I recently adopted a stray, and for a while he used the litter box, but recently he has been urinating in the toilet. (We were wondering who wasn't flushing for a few days, until we caught hi at it.) Is this normal behavior?
2007-02-28 14:15:47 · 10 answers · asked by GrammastolaRosea 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Not that I know of. But I wish my cat did that. It depends on whether you mind the cat doing that or not. If you prefer that he uses a litter box like other cats, then you should try to keep him out of the bathroom. But it might be hard to get him back to a litter box if you choose to do that, since that your cat is a stray, and it sounds like wherever this cat was before you adopted him, the people there trained him to use the toilet. But if you don't mind the cat using your toilet, you could use this behaviour to your advantage and teach him to flush the toilet as well. Which can be done. To do this, if your toilet is a push button flush entice him with a toy or a treat just on top of the button, he will try to get at the toy or the treat and therefore flushing the toilet at the same time. If you keep doing this, he will get the idea that flushing the toilet equals a treat for him.
2007-02-28 14:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, my grandparents had a siamese (someone else mentioned their siamese, I wonder if they're prone to picking this up?) that would use the toilet! She didn't know how to flush though. How rediculus that the first poster thought that was gross, I mean, that's what the toilet is FOR! Now drinking out of it would be gross.
Be happy, you can spend less on kitty litter now since it won't go through it as fast (although you should keep a box around, just in case).
2007-02-28 15:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by greydrakkon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cat used to drink the water from the toilet :P
and i never heard of a cat urinating in the toilet ! maybe its civilized ?? Lol
2007-02-28 14:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by Bruno S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
acctually i work for a cat adoption agency and people acctually train there cats to use the toilet. they can use it but cant flush but yea its very normal. and if it is allread starting this then u should have no problems training it. u got a good cat on your hands and good luck, if u have anmore questions please feel free to e-mail me at codysmelser@yahoo.com
2007-02-28 14:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
His former owners likely taught him, it's very easy to do. We had 2 siamese that used the toilet regularly.
2007-02-28 14:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a calico that uses the toilet, she flushes, but we cant get her to wipe.
2007-02-28 15:25:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah i used to have one in Monterey DC (Stood for damn cat) and she flushed too.. and it wasnt something we taught her she just did it...
2007-02-28 14:27:37 · answer #7 · answered by darchangel_3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone in his past trained him to. wish mine did! consider it a blessing since you don't have to scoop the litter box :)
2007-02-28 14:26:59 · answer #8 · answered by rblankenship_rblankenship 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad had a cat that did this. Personally I think that it is gross. Keep the bathroom door shut if you dont want him to do it.
2007-02-28 14:19:57 · answer #9 · answered by mom of twins 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, but i wish ours would!
2007-02-28 14:23:27 · answer #10 · answered by camopaiser 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋