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How does ERA feel about cats pooping in toilets?

Baked Pigeon

Baked Pigeon

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Oct 27, 2017
7,087
Phoenix
I am going to be moving into a house with my fiance on the 1st, and she really wants to get a cat. I like cats so its totally fine with me, just as long as its not a nightmare cat that likes to claw everything up and bite people. So today she said that she would like to train the cat to go poop in the toilet. She explained to me that there is a training kit that you can buy, and it makes everything easier in the long run. No buying cat litter or having to scoop cat poop. The only real hassle is just flushing the toilet a couple times a day. I guess she has a good friend that she use to cat sit for that had her cat trained, so she knows first hand how it works.

I just can't seem to wrap my head around pooping where my cat poops. Like, it sounds unsanitary to me and just weird. What if I am in an emergency and I'm running into the bathroom and BAM, the cat is sitting there doing its thing?

Does anyone here have experience with this? How does ERA feel about a cat pooping where you poop?

I never would have thought that Jinx from Meet The Parents would really be happening in my life.
 
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Oct 30, 2017
19,089
Owning a cat and not having to deal with a litterbox is the ultimate in having your cake and eating it too. It's the dream.
 
Border

Border

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Oct 25, 2017
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I am genuinely pretty skeptical that you can teach a cat to use the toilet. I presume that most of the time they just won't take to it. Like maybe 5% of them can actually be taught, but most will just end up shitting on the floor.
 
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Baked Pigeon

Baked Pigeon

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Border said:
I am genuinely pretty skeptical that you can teach a cat to use the toilet. I presume that most of the time they just won't take to it. Like maybe 5% of them can actually be taught, but most will just end up shitting on the floor.
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I guess to start out, you use cat litter above the toilet bowl, then you slowly take it away. They still take to the toilet for whatever reason. My partner swears that it works.
 
katagai

katagai

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Oct 25, 2017
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I wish I could teach my cats to shit in the toilet.
 
LosDaddie

LosDaddie

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Oct 25, 2017
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My wife trained our rescue kitty to use the toilet, but was only halfway successful. He only pees in the toilet. Poops in the litter box.

Better than nothing, I guess. We have a cat door that goes out to our screened in porch where the litter boxes are. Never have to deal with the smell.
 
Border

Border

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Baked Pigeon said:
I guess to start out, you use cat litter above the toilet bowl, then you slowly take it away. They still take to the toilet for whatever reason. My partner swears that it works.
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I understand how it is meant to work, I just feel like if it could be accomplished that reliably a lot more people would be doing it.

I would make sure to start doing it when they're a kitten.
 
Wein Cruz

Wein Cruz

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Oct 27, 2017
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Lol if it was possible to train every cat to do this it wouldn't be so rare. Basically look forward to scooping that piss n shit when your girlfriend fails.
 

NoReasonReally

Member
Jan 7, 2018
840
IDK, I'd not like to have THAT in my toilet. It really stinks. You think dog poop smells bad? You think horse poop smells bad? You think human poop smells bad? NOTHING compared to cat poop.
And yeah, I agree with you that it seems pretty unsanitary.
 
CDX

CDX

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Oct 25, 2017
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If I ever get a new kitten I plan to try toilet training it. I assume training it right from the start at a young age works better for long term and consistent success.

If a cat is willing to use a toilet I don't see any negative to that.

The only thing I worry about is that it seems adult cats barely have enough room for their 4 paws to stand on the seat.


Ryaaan14 said:
I'd train them if they could actually flush. Seems pointless if not
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I think you can buy automatic flush motion sensors or something similar. I'm not sure though, but I'd think that should be a thing.
 
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Baked Pigeon

Baked Pigeon

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Oct 27, 2017
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I just read from a website that flushing cat poop is not good. It says that a parasite called Toxoplasma can be introduced into the water system, and waste water treatment facilities don't treat for that parasite. Seems kinda crazy to me.
 
Zoe

Zoe

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Oct 25, 2017
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Jackson Galaxy thinks it's a travesty.

Dunno how true this is, but supposedly most waste facilities aren't designed to process all the crap in car poop.
 
daboynem

daboynem

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Oct 28, 2017
1,138
The videos always get me to laugh. If the cat isn't smearing shit around the damn toilet think we good. Would prolly have better aim than my roommates
 
B-Dubs

B-Dubs

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Oct 25, 2017
33,046
I mean, if you can make it work then sure.
 
Overflow

Overflow

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Oct 29, 2017
3,158
Wollongong
God, I wish. my two cats piss and shit so much that there's no way I'd bother throwing the crap in the bin, it typically all goes in the toilet and flushed unless needing to change the litter

I hope my Australian waste treatment facility is able to handle it. Haven't heard otherwise.
 
BladeoftheImmortal

BladeoftheImmortal

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Oct 27, 2017
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LosDaddie said:
My wife trained our rescue kitty to use the toilet, but was only halfway successful. He only pees in the toilet. Poops in the litter box.

Better than nothing, I guess. We have a cat door that goes out to our screened in porch where the litter boxes are. Never have to deal with the smell.
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That's actually the best because it's cat pee that has the worst odor.
 
Qasiel

Qasiel

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Oct 27, 2017
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Baked Pigeon said:
I just can't seem to wrap my head around pooping where my cat poops. Like, it sounds unsanitary to me and just weird. What if I am in an emergency and I'm running into the bathroom and BAM, the cat is sitting there doing its thing?
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Teach the cat to lock the door when it's using it, too. What do you do if your fiance's sitting on the crapper when you're in an emergency?
 
Dec

Dec

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Oct 26, 2017
3,580
My wife had a cat that pissed in the toilet. Not all the time though.
 
Podge293

Podge293

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Oct 25, 2017
5,760
At this point I'm convinced this place must require a thread on poop at least once per week.

On the topic, if you can manage it why wouldn't you? Makes life easier.

And get a sensor activated flusher. Really solve the whole problem.
 
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