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You can train your cat to use
the toilet. By doing this it will save you time and money.
There will be little or no mess. Once the cat has been
trained to go into the toilet, you will be able to
eliminate the cat litter and the smell associated with
cats. You will need a few items to get you started.
Aluminum foil, a tray, and cat litter preferably flushable
kitty litter.
You will not have to clean
the litter box anymore and will save money on not having
to buy the litter any more. You need to decide which
toilet in the house you will use. In addition, what toilet
in the house the cat will use. If you have two toilets it
maybe easier to train than if, you only have one toilet in
the house.
You will have to use an
aluminum tray to put on the toilet. With two toilets in
the house, you can leave the tray right in the toilet and
not have to remove it when you need to use the toilet in
the house. If you have only one toilet, it is not that
convenient to share with your cat. You will just have to
remove the tray whenever you want to use the toilet. Be
sure to leave the seat down and lid up for the training
period. Leave a note on the toilet for guests so that your
cat does not make a mess on the floor if the lid is down.
Replace the cats litter box with an aluminum-cooking tray.
The aluminum tray should be the right size to fit in the
toilet. The seat lid should be able to close so that the
seat lid holds the tray in place. Remember do not close
the lid. The results may be less than attractive. Start
moving the tray closer and closer to the toilet that the
cat will be using. Be sure not to move it when the cat
does not know it is there. Once the litter tray is in the
bathroom put a something about an inch thick under the
tray. Magazines are a very bad choice for this. The
magazines are slick and the litter box may fall. Continue
to raise the litter box about an inch every day until the
litter box is the same level as the toilet. The cat will
be able to just step into the litter box at first. As you
raise the litter box, the cat will have to jump into the
box. You may want to secure the box so it does not move
when the cat jumps into the litter box.
Let the cat know its there
by scraping its claws in the tray. If there is, no litter
in the tray the cat will be confused and will not
understand what is going on. After the tray is in the
toilet, you can use cat litter, which is flushable. If you
use flushable kitty litter, you will have little or no
mess to clean up.
Continue to leave the tray
there for about 3 weeks. During this time reduce the
litter in the tray and make a 1" diameter hole in the
tray. Every week, make the hole 1/2" bigger. If the
cat messes on the floor then the cat is trying to let you
know that you are moving to fast. If your cat is heavy,
try using two trays to hold its weight.
You may want to wait to
train your cat until it is at least 6 months old. Cats
younger than that cannot balance well and may end up being
a big problem. Do not get discouraged as the process could
take up to two to three months. The cat will start with
two paws on the tray. As the hole you put into the tray
gets bigger (by 1/2" per week) it will move a third
leg to the toilet seat. Finally, the cat will have all
four legs on the seat. Some cats cannot grip the seat very
well. If the cat is the only one to use that toilet, you
might put some kind of tape it can grip to on the seat
lid.
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