How do I stop the cat trying to wee in the toilet???

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For the last few months I’ve been trying to work out which of my 3 young children is missing the loo. Near daily I find it wet around the floor and under the seat. They’ve been watched and lots of stern words over it. I’ve been having to scrub it and use masses of baking soda to clean and remove the smell from the grout.

Today I went to bed, it was all clean but I heard a noise and just caught —bastard— cat squatting on the loo. Exactly the same mess pattern of wee I keep finding, everyone else asleep-he’s clearly the culprit.

Why the hell is he doing this? He’s been litter trained fine, he’s nearly a year old.

Has he been watching YouTube?

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Cats who wee outside the box often have a UTI. Caught mine weeing in the kitchen sink 2 weeks ago! Scolded her (she is 5 and knows better) then a few days ago she did it again and there was blood too. Poor thing had a uti. So she’s been the vets and on the mend and back using the box now. I would definitely get him checked out. X

Omg clever clever kitty. He is copying all of you and wants to do what you do. Most unusual. My cat just goes on the rug!
Keep the bathroom door shut.

There's loads of videos of cats who have been trained to do this and how to train your own! Maybe he feels left out

1. Clever kitty

1. Keep the toilet seat down

Don't stop it. Just get an on toilet litter insert.

Wish mine had the brains to try it although DTwatCat would most likely fall in once you move on to the shitting freely stage

People spend money on training their cats to do this!

(And given the size and consistency of the poo my cat has just done I'm seriously considering it!)

I’ve thought UTI, but it’s been months and it’s nowhere else.

I’ve just looked on YouTube. It’s not a lovely tidy bum in the bowl. It’s messy and not aimed, shot under seat and on floor mainly. Basically just pissing while on there, not imitating actual human behaviour if going properly. I don’t think any went in the bowl just now.

The door is difficult with a 3 yr old and an older one with Sen. They’ll never remember and I can’t always be on it.

I need a deterrent I guess?

All poo is in the litter box, I would have clocked that in the loo. So he’s happy with the box as it’s used.

Might still be worth asking the vet. Mine was in the sink so don’t actually know how long it went on for! I just know it was the same place she chose to pee in outside her box.
If he’s indoors i would keep him in and see how many times you clock him using his tray. If it seems more than usual take him the vets to eliminate a UTI or similar. At least if it’s ruled out you can start looking at behavioural methods.

I guess yes that’s the sensible answer, I’ll go to the drop in vet tomorrow to query it- no harm in doing so. I’m calming down from wanting to throttle him for the months of clean up/ family arguments over who it is!

Haha! You never know.. he might be poorly?! I was threatening to get rid of my cat I was so pissed off, and bleaching my kitchen within an inch of its life. Then I realised it wasn’t her being a nutter she was trying to tell me something.. felt like a right cow then haha.
If he’s fine and healthy then he’s definitely a little shit

Some cats like two litter trays (it’s often recommended). One for wees , one for poos.

Bleach imitates male cat urine - something in it. Cleaning with it can actually encourage your cat to see more (scent mark).

He might want a second litter tray, one to pee in and one for poo, or if one isn't clean enough for his standards, a second one.

I kept ours in our toilet, and if it wasn't scooped in time I would find she had used either a plastic bowl we kept for cleaning which was left on it's side or the floor next to the litter tray. Putting a second tray in there stopped it. Except when I was ill and no-one did the litter trays properly and I found a bowl of wee, bless her.