Litter Training

Whilst living in our old flat, we embarked on an innovative and life-changing training program for the boys. Whilst shopping in our local PetsAtHome store we saw a product called the LitterKwitter. This amazing device is used to train domestic cats to use a household toilet.

We were only using this device for a few weeks and quickly progressed to the 'Amber' stage, where the unit has a small hole in the middle of the centre disc, which enabled the cats waste to fall straight into the toilet water, rather than sitting on the litter tray as in a conventional litter tray.

Obviously this is a completely unorthodox situation for the cats but both took to the new toilet routine very positively. The long-term aim was to remove the LitterKwitter altogether and the cats would use the regular toilet seat to balance on, while doing their business straight into the toilet bowl. This would totally eliminate the need to clean a dirty litter tray and also eradicate the nasty smells created by having cat waste sat in a little tray until such time as a human can come and clean it out for them (I know what you're thinking and yes the human does have to flush the toilet for them).

Stage 1 - swapping regular litter tray for the LitterKwitter (using the 'Red' disc)

Stage 2 - moving the LitterKwitter onto the toilet bowl to get the cats used to jumping up

Stage 3 - 'Amber' stage, with the orange disc containing a hole in the middle and litter around the edges.

Just so you can all see how this thing works, I totally invaded Fluff's privacy to take this photo!

We did eventually move onto the green stage, where the hole is larger and there is basically just a small ring of litter inside the edge of the seat.

However, problems became evident when one of the cats would inadvertently pee a little bit on the litter, which was then a royal pain in the arse to clean out due to the thin wedge of litter that then had to be scooped out.

It is my belief as well that Ginge may well have suffered from a little 'splash-back' when doing a No2, as all of a sudden he started to refuse to use the LitterKwitter except to pee. This resulted in a number of messes on the tile floor and we then had to start putting out a regular litter tray.

Safe to say that Fluff then stopped using the LitterKwitter, in favour of the regular tray. This then made the LitterKwitter pointless, so we scrapped it. Shame as the potential was amazing and we were so close to success.