Toilet Training Your Cat in 2 Quick Lessons
Practically anybody who possessed an indoor cat knows how much of a chore it is, to take care of a cat litterbox and sanitize it day after day. And so many owners of indoor kittys have experienced what an even greater chore it is when the cat doesn’t take the litter box! Of course there are those among us always dreaming of more important achievments and do not want to settle for litter box cleaning. For these cat owners, there is good news now. Yes, believe it or not, cats can be trained, to use a real toilet. When you are toilet training your kitty, you will teach it to to do business on the toilet instead of using the litter box. In case this sounds too good to be true, moderate your imagination a little bit with the realization that you will still have to flush the toilet for your cat.
1. Moving Your Cat’s Litter Box
If your cat’s litter box is not yet in the bathroom, you will need to move it there. The box should be close to the toilet on the ground for some days. Every few days you should put your litter box up several inches using something very stable to sit under it. If you have no appropriate furniture to secure the box, you could use books if they are stacked in a stable manner. Of course, to reach the point where the edge of the litter box and the toilet bowl are even. Only then you should put a sturdy aluminum pan over the toilet bowl in a manner that will allow it to support your cat steadyly as you start the toilet training with your cat. You should put less than an inch of cat litter across the surface of the pan.
2. Making your Kitty feel Comfortable when using its new Toilet Seat
Once you have removed the litter box and have the cat using only the pan, you are prepared to begin the last part of toilet training of your cat. You can begin the training by putting some holes in the surface of one side of your aluminum pan. Of course, you should reduce the cat litter so that it doesn’t go down the toilet. And, you should consider using flushable cat litter at this point. The holes will direct your cat to stand with its front paws on the toilet seat when it needs to potty. Once your kitty has been doing this for some days, you should make holes on the other side of the pan and that the cat will be standing completely on the toilet seat. The critical step of the toilet training instructions is that after your kitty has been doing this successfully for a some time, you have to totally take away the pan. If you have been successful with the cat toilet training, your cat should from now on use the bathroom toilet!
One Last Info on Toilet Training your Cat
These 2 steps take maybe as long as two or three months time with a narrow minded, senior cat. So be patient with your feline companion. Always remember a wet environment isn’t something cats are naturally comfortable around. Don’t give up if your cat does not want to use the new toilet every day. Don’t throw away your pan in case your cat is against it or is momentarily not in the mood using the toilet. Put the pan back again on the toilet seat and the cat can be re-trained to take the toilet again quite quickly. The rewards of toilet training your cat are many.