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My other, who suffers from severe foot in mouth, casually mentioned that I had trained the cat to use the toilet to her friend and I immediately got inundated in questions as to how. She lives in an apartment complex in Bangkok which is an added bonus. And so, fully coffee-ed I wrote out the step by step instructions to wit:
The litter pan is placed inside a large plastic basin which resides adjacent-right next to-hard up against the toilet. The large basin is to catch the flying debris if the cat gets over enthusiastic about burying it's treasures. Since you live in an apartment in Bangkok the next process is simple. Buy the cheapest crappiest cat litter you can find. Each morning you go out on your balcony with a large spoon dedicated for task 1.
Plop flinging. Aka Share The Joy aka Why should cat owners have all the fun?. The balcony of the next door apartment is only worth 1 point. One floor down is 2 points and the apartments above, 3 points. Apartments across the way are the same value plus 10 points for distance. Then gently pour the unpeed loose litter into the larger tub, put the litter pan in a large heavy duty trash bag and bang a few times. The clumped glop(s) is delivered. Pour the remaining littler back into the pan from the tub and refill as required. I suppose if you are one of those fussy persnickety foofs you could toss the ploppys in the bag.
Measure the hole of the toilet seat and go shopping for a plastic bowl that fits in it reasonably well. Substitute the bowl for the litter pan once the cat is used to the pan. Once the cat is used to the bowl in a basin thing, place the bowl on/in the toilet seat with some leftover residue to clue the cat. Eventually the cat will jump up there to do it's business. After a couple of weeks, remove the bowl. Monitor the cat's progress. If it uses the floor put the bowl back on the toilet seat and give it another couple of weeks to get the hint.
The success is based upon the cat getting used to perching on the toilet seat instead of in the mess. A small nasty bowl and a clean broad expanse of toilet seat is the key to the gig. Unless the cat is fantastically stupid it will eventually get the clue.
The litter pan is placed inside a large plastic basin which resides adjacent-right next to-hard up against the toilet. The large basin is to catch the flying debris if the cat gets over enthusiastic about burying it's treasures. Since you live in an apartment in Bangkok the next process is simple. Buy the cheapest crappiest cat litter you can find. Each morning you go out on your balcony with a large spoon dedicated for task 1.
Plop flinging. Aka Share The Joy aka Why should cat owners have all the fun?. The balcony of the next door apartment is only worth 1 point. One floor down is 2 points and the apartments above, 3 points. Apartments across the way are the same value plus 10 points for distance. Then gently pour the unpeed loose litter into the larger tub, put the litter pan in a large heavy duty trash bag and bang a few times. The clumped glop(s) is delivered. Pour the remaining littler back into the pan from the tub and refill as required. I suppose if you are one of those fussy persnickety foofs you could toss the ploppys in the bag.
Measure the hole of the toilet seat and go shopping for a plastic bowl that fits in it reasonably well. Substitute the bowl for the litter pan once the cat is used to the pan. Once the cat is used to the bowl in a basin thing, place the bowl on/in the toilet seat with some leftover residue to clue the cat. Eventually the cat will jump up there to do it's business. After a couple of weeks, remove the bowl. Monitor the cat's progress. If it uses the floor put the bowl back on the toilet seat and give it another couple of weeks to get the hint.
The success is based upon the cat getting used to perching on the toilet seat instead of in the mess. A small nasty bowl and a clean broad expanse of toilet seat is the key to the gig. Unless the cat is fantastically stupid it will eventually get the clue.
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