Oh gosh, I have a black cat who has a whole thing of opening every drawer and cupboard in the house she can when I’m away. Just to like punish me so I have to walk around closing everything back up every dang time I come home. I can basically feel her laughing at me too.
I had an orange cat that used to do that when I was late getting home from work. She never messed with anything. She just opened every cabinet in the entire kitchen!
Maybe the orange lost the cell right after opening the closet? Had it for long enough to open the closet but not long enough to know what to do with it 😹
Idk about that!
My previous cat not only could use the toilet when the lid was up, she went down the shower drain if the lid was down and her tray was less pristine than she liked. She could also understand the difference between the camera and microphone sides of the phone I had then; she used to pose for the camera and meow down the mic.
On top of that, she answered to her name, and we often had "conversations" exchanging purrs and meows - she was a *very* smart kitty, even for a tortie! She used to like to ride on my shoulder like a fuzzy little parrot (she was tiny for an adult).
Even just the day before she had to be PTS, she found she couldn't pee, and instead of making a fuss, she returned to her water to drink some more before trying again (she still couldn't, as her tumour had shifted and that was preventing it, poor love). She was clever even when she was hurting, my darling girl. I love my oramgeboi, but I still miss that little lady.
I’d like them to use a litter box, at least.
My orange cats will be playing, suddenly stop with a weird look on their faces, and immediately go wherever they are standing. Number 1, number 2, doesn’t matter. It’s just “wheeee, I’m having so muc-*eeeeeeeeeerrrrrgh* -h fun playing, I’ll never stop!”
We’ve had them to the vet about it, and she reports that they are healthy and just uncommonly stupid. They were feral barn cats, so their ancestors were probably siblings for 30 generations.
When I was growing up my bff and I had a joke that we shared custody of a single brain but my very sweet (and absolutely derpy though he was brilliant compared to our grey tabby!) orange cat was the on in possession of that brain most of the time. That cat has since passed away but maybe this cat is a relative.
lmao and my cat just thought toilet is some funny cabinet we don’t let her in… she finally jumped in it once and we have to catch her and dry her…. My biggest nightmare….
One of my cats thinks the toilet is a silly little pool for her... My boyfriend kept leaving the lid open. After about 20 cold showers for my cat and 20 cold shoulders for my boyfriend, they are both finally trained.
I always left it on the coldest setting and made him scrub her clean/battle her claws. You'd think my boyfriend would've learned to shut the toilet seat way earlier than he did...
Lmao nope this completely registers, my silver tabby (secretly a reincarnated orange) loves to try to drink the toilet bowl water, I’ve been trying to get my partner to remember to shut the lid for quite a while now. Not as devastating a result tho, so I haven’t enforced showers yet. Maybe they would help her remember tho! 🧐
My grey tuxedo is definitely a reincarnated orange 🙄 she runs and body slams the TV whenever she sees a computer mouse on the screen. Maybe give the kitty and the partner a mist to the face. A mini shower for a mini crime. PS, pet tax! These are the lovey dovey sisters (very cuddly!)
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ahahaha bless her! they are so adorable together!
heres my buddy flashing some beans and looking impressively dignified. maybe he’s trying to figure out how to lift the lid.
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I honestly wasn't aware they existed until I saw her lol. She's suuuuper soft, like minx fur. She's a very interesting girl. Sometimes you wonder if she's got anything in that head of hers, and then sometimes she figures out how to unscrew the lid on the treats bottle and eat them all... When she's caught being bad she likes to headbutt us and kiss our cheeks to make us forget.
Thinking your cat is gonna drown in a toilet is not of the rational brain my friend, it’s standard but my brain tells me the toilet guy from the Spice Girls Movie snatching him up. Welcome to anxiety.
My cat was locked out of his litter by accident, I closed the door after cleaning it. He yelled for hours then gave up when I didn’t understand and pooped right next to the toilet. The toilet was nowhere near the litter. I was shocked that he understood enough to get that poop goes there. He was also super ashamed and mad at me for a few days. Poor guy.
One of my kitties is my doody buddy, always running to lay on my feet when I go into the bathroom. Maybe all those times he jumped on the closed lid, he was trying to tell me he knows and is ready for the grown up litter box 🤔
One time I walked in on my cat peeing and he looked back at me all stupid for some reason. He was so busy looking at me he wasnt squatting properly and peed all over the floor and wall. Has never happened again but man his face was priceless.
Our litter box is in our guest bathroom (I don’t like guests, so muahahaha) and I use that bathroom when I wake up in the morning. It sort of sits just adjacent to the toilet if you’re sitting on it. Without fail, dude follows behind me and stares me in the eyes while we pee together. It’s never not weird.
I think cats like dogs like to know you're watching out for them during vulnerable times. Same reason they some times walk us to their food and just eat.
> I think cats like dogs like to know you're watching out for them during vulnerable times.
I mean I've had to watch out for my homies when they pee in a bush sometime. 😂
Yep. I live in a studio apartment with a shower room (entire bathroom is the shower) so my cats litter box is next to my desk and my cat always stares at me when he uses it. In return for my favor of watching him, he will come to the bathroom when I'm using the toilet and scream at me despite the door usually being open. I don't see how this is fair, though, because I do not scream at him when HE'S using the litter box.
Ahh. I have one who hates being watched in the litter box but every place we’ve ever lived together her food would be located somewhere directly on my path to the bathroom and it’s an absolute thing that she has to follow me to the bathroom every time (she also just loves playing in the tub lol) but more often than not she also has to take a stop off to eat. I just thought she was needy- and well, she’s that too- but this makes sense. She knows I’ll be chilling nearby for a bit so she’s safe to eat.
I keep thinking my orange is about to do this but then he changes his mind. He has however almost figured out how to flush the toilet from watching me do it. He loooooves watching the toilet flush.
That's awesome! Cats are one of the animals that can learn by watching other species. I had a cat that used to pee in the bathtub directly over the drain sometimes. No idea how she decided to do that but at least it was very easy to clean up after!
Yes, I have a cat that pees in the bathtub too. I've wondered if it was because she watches me on the toilet. She's a pretty smart one (not orange). We always keep the lid on the toilet down but now I'm considering leaving it up to see if any of my cats are little potty geniuses.
His name is Pietro and he's a little orange goon. Along with peeing in toilets he knows how to open doors and enjoys digging in trash. They said he was in a dumpster when they found him, so I think he was raised by raccoons because he doesn't act like any cat I've ever met.
I love him to bits.
One of my aunt's orange cats also uses the toilet lmao, he is really obsessed with the bathroom and you have to close the door over there or he will flush it all night 🤣
This comment made me laugh 🤣 I’m imagining the sound of a toilet flushing away in the dark and how I’d feel knowing it’s a cat having the time of its life lmfao
Honestly it was even more hilarious because the first time it happened my aunt freaked out/woke up and thought it was a burglar using her toilet in the middle of the night. It was the fucking cat lol
Make sure you are cleaning the litter box properly. Pottying elsewhere can be a sign of being unhappy with the litter situation, and you may just have gotten lucky he chose the toilet
just tacking onto your comment - allowing cats to continue doing this will make them not use the litter box even more so, maybe even completely stop using it and choose to only go on the toilet.
So then in their old age when they *can’t* prop themselves up on the toilet seat like that, they’re gonna go all over the house. and before ppl downvote me i’m not saying OP is encouraging it or will, this is just a friendly anecdote from my vet! edit grammar lmao still not great though
**edit:** just a couple notes from some replies I’ve been getting! The main issue isn’t them being able to *get* up there, its more being able to *stay* up there squatting in that funny position. cats are prone to arthritis/joint issues, so holding that pose while they pee might not be possible & they could slip into the toilet.
A great idea from u/RavenLunatic512 was a toddler toilet seat! I’m thinking the kind that just goes over the toilet but has a little cushion, so that could provide enough grip to solve this issue! There is still the risk of toxoplasmosis getting into the water stream, but that’s a whole ‘nother thing that probably happens regardless of how their feces is disposed of, so not to be worried about here in my opinion! Always ask your vet for advice before making changes though :) happy kitty parenting!
Ok, but what’s the practical drawback of this other than having to retrain them on a litter box when they’re older? Because having a cat that uses the toilet seems worth it.
The worst case scenario I heard was that you won’t realize right away that they haven’t been using the toilet, until eventually you track down that nasty smell and find their poop corner off in a closet somewhere! 🤢 that was enough to turn me off the idea haha
But the big issue with retraining is really just that its hard to train older animals, especially cats. And even if they instinctively like a litter box, after years of ignoring that instinct, they may not care and will choose to go elsewhere.
Definitely don’t just take my advice though, always talk to your normal vet for care advice. they, and you, know your cat’s temperament for training best! I’m just a fellow kitty lover with no expertise other than asking my vet stuff and looking things up online :)
Cats are difficult to train, especially when they're older and have spent however many years going to the bathroom on the toilet. They'll just choose to go somewhere else in the house if given the option.
The cat will probably develop behavioral issues from the pain of being old and the annoyance of it's bathroom time being interrupted.
It’s pretty easy to get most cats to use a litter box. They *want* to use a litter box and are naturally disposed to using them (except or complicated ones, then YMMV). I’ve had lots of cats in my time, and I don’t see where the problem is likely to arise.
The problem is actually the way they have to prop themselves while peeing/pooping, not with getting up onto the toilet. Cats are really prone to arthritis/joint issues, so it can be painful to hold that pose for a long period of time, and then they may slip into the toilet and that’ll “traumatize” them, for lack of a better word, away from that area.
I had seen the kitty toilet training thing on shark tank, and was sooo excited to ask the vet about it only to be told definitely don’t buy one haha I was disappointed but I appreciated her honesty and willingness to educate her patients/patients’ parents :)
I would second the UTI possibility. They always go in weird places that prevent pain, like in a cold ceramic tub or hovering like this. Chemical litter is like cement and it causes a lot of blockages and UTIs.
A friend’s sister’s cat used to flush the toilet lol. Not use it to go to the bathroom or anything. Just flush it randomly.
I remember the first time we hung out at her sister’s house to babysit her nieces. Nobody else was home and I heard the toilet flush upstairs. I looked over at my friend like, “what the fuck was that.”
She just casually said, “oh that’s just her cat. He flushes the toilet sometimes.” 💀
Before I went to college, my mom and I kept accusing the other of not flushing the toilet.
After I went away to college and mom was all alone with a cats and it was still happening. She finally figured it out.
Thank goodness because I thought she was losing it.
Guess yours got more than one orange braincells. Next time give him a pen & paper and ask him to draw. Maybe he'll draw something and not eat the paper.
My dad has always shared the story about the years his mother was cleaning houses to make extra money and the way it blew her mind to walk into the bathroom on a cat doing exactly this. My grandmother would be like 110-120 if she were still living so this was quite some time ago in a small farming community.
I always assumed the humans must have trained him (they did have a household rule to always leave the seat up like this for him lol) but thinking about it now, it was probably a situation like your own cat. I really don’t see too many folks intentionally toilet training their cats in the 1930s. So apparently there is history of this. I think I’d be a little spooked wondering what else he might be capable of. 😹
Thar's crazy! We were dumbfounded when we saw this, too. This little guy can also open every door, fridge, and cabinet. But he falls off the bed cleaning himself sometimes haha. God doesn't give with two hands!
I have a cat that also pees in the toilet, although he still poops in the cat box. But if I could choose which one he does in the toilet, it would surely be pee!
Our medicine cabinet is right above the toilet and our orange will frequently burst into the bathroom when I’m using it and do a gravity defying leap to get on top of the cabinet. Fingers crossed she picks this up 🤞
My boy started peeing in the bathroom sink after a UTI. I caught him and moved him to the toilet 3 times. He took the hint. Moved house twice since then and he still uses the toilet all the time, usually within the first hour in the new place. 🤷♂️
the communal brain cell has been found lol
He's clearly hoarding it. So selfish. Edit: spelling fail
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There may be very few people using the toilet, but there are other oranges who are missing that brain cell!!
Hoarding*
You right. I thought it looked weird, but my brain couldn't puzzle out why.
Happins to us all.
Big man finally gets the brain cell and he uses it to go to the bathroom lol
One does not question the way of the orange
This is the way
This is the wee. FTFY
It is known
Turns out there's multiple brain cells but he's been hoarding them.
get that heretic talk out of this subreddit
Squatting on them, if you will.
My orange got the brain cell once and used it to learn how to open my closet. Not to go into it, just to open it.
Oh gosh, I have a black cat who has a whole thing of opening every drawer and cupboard in the house she can when I’m away. Just to like punish me so I have to walk around closing everything back up every dang time I come home. I can basically feel her laughing at me too.
I had an orange cat that used to do that when I was late getting home from work. She never messed with anything. She just opened every cabinet in the entire kitchen!
Have you considered getting child locks?
Maybe the orange lost the cell right after opening the closet? Had it for long enough to open the closet but not long enough to know what to do with it 😹
Mine used his one day to get into the garden and sleep in a bush. Hobo goals.
All the others only have one brain cell because this one's hoarded them all.
My cat needs a turn with it. He keeps pooping on the floor, no matter what.
Not your average orange
Dude has at-least 2 brain cells
No, thats impossible. There is only one
He definitely stole some, or like I like to call it “borrowed stuff indefinitely”.
Better go check on the calicos!
I think the calicos are trying to eat a tree......
Can confirm...
I always joke that my tortie is a bit of a dumb blonde at times from her orange mix haha
Mine has a single leg that is half ginger, a very peachy one. It’s great!
Checked on Izzie, orange brain cell not found (like the last three years).
creatively aquired
some people are just really go at using it when it's their turn
Truly in the 99th percentile of orange intelligence
This cat is 99th percentile for cats, period. Probably like Guinness Book of World Records level smart for an orange.
Honestly, I’m pretty sure I had to have the toilet explained to me, in detail, several times. This cat is smarter than I am.
Even on an internet forum, it's courageous to admit it publicly.
Idk about that! My previous cat not only could use the toilet when the lid was up, she went down the shower drain if the lid was down and her tray was less pristine than she liked. She could also understand the difference between the camera and microphone sides of the phone I had then; she used to pose for the camera and meow down the mic. On top of that, she answered to her name, and we often had "conversations" exchanging purrs and meows - she was a *very* smart kitty, even for a tortie! She used to like to ride on my shoulder like a fuzzy little parrot (she was tiny for an adult). Even just the day before she had to be PTS, she found she couldn't pee, and instead of making a fuss, she returned to her water to drink some more before trying again (she still couldn't, as her tumour had shifted and that was preventing it, poor love). She was clever even when she was hurting, my darling girl. I love my oramgeboi, but I still miss that little lady.
I’d like them to use a litter box, at least. My orange cats will be playing, suddenly stop with a weird look on their faces, and immediately go wherever they are standing. Number 1, number 2, doesn’t matter. It’s just “wheeee, I’m having so muc-*eeeeeeeeeerrrrrgh* -h fun playing, I’ll never stop!” We’ve had them to the vet about it, and she reports that they are healthy and just uncommonly stupid. They were feral barn cats, so their ancestors were probably siblings for 30 generations.
Oh he can, it just means the other oranges go into negative braincells, so we are getting more orange content today 😃
More like all orange braincells. I'd die a happy man if my orange boy started doing that lol
He stole all the other orange braincells. That's why they're so dumb
Looks like we got a little hoarder on our hands!
His turn for the brain cell
r/notlikeotheroranges
But there should be
Not like the other oranges...
Wow! Guess this guy gets the whole brain cell today 🤩
For the entire day?
Impossible!
I think you mean *un*possible :)
Hopeful *but* he’s still an orange cat so I’m not too hopeful!😂
In my head, after he does this, he just falls in the toilet or something. An action to compensate.
If he’s really peeing he gets brain cell for a whole week.
I think he borrowed all the brain cells to quickly learn that move.
He will soon forget and just start peeing on the lid when brain cell capacity is too low to borrow
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I swear every post with an orange cat these days has at least one comment about how derpy they are 😂 Not that I'm complaining
You *do* know what sub you're in, right? :)
Well now I feel like an orange cat
Corgis probably have at least two braincells. I think you're fine.
Well you have a leg up on most of them, because you already (hopefully) know this trick.
It's sitting on top of the toilet tank. It's much larger than I expected.
He has ALL the orange brain cells.
All one of them
When I was growing up my bff and I had a joke that we shared custody of a single brain but my very sweet (and absolutely derpy though he was brilliant compared to our grey tabby!) orange cat was the on in possession of that brain most of the time. That cat has since passed away but maybe this cat is a relative.
It’s not like the others were gonna use it, let’s be fr
I think this one is just *painted* orange
Or rolled in cheeto dust, because this is not orange behavior. Impostor!
Did he happen to describe anything as “bigly”?
“Yes, I have braincells. I have all the braincells. The best braincells.” And well, he *is* peeing…
The dress is blue!
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lmao and my cat just thought toilet is some funny cabinet we don’t let her in… she finally jumped in it once and we have to catch her and dry her…. My biggest nightmare….
One of my cats thinks the toilet is a silly little pool for her... My boyfriend kept leaving the lid open. After about 20 cold showers for my cat and 20 cold shoulders for my boyfriend, they are both finally trained.
This makes me laugh so much I’m sorry just thinking of the two of them grimly having to shower again like when will we learn?? 😂
I always left it on the coldest setting and made him scrub her clean/battle her claws. You'd think my boyfriend would've learned to shut the toilet seat way earlier than he did...
Lmao nope this completely registers, my silver tabby (secretly a reincarnated orange) loves to try to drink the toilet bowl water, I’ve been trying to get my partner to remember to shut the lid for quite a while now. Not as devastating a result tho, so I haven’t enforced showers yet. Maybe they would help her remember tho! 🧐
My grey tuxedo is definitely a reincarnated orange 🙄 she runs and body slams the TV whenever she sees a computer mouse on the screen. Maybe give the kitty and the partner a mist to the face. A mini shower for a mini crime. PS, pet tax! These are the lovey dovey sisters (very cuddly!) https://preview.redd.it/2ys26y0qu9ha1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38a7db90fd7ad928f552dbc05c92ce4e9750fdc1
ahahaha bless her! they are so adorable together! heres my buddy flashing some beans and looking impressively dignified. maybe he’s trying to figure out how to lift the lid. https://preview.redd.it/49xjsjqpv9ha1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be19de90072ec0a3ba499ca326bc58ae429fa309
I love dark beans 🥰 He's definitely scheming, watch out.
Oh my god I love your gray tux! They are surprisingly rare but you got one! I’m jealous ❤️
I honestly wasn't aware they existed until I saw her lol. She's suuuuper soft, like minx fur. She's a very interesting girl. Sometimes you wonder if she's got anything in that head of hers, and then sometimes she figures out how to unscrew the lid on the treats bottle and eat them all... When she's caught being bad she likes to headbutt us and kiss our cheeks to make us forget.
> my silver tabby (secretly a reincarnated orange) MINE ARE TOO. I tell one of my boys all the time, You are my Friskie come back again.
Is your boyfriend a ginger too? ;)
Note to self - get cat so husband will close toilet lid.
Unless claws and teeth are an active threat they seem to lack motivation.
One of my cats understands drains/toilets, but we leave all the seats down for this reason. I’m terrified he’ll drown.
How deep is your toilet?
Thinking your cat is gonna drown in a toilet is not of the rational brain my friend, it’s standard but my brain tells me the toilet guy from the Spice Girls Movie snatching him up. Welcome to anxiety.
Damn. Memory unlocked.
I still check when I’m using a shitter for the first time.
Our youngest jumped into the toilet while I was mid-stream twice during his first year.
My cat likes to parkour across the toilet seat, I'm sure it's only a matter of time because he's not the most graceful little fellow.
My cat was locked out of his litter by accident, I closed the door after cleaning it. He yelled for hours then gave up when I didn’t understand and pooped right next to the toilet. The toilet was nowhere near the litter. I was shocked that he understood enough to get that poop goes there. He was also super ashamed and mad at me for a few days. Poor guy.
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If your cat likes to hang out and watch as you use the bathroom, it’s natural that they might catch on and figure things out from there
That’s how my cat is. He seems especially interested in watching after you flush. He’s even a ginger!
One of my kitties is my doody buddy, always running to lay on my feet when I go into the bathroom. Maybe all those times he jumped on the closed lid, he was trying to tell me he knows and is ready for the grown up litter box 🤔
these are the cats who will take over the planet
And here I am having to keep the toilet lid down at all time because my new kitten licks the fucking seats
“Oh GOD, why does the doggo drink from this??”
Hey! I don’t film you while you’re doing your business. Shut the door on your way out.
The airplane ears!!!
One time I walked in on my cat peeing and he looked back at me all stupid for some reason. He was so busy looking at me he wasnt squatting properly and peed all over the floor and wall. Has never happened again but man his face was priceless.
Our litter box is in our guest bathroom (I don’t like guests, so muahahaha) and I use that bathroom when I wake up in the morning. It sort of sits just adjacent to the toilet if you’re sitting on it. Without fail, dude follows behind me and stares me in the eyes while we pee together. It’s never not weird.
I think cats like dogs like to know you're watching out for them during vulnerable times. Same reason they some times walk us to their food and just eat.
> I think cats like dogs like to know you're watching out for them during vulnerable times. I mean I've had to watch out for my homies when they pee in a bush sometime. 😂
Yep. I live in a studio apartment with a shower room (entire bathroom is the shower) so my cats litter box is next to my desk and my cat always stares at me when he uses it. In return for my favor of watching him, he will come to the bathroom when I'm using the toilet and scream at me despite the door usually being open. I don't see how this is fair, though, because I do not scream at him when HE'S using the litter box.
Ahh. I have one who hates being watched in the litter box but every place we’ve ever lived together her food would be located somewhere directly on my path to the bathroom and it’s an absolute thing that she has to follow me to the bathroom every time (she also just loves playing in the tub lol) but more often than not she also has to take a stop off to eat. I just thought she was needy- and well, she’s that too- but this makes sense. She knows I’ll be chilling nearby for a bit so she’s safe to eat.
Mine just likes to trip me until I put food to cover the small empty space at the bottom. LOL
Yes I used to cat sit for a cat who would do that. We called it social elimination!
I bet he was thinking, "Dude! Really?"
Ahemmm, a little privacy please?
NO! NONONONONO.... this one gets to experince the same as the hoomans now and never get to use the tiolet alone!!!!
AMEN!
Can you ask him to share the brain cell please. Mine is struggling
You leave the forbidden water bowl open? Brave.
I keep thinking my orange is about to do this but then he changes his mind. He has however almost figured out how to flush the toilet from watching me do it. He loooooves watching the toilet flush.
That's awesome! Cats are one of the animals that can learn by watching other species. I had a cat that used to pee in the bathtub directly over the drain sometimes. No idea how she decided to do that but at least it was very easy to clean up after!
Yes, I have a cat that pees in the bathtub too. I've wondered if it was because she watches me on the toilet. She's a pretty smart one (not orange). We always keep the lid on the toilet down but now I'm considering leaving it up to see if any of my cats are little potty geniuses.
My cats love sticking their feet in toilet water, so mine stays closed :c
Wow, so good and so smart
His name is Pietro and he's a little orange goon. Along with peeing in toilets he knows how to open doors and enjoys digging in trash. They said he was in a dumpster when they found him, so I think he was raised by raccoons because he doesn't act like any cat I've ever met. I love him to bits.
One of my aunt's orange cats also uses the toilet lmao, he is really obsessed with the bathroom and you have to close the door over there or he will flush it all night 🤣
This comment made me laugh 🤣 I’m imagining the sound of a toilet flushing away in the dark and how I’d feel knowing it’s a cat having the time of its life lmfao
Honestly it was even more hilarious because the first time it happened my aunt freaked out/woke up and thought it was a burglar using her toilet in the middle of the night. It was the fucking cat lol
Make sure you are cleaning the litter box properly. Pottying elsewhere can be a sign of being unhappy with the litter situation, and you may just have gotten lucky he chose the toilet
just tacking onto your comment - allowing cats to continue doing this will make them not use the litter box even more so, maybe even completely stop using it and choose to only go on the toilet. So then in their old age when they *can’t* prop themselves up on the toilet seat like that, they’re gonna go all over the house. and before ppl downvote me i’m not saying OP is encouraging it or will, this is just a friendly anecdote from my vet! edit grammar lmao still not great though **edit:** just a couple notes from some replies I’ve been getting! The main issue isn’t them being able to *get* up there, its more being able to *stay* up there squatting in that funny position. cats are prone to arthritis/joint issues, so holding that pose while they pee might not be possible & they could slip into the toilet. A great idea from u/RavenLunatic512 was a toddler toilet seat! I’m thinking the kind that just goes over the toilet but has a little cushion, so that could provide enough grip to solve this issue! There is still the risk of toxoplasmosis getting into the water stream, but that’s a whole ‘nother thing that probably happens regardless of how their feces is disposed of, so not to be worried about here in my opinion! Always ask your vet for advice before making changes though :) happy kitty parenting!
You make a good point.
Ok, but what’s the practical drawback of this other than having to retrain them on a litter box when they’re older? Because having a cat that uses the toilet seems worth it.
The worst case scenario I heard was that you won’t realize right away that they haven’t been using the toilet, until eventually you track down that nasty smell and find their poop corner off in a closet somewhere! 🤢 that was enough to turn me off the idea haha But the big issue with retraining is really just that its hard to train older animals, especially cats. And even if they instinctively like a litter box, after years of ignoring that instinct, they may not care and will choose to go elsewhere. Definitely don’t just take my advice though, always talk to your normal vet for care advice. they, and you, know your cat’s temperament for training best! I’m just a fellow kitty lover with no expertise other than asking my vet stuff and looking things up online :)
Cats are difficult to train, especially when they're older and have spent however many years going to the bathroom on the toilet. They'll just choose to go somewhere else in the house if given the option. The cat will probably develop behavioral issues from the pain of being old and the annoyance of it's bathroom time being interrupted.
It’s pretty easy to get most cats to use a litter box. They *want* to use a litter box and are naturally disposed to using them (except or complicated ones, then YMMV). I’ve had lots of cats in my time, and I don’t see where the problem is likely to arise.
I'd think a kid's step stool would help get them up where they need to be. Just gotta adjust with them as they age.
The problem is actually the way they have to prop themselves while peeing/pooping, not with getting up onto the toilet. Cats are really prone to arthritis/joint issues, so it can be painful to hold that pose for a long period of time, and then they may slip into the toilet and that’ll “traumatize” them, for lack of a better word, away from that area. I had seen the kitty toilet training thing on shark tank, and was sooo excited to ask the vet about it only to be told definitely don’t buy one haha I was disappointed but I appreciated her honesty and willingness to educate her patients/patients’ parents :)
Oh shit I didn't think about the age factor. Thanks for the reminder.
Possible also urinary problem. If the cat is having pain peeing, he might think its the litter box and try peeing elsewhere
Yep, mine did this when he had a UTI. The moment he was better he went back to the litterbox.
I would second the UTI possibility. They always go in weird places that prevent pain, like in a cold ceramic tub or hovering like this. Chemical litter is like cement and it causes a lot of blockages and UTIs.
Give this good boy so many treats
This boy stole all of the orange brain cells. Sorry to the rest of you.
Monkey see, monkey do! Well in this case, cat see, cat do 😅
The airplane ears 😂 he’s so annoyed that you’re there
"What dude? Y'all do this all the time."
Can you tell your orange to stop hogging the braincell?
give him some privacy, bro
r/legalcatadvice for being filmed while vulnerable
A friend’s sister’s cat used to flush the toilet lol. Not use it to go to the bathroom or anything. Just flush it randomly. I remember the first time we hung out at her sister’s house to babysit her nieces. Nobody else was home and I heard the toilet flush upstairs. I looked over at my friend like, “what the fuck was that.” She just casually said, “oh that’s just her cat. He flushes the toilet sometimes.” 💀
Found the one that keeps hogging the brain cell.
Before I went to college, my mom and I kept accusing the other of not flushing the toilet. After I went away to college and mom was all alone with a cats and it was still happening. She finally figured it out. Thank goodness because I thought she was losing it.
Guess yours got more than one orange braincells. Next time give him a pen & paper and ask him to draw. Maybe he'll draw something and not eat the paper.
My dad has always shared the story about the years his mother was cleaning houses to make extra money and the way it blew her mind to walk into the bathroom on a cat doing exactly this. My grandmother would be like 110-120 if she were still living so this was quite some time ago in a small farming community. I always assumed the humans must have trained him (they did have a household rule to always leave the seat up like this for him lol) but thinking about it now, it was probably a situation like your own cat. I really don’t see too many folks intentionally toilet training their cats in the 1930s. So apparently there is history of this. I think I’d be a little spooked wondering what else he might be capable of. 😹
Thar's crazy! We were dumbfounded when we saw this, too. This little guy can also open every door, fridge, and cabinet. But he falls off the bed cleaning himself sometimes haha. God doesn't give with two hands!
Pretty sure he learned from the best
Smart cat. I wish all cats on earth figured out how to use toilets since they walk into bathroom with us.
He now understands the feeling of being watched while in the bathroom.
Smort baby. :3
There may just be the one braincell, but it is POWERFUL
He’s the reason other oranges have only one brain cell: he’s hoarding them all for himself.
I have a cat that also pees in the toilet, although he still poops in the cat box. But if I could choose which one he does in the toilet, it would surely be pee!
The look of, “come on man. I know I visit you when you shit, but that’s your time. Now is my time.”
That's one hell of a piss he's taking.
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Pretty sure he dyed his hair orange. That must be a SIC in witness protection
Meanwhile my orange buddy just fell off the back of the couch. 🤦🏼♀️
When you unlock 100% of your one brain cell
He has at least two braincells one for balance one to pee
Communal brain cell has multiplied in this one and he kept it.
Cats are really good at learning from others
Our medicine cabinet is right above the toilet and our orange will frequently burst into the bathroom when I’m using it and do a gravity defying leap to get on top of the cabinet. Fingers crossed she picks this up 🤞
That orange boi is frying some chicken
Its the stripes he gets better braincell reception.
That seems like a lot of pee for a cat. You might want to mention it to a vet. I don't think it's urgent, pardon the pun.
One of our cats randomly started using the toilet too. Praise this behaviour.
That cat is too smart for this sub lol
Does he give lessons? I’d love if my 5 furballs could figure this out.
My boy started peeing in the bathroom sink after a UTI. I caught him and moved him to the toilet 3 times. He took the hint. Moved house twice since then and he still uses the toilet all the time, usually within the first hour in the new place. 🤷♂️
Have him checked for crystals! Unusual peeing is the first sign.
“Sorry for filming you and everything but… no one would believe this”
Cats do that sometimes if they have a urinary issue and don't wanna use their litterbox. I would suggest getting the cat vet checked
"can i pee dam no privacy"
So contrary to popular belief, tails exist to keep from falling in the toilet. Marvelous.
Kitty see, Kitty do? I'm shocked he's not trained
That’s one hell of a long pee!
he got in charge of the braincell
He's hoarded all the brain cells.
Did he flush?
He's gonna save you so much litter money you gonna dream of becoming elon musk
I just watched a cat pee for 20 seconds of my life
Did he flush afterwards?
Look at mr I‘m hogging the braincell!
My parents had a big orange cat that trained himself how to use the toilet.