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By: Thel Josenhans

Thel Josenhans — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:35:28 +0000

That’s grate you trained the kittens , but releasing the mother cat , was , unthinkable , no cat should be throwed back , in to the wild , you couldn’t find it in , your heart , to give her a home , but , took , her babies………… I think ……… shame on you. The mother cat , needed help , I took in a . feral cat , she was so grateful , the dearest cat , in this world.
Baby cats , are so cute , but , grown cats , are pretty wonderful , you need to think again. T.K.J.

By: rescuemom

rescuemom — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:36:50 +0000

Not only are toilet trained cats risking psychological problems, they are also risking back, nerve and joint issues. The stance necessary to lean over the toilet without falling in causes the lower body to tense up… which doesn’t exactly make going to bathroom very easy.

Anyone interested in cats, but not litterboxes should check out the smartscoop litter box (a scoop-free box using replaceable bottoms and litter crystals) or a built in box such as Litter Free, which connects to your plumbing and automatically scoops and washes the litter each time.

If a $200-$400 litter box isn’t for you, try our solution. Instead of six cats and seven litter boxes, we opted for six cats and TWO litter boxes. In the form of two 5′ wide plastic kiddie pools in the basement. Even with six cats, we only need to scoop every few days (it would take well over a week for the boxes to qualify as “dirty”) and the high sides and sheer quantity of litter substrate has made my previously litter-particular cats extremely happy. It’s clean, comfortable, and CHEAP. We paid $6 per pool at the local megastore during an end-of-season sale.

The moral of this story? You get cats, you get litter. It’s like wanting a dog you don’t have to walk. Sure, you can get around it, but not without negatively impacting the dog.

Happy scooping!

By: SMITH111

SMITH111 — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:49:12 +0000

Would love no more cat litter to clean , but not the misses. :-)

By: MaineMom

MaineMom — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:18:21 +0000

Have to agree with Bridgett. Many years ago I did have the pleasure of “meeting” a Manx that had observed the kids in a doctor’s home and decided to also use the toilet when the lid was left up. Starteled more than one guest at their parties!

By: Bridgett

Bridgett — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:12:07 +0000

Toilet training is convenient for the owner but not for the cat’s health.

I tried to toilet train my cats and started having problems with them. Badness started to aggressively attack Scrappy. Not playing…attacking. I posted the issue on the old iVillage Think Like a Cat board. Pam Johnson-Bennet herself, author of Think Like a Cat and Cat Vs. Cat, answered my post and let me have it, big time.

Cats natural behavior is to dig in the dirt and bury their mess. They can’t do that with a toilet. Plus, how can the owner know if there are any health problems like blood in the stool, if the poo is being flushed down the toilet. One of the best ways to see health problems in cats is to examine their poo and piddle when cleaning out the box.