Toilet Training Your Cat in 2 Fast Steps

Virtually everybody who owned an indoor kitty is aware what a mission it is, to frequently clean a litter box. And so many owners of house cats do know what an even more unnerving 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 care to settle for litter box cleaning. For these kitty owners, we have good news now. Indeed, believe it or not, your cat can be trained, to use a real toilet. When you do the toilet training with your kitty, you will teach it to move from using a litter box to using a toilet. While this sounds too good to be true, moderate your imagination a little bit with the recognition that you may still have to flush the toilet for your cat.

1. Changing the Place of Your Kitty's Litter Box

Just in case that your cat's litter box is not already in the bathroom, you have to move it there. The cat box should be near the toilet on the floor for several days. Every few days you will put the litter box up a few inches using something very stable to sit under it. In case you have no appropriate furniture to secure the box, you can use books if they are arranged in a balanced manner. Of course, to arrive at the point where the rim of the litter box and the toilet bowl are on the same level. Then you can put a sturdy aluminum pan over the toilet bowl in a way that will allow it to support your cat without wobbling as you begin the toilet training with your cat. Limit the amount of cat litter at this time to less than an inch across the bottom of the pan.

2. How to Get your Cat Accustomed to the new Toilet Seat

When you have taken away the litter box and have the kitty using the pan only, you are ready to start with the last part of toilet training of your cat. You will begin the training by putting some holes in the surface of one side of the pan. Of course, you should cut back on the cat litter so it doesn't go down the toilet. Plus, you should think on using flushable kitty litter at this time. The holes will force the cat to put its front paws on the toilet seat when it potties. When your kitty has been doing this for several days, you can put holes on the other side of the pan and that the cat will stand entirely on the toilet seat. The critical step of the toilet training is that you have to remove the pan after your cat has been doing this with success for quite some time. If you are a successful cat instructor, your kitty should now use the toilet you are using, too!

A Last Info on Toilet Training your Cat

These two steps may last as long as two or three months with a narrow minded, senior cat. So be patient with your canine. Always remember water isn't exactly what cats are innately comfortable around. Don't stop if your kitty doesn't use the toilet every time it has to go. Just keep your pan in case your feline friend is against it or at times down the road prefers to not using the toilet. Put the pan back again on the toilet and the cat can re-learn to take the toilet again pretty quickly. The advantages of toilet training your feline companion are many.