I know cats can be taught to use a toilet, but has anyone had a cat who got the idea on his own? we have two cats that were raised in our van/camper until recently when we got a mobile home. Sia, our flame point siamese took to following me to the bathroom and watching piss with a very studious expression. Lately he has found his own porclien throne, he perchs on the rim of the bathroom sink to pee. fortunely he still uses his box for the other. Second question is how do I teach him to turn on the water and rinse out/flush the sink when he's done?
That's pretty interesting and frankly kinda neat. Cats are fucked up. They must be on a whole different level. I haven't had a lot of cat time in my life. They can be fun though. lol
Cats are incredibly smart. When my cat Chase wants to go outside he meows twice like he was a person talking saying "hel lo" or "Out side" , or most likely the combination of both..
Seal point siamese named Wan who lived to be 19 by which time she had a half dozen words a stranger could understand. Simple things like milk and out.
My old cat was so weird and evil! He knocked my Playstation off the entertainment center because I wouldn't pet him. I was on the end of a disk and didn't save :| He would get bad and chase people around biting and clawing their ankles so we started shooting him with a small water gun. We used to hang it on a hook above a window and he figured out how to knock it off while we weren't there and broke it into pieces. As far as him peeing in the sink maybe try to catch him as he gets into position and try and place him on the edge of the toilet. I've seen cats use them on their own. Of course try to teach him how to flush it. It may or may not work. Most cats look at you like you have two heads when you try and teach them something. After having many cats I don't see how people are able to train them tricks and the such. My mom's cat decided on her own that she would rather go outside to potty. No one taught her anything. She just started nosing people or meowing at the door when she was ready. They completely got rid of the litter box and haven't has any accidents yet.
A Burmese wasn't evil, but she could be demanding and tried to be contriling. My ex had her on a diet consisting of dry food plus half a can of wet in the am and another half in the evening. To start with she would get up on a knick knack shelf at the crack of dawn and start batting knick knacks at the bed to get us up. later on she learned how to turn on the clock radio somehow. All in all she was a good cat, one day my ex was on duty at the counter in the anarchist book store (Bound Togeather) on Haight St. when a raving crazy came in off the street yelling at her and Harriet came flying down off a top shelf and landed smack between his shoulderblades and bounced back to a high shelf ready for a second round. The crazy fled back to the street screaming a new tune! lol The problem with your training tip is that Sia likes to use vthe sink usually when one of us is using the toilet. Some kind of bonding thing I guess. LOL
It's difficult to train a cat. You just kind of have to persuade them. As far as turning on the sink goes, you may be able to persuade the cat to do that - but there is no way in hell you're going to get the cat to turn it back off every time. I don't think you want to open that can of worms. They do make special training seats for the toilet though. You just open the bottom compartment a little bit more each time, and the litter-textured opening makes the cat think he's shitting in the litter box.
By the way my cats are awesome. One of them will do tricks like spin, sit, stand up, lay down, and high-five on command. We're teaching her to roll over now. I'll make a video sometime and post it lol. My other cat always comes and jumps on my lap when I'm angry or upset. He's so intuitive and very cute. For these reasons I cannot join in the cat complaining. Always remember: your cats will train you wayyyy before you will train them.
i feel like cats brains produce some kind of psychedelic chemical and we look like giant monsters to them or something thats why they get those huge dilated pupils and start running around the house like crazy. haha
i never had cats growing up. the new cat is alright. but hes not nearly as cool as my fatso tabby cat. he sheds something awful though, i want to buzz him and start over. they will get along better after the little one is snipped. but my cat was uber little when we got him, the new cat already knew about being a cat. my cat chased foxes in the city, and would chase certain dogs down the street. after he was attacked he has never put up with shit from a dog. he'll be 7 years old around september, we named him on halloween so thats his 'naming day' we used to keep him in a harness, and even on a leash. we had him set up where he could climb this tree and lounge on a big branch, and one day he slipped and was hanging there, 4 feet off the ground meowing in embarrassment. i laughed so hard when i helped him, and we took the leash off after that. hes awesome though. he will chill for some good weed too. hes awesome.
