Can I flush cats mess down the toilet ?

[ThatFairy]

Just saw someone saying this on a thread. I always thought that as there's usually litter attached when scooping you can't do this ? I tie it in little bags and leave next to the litter tray till I put a bin bag out, I put out a bin bag once a day, so if I could do this it would be a lot more hygienic

Good to see a proper discussion on this topic. I'm not a pet owner but I'm horrified by the approach of a lot of local dog owners who come out with poo bags and then think it's ok to use them and dump them in whatever bin is out on bin day. They know full well that green bins are garden waste only and blue bins are paper, glass, card etc. Doesn't stop them. The park is 4 mins from here

My cat shits directly into the toilet... I don't plan on stopping her.
Surely, if she had toxoplasmosis (which I'm confident she doesn't) then the risk to humans would be higher if she were off shitting in flowerbeds elsewhere. And what about humans with tox? It's one of the TORCH infections which is why we're twitchy about it in healthcare; and I know cats are the only animal hosts where the parasites reproduce. But most humans with tox are asymptomatic and we don't stop those with a diagnosis using regular toilets.

I thought you could, but no you shouldn't, because cat parasites are different from human parasites. I learned that on this very board.

Rivers flow downhill. Water is extracted near the start of the river for us to drink. Further down the hill, sewage is discharged. The river can't flow backwards because of the hill, so the poo germs don't get into the drinking water.

I blame Auntie Mabel & Pippin for making people think it was ok.

I don't think tox spreads through human poo.

You flush wet wipes?🙁

Actually so have I and so has my DM. I had no idea you couldn’t do it. It’ll be bagged in bin from now on.

I don’t. I’ve seen fat balls or whatever they’re called the huge balls with wipes in them. In sewers.

Fatberg. Fat balls are bird food.

I’ve always flushed cat poo. I was always told that you should never put faeces in the bin.

Everyone saying they flush their cat poo, just do a quick google search asking ‘can I flush cat poo in the UK’ and you will get the info you need. It sounds like thousands of cat owners are probably doing this so god knows how water companies are going to get habits to change!

Ah thanks for correcting me!

Why were you told not to put faeces in the bin?

You might want to read context, before thinking you made a point.

DMIL has a stoma and was told never to put the poo in a bin. I followed this advice with nappies (where possible), removing the poo before binning the nappy, and assumed the same was for cat poo.

This! The way some people think that animals are people is insane.

This isn't something I have ever done personally. Some litters are marketed as flushable so it is a perfectly reasonable question to ask. Both CatsBest and WorldsBest are two I've used that market as flushable cat litter.

I just scoop and use dog poo bags, putting it in my normal bin which is collected fortnightly, no hideous smell from the bin even in the height of summer.

I don't buy wet wipes let alone flush them but I'm aware some people do

I buy flushable ones @viques

They still shouldn't be flushed because they don't disintegrate and clog the sewers!

Even AI understands this is not a good idea