is rebelling does think it’s a drastic change? That might work…

Posted by Rey Rey on Mon, Aug 13, 2007 @ 1:55 pm

ive not given it a try…but my new roommate and i are talking about it for our felines.

Posted by aboutaboy on Wed, Aug 15, 2007 @ 2:06 pm

Our dogs are litter box trained. I wonder if they could be toilet trained. It would be hilarious to see the pugs sitting on the john. I just picture having to pee really badly and one of them being on it saying “OCCUPIED!”

Posted by AdamJames on Thu, Aug 16, 2007 @ 1:28 pm