How to Toilet Train Your Cat

Video Transcript

"We're here today, in this fabulous little bathroom, to talk about how to toilet train, that is, train your cat to use a human toilet. Now, this process can take months, so you want to be sure that you've got a dedicated bathroom, that you can have your cat use, so what we've done here, is we start out by putting the litter box on the ground, right next to the toilet ,so you're going to want to get your cat used to using the litter box, in this little room, next to the toilet. There's a product that you can use, that you can add, an herbal product, an herbal additive that you can add to the litter box, that will help attract the cat to the litter box, which can be an added benefit, as you move through the phases. You want to move through this phase very slowly, and you want to make sure that the litter box is stable at all times, so you start out by just raising it, just a little bit there. The idea is, that we're going to raise it more and more and more, until it's at the same level as the toilet. As it gets taller, you may want to duct tape your old magazines or books together, just to make sure that it's real stable, because the last thing you want, is for your cat to have the litter box slide anywhere, or fall. You want to have some sort of step stool, just to make it really easy and effortless for the cat to get up there, and not have to make a lot of calculated jumps. You want to make sure that the box is secure, so the cat isn't going to end up tipping it over, or anything. You may end up wanting to use a slightly smaller box. It may actually take you a while to get the cat, from the point that they're down on the floor using the litter box, to where they're actually up on top of the toilet, using the litter box. This is going to take a different amount of time for every cat, and you may find that eh, he gets up there, and they're kind of like not so interested in using the toilet up there, and then you may have to lower it again, and start building up to the top of the toilet again, or you may have a can that is really fine with doing it. You're going to lift the lid. Now, there is a product you can buy, that actually fits right into the toilet here, that starts out with no hole, and it gets a bigger and bigger and bigger hole. It's basically a litter box that's fitted into the toilet, and the idea is that you start with no hole. Get the cat used to sort of perching it's paws on the seat, and pooping into the litter box, and it can scratch around and stuff, and then the very first step, is to open up that hole a little bit, so that it can see the water come through,and that's where the real decisive moment comes. Your cat may be like, there is no way I'm using that, and then you may want to take a step back, and go back to using the litter box. You may also want to sort of keep your eye out, whenever you see the cat using that. You might want to give it a treat. Give it copious praise. It's just kind of like potty training a child, so you're going to have that little hole. You want to be sure that you're using a litter that's flushable, because you will get litter that falls through into the water, and you don't want it to clog up your plumbing, so you have your flushable litter. You have your basin, and then you have your little hole, and if your cat is comfortable with that little hole, which is a big stopping point for a lot of cats. Then, you can start making the hole a little bigger, a little bigger, a little bigger, a little bigger, and basically, the idea is then you can use a little, pick up something at the hardware store, that you can use to line the inside of the hole, so all the litter doesn't fall right through, but as that gets bigger and bigger, the goal is to get it big enough, that there's just a little bit of litter on the outside, and then there's no litter at all,and the cat is just perched on the toilet, and pooping and peeing, right into the toilet."