Toilet Training Your Cat in Two Quick Lessons

Virtually anybody who possessed a house cat knows what a pain it is, to daily take care of a litter box. And many owners of indoor cats have experienced what an even greater task it is if the cat doesn't use the litter box! For sure there are many among us always dreaming of more important things and do not wish to learn more about litter box cleaning. For these kitty owners, there is good news now. Indeed, believe it or not, it is possible to train kitties, to use a real toilet. When you do the toilet training with your kitty, you will teach it in the process to to do business on the toilet instead of using the litter box. If this sounds too good to be true, don't be disappointed when you see that you still have to flush the toilet for your kitty.

1. Moving Your Kitty's Litter Box

In case your cat's litter box is not yet in the bathroom, you will have to move it there. The box should be near the toilet on the floor for several days. After a few days you should put the litter box up several inches making sure that it is sitting very stable. In case you have no furniture fitting this description, you can use books if they are stacked in a balanced manner. Of course it is the goal, to reach the point where the rim of the cat box and the toilet bowl are on the same level. After that you can put a sturdy aluminum pan over the toilet bowl in a way 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 over the surface of the pan.

2. Getting your Cat Accustomed to the new Toilet Seat

Once you have removed the litter box and have the cat using the pan only, you are prepared to start 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 the pan. Of course, you should cut back on the cat litter so that it doesn't go down the toilet. In addition to that, you should consider using flushable cat litter at this point. The holes are supposed to direct the kitty to put its front paws on the toilet seat as it needs to potty. Once your kitty has been doing this for several days, you should put holes on the other side of the pan and that the cat will be standing completely on the toilet seat. The tricky step of the toilet training instructions is that you have to remove the pan after your cat has been doing this with success for quite some time. If you trained your kitty with success, your cat will from now on use the bathroom toilet!

One Final Word on Cat Toilet Training

These two steps could take as long as two to three months with a narrow minded, senior cat. So be patient with your cat. Remember water isn't something cats are usually comfortable around. Don't stop if your cat doesn't use the toilet every day. You should keep your pan in case your cat is resistant or at times down the road prefers to not using the toilet. Put the pan back on the toilet and the cat can re-learn to use the toilet again quite quickly. The benefits of toilet training your cat are plentiful.