To train my cat to use the human toilet?

[lurkinglittleladybug]

Love having a cat, not so much the litter box.

Came across these kitty potty training kits on amazon… I’m tempted to buy it, but not sure if it’s actually going to work or just be a waste of money…

Anyone successfully potty trained their cat? If so how long did it take?

www.amazon.co.uk/Litter-Kwitter-Toilet-Training-System/dp/B0014N70QO/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2D9BJQJX99GWT&keywords=cat+toilet+training+kit&qid=1671329129&sprefix=cat+toi%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-3

I can fully appreciate the welfare issue of it’s not good for cats to be trained to use the toilet.

However, our sewage system takes all
sorts of things way worse than cat poo. Industrial effluents, landfill leachate, run off water from huge fires etc, very little
of which will actually be treated at the sewage works and will then end up in our rivers. Cat poo is at least easily
degradable and will be broken down in the sewage works before being diluted in some huge river, just like human poo does.

It doesn’t though, as a PP said, because of toxoplasmosis. Also, by your logic, that means all animal waste could be flushed - do people flush dog shit too? I’m genuinely gobsmacked by this thread.

Please don't peddle this myth. Cat poo often contains toxoplasmosis which can cause real problems if it gets into sewers. It really shouldn't go down the toilet.

Don't flush animal poo down the loo. Human waste and toilet paper only.

You definitely shouldn’t flush tampons or sanitary towels either, for people who think their toilet is just a convenient bin.

Erm...cat flap?

Both cat and dog poo carries parasites which can survive our water treatment process. It's best buried or binned.

Are you going to inform your visitors. Because honestly I wouldn’t want to use a toilet that a cat had done poo in.

I have just come to the realisation that the general public are bloody morons!

Have you ever been to a sewage worms and seen the tankers of liquid waste queueing up to be discharged at the head of the works?

I don’t flush animal poo, but when you know what does go into sewage works, and therefore our rivers, I think cat poo is the least of the problems. I think there is a far bigger problem with cats pooing in other people’s gardens where kids play, people gardening etc, but that’s another story.

’Our sewage system isn’t perfect’ isn’t a good argument for making it worse!

Sewage issue aside, I don't get this concept.

If one of us left a poo in the toilet to fester, it would smell disgusting.

Presumably the cat wouldn't learn to flush, so depending on what time of day they used the toilet, it would stink?

At least a decent cat litter would do something towards lessening the smell until it was removed.

With all the other poo down to the sewage works. It’s not immediately obvious why you shouldn’t, so no need for the sneer.

@Burgoo
Totally - that is your second post I agree with - the other being the Christmas one

Tiny little bits I guess. Unless it's from the poo in the bath cat. Then it's just loo roll. It's an old house with plumbing to match so we can't use wipes etc.

Litter trays are in the spare bathroom so we've always flushed the poo down the loo. They mostly go outside anyway

I accept that I've never been aware of any risk with flushing away feline faeces!

Rats and other rodents live in sewers and are riddled with diseases like weils disease. But we don't get infected via water. Cow shit is often washed into rivers and streams and that can contain toxins.

Human faeces is full of stuff like giardiasis.

Surely environmentally using single use plastic bags is not great. And as toxoplasmosis can live in soil for months thus getting into groundwater anyway, I'm not sure that throwing in into landfill is any better

I can't find anything to link risk of toxoplasmosis to UK drinking water so I think I'll keep flushing.

The fact that loads of other rubbish goes into our sewage system isn't an argument for flushing cat poo down there as well 🙄

Dealing appropriately with the poo is part of the responsibility of having a cat (or dog, or any other creature). If you can’t handle the waste, you shouldn’t have the animal. In my view.

Exactly. There are too many lazy owners out there who don't want to deal with their animals waste properly. If you don't want to deal with cat/dog poo, don't get a cat/dog. They're not compulsory!

Really? Even though you know you shouldn’t? Why?

@Pumperthepumper

I told you why. I'm not convinced that it's worse than using single use plastic or throwing into landfill.

And I can't find any issues with toxoplasmosis in UK tap water.

And I don't want to carrying cat poo downstairs and through the house.

I thought it was bad enough having skin contact wih loo seat that men have pissed over then wiped…but fgs sitting on a loo seat that a cat has been perched on and pissing ? With my bare skin and all that delicate anatomy that is easily subject to uti
‘….you hqve to be kidding, that is just 🤮😱

our cats prefer to go in the garden. If you have a suitable garden and would prefer that leave some poop from their tray in a placed in the garden where you are ok about them going.

You should never put anything other than human waste down into the sewage system.

Why get a cat if you don't want to deal with cat poo? It's not compulsory to have pets, but if you do choose to take on that responsibility, you should do the right thing and dispose of their waste properly.

I have three cats and their poo goes in dog poo bags and into the outside bin. It's not exactly an onerous task. If I didn't want to do it, I wouldn't have cats.

So put the litter tray downstairs. Here’s loads of information for you about public water systems, there’s even a video you can watch: www.southernwater.co.uk/help-advice/keep-it-clear/bag-it-and-bin-it

I had a cat who taught herself to use the toilet.

This was many many years ago when lots of things were disposed of down the toilet.