Can cats be taught to use the toilet bowl?
Hi Adrienne… toilet training a cat is possible and I’ve trained both my house cats as well as many clients kitties to use the human toilet. However, it takes a lot of time and patience, therefore someone must be there nearly 24/7 in the beginning and when the litter box is removed during the training process. On average cats who are toilet trained take anywhere between 3 months to 1.5 years depending on age, individual temperament and the techniques used. No one technique works for all cats so people have to experiment to see works best. Some of the existing toilet training kits such as The City Kitty is fine for very young kittens because the tray is very flimsy and heavier cats tend to find it discomforting so the Litter Kwitter http://www.litterkwitter.com system may be more helpful in this case or a crafty home kit. Here’s a fun video of a cat using the Litter Kwitter system:
