Toilet Training Cats

The first advantage to toilet training your cat is the savings on cat litter. Cat litter averages about $15 for a 25 lb bag. The average life expectancy for a cat is about 14 years. By toilet training your cat you save about $180 per year or $2520 over the lifetime of your cat.

Once you cat is toilet trained you can say goodbye to the smell of cat feces and urine forever, When cat urine mixes with the litter, it will produce an amonia smell that can literally take your breath away. Now mix that in with fecal matter and the smell is absolutely overpowering.

You'll find that toilet training a cat is a more hygienic alternative. When a litter box sits with waste over a period of time bacteria will grow. This is not only dangerous for your cat it is also dangerous for every member of your household. Very often litter will lodge in between a cat's toes. Before you know it, your cat has left a trail of bacteria all through your house.

Toilet training cats is also environmentally friendly. Over 2 million tons of traditional cat litter are dumped into landfills in the United States every year. Traditional cat litter is not biodegradable. Biodegradable cat litter is much more expensive.

Finally, you will never have to waste any of your time on dealing with a litter box again.

In order to make your cat's transition from using the litter box to using the toilet bowl as smooth as possible, we're going to use a step by step approach.

Begin by placing your cat's litter box next to your toilet. Remember to be patient with your cat. Since the litter box is in a new location he might make a few mistakes and that is to be expected.

Once your cat has used the litter box by the toilet for a week, it's time to raise the litter box a bit. You can place the litter box on top of a phone book or some newspapers.

The idea is to raise the litter box a little at a time until it is as high as the toilet seat. Make sure your cat uses the box for a week at each new level including toilet seat level.

Once your cat has used the litter box at toilet seat level, it's time make the actual switch from the litter box and focus on the toilet seat. Before your cat uses the actual seat, he needs to become used to it. This is where a toilet training kit for your cat should be used. Most kits come with at least several different sized toilet seats that fit right over your seat. The plastic seats range from the smallest sized diameter where cat litter is still used to the biggest with very little cat litter and a diameter that approximates the size of your toilet seat.

Again use each size (usually there are about three seats ) for about one week, then remove the plastic seat completely.

Your cat should now be using your toilet to do his business.

During the time you're toilet training your cat remember to leave your toilet lid up, your toilet seat down, and always leave your bathroom door open.

Next, keep training in pace with your cat. You might have to go back a step or two if you go too fast.

Use praise and treats to positively reinforce your cat's proper behavior.

It typically takes a cat about one month to learn to use a toilet. But it could take 2 or even 3 months. Again, please be patient. You'll find that your extra time and effort will really pay off in the long run.

Here is some useful information to keep in mind when training your cat away from ANY cat behavior problems:

1. Train your cat as early as possible. Kittens are like children and much easier to teach than older cats.

2. Cat training should be structured using a system of rewards and appropriate punishments.

3. What you do in terms of training or not training your cat will determine your cat's behavior.

4. Good cat training information should consist of your cat's thinking, your part in training, and your cat's natural behavior.

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