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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2004I had to share my amazement....
Some of you may remember me and my sweeties, Gustav and Aurora. I usually lurk, (and have been a lurker for almost 4 years here) but wanted to post after what I witnessed tonight! I was walking down the hallway and past my bathroom when I caught a glimpse of Gustav out of the corner of my eye. He was in my bathroom, on the toilet, squatting over the bowl, urinating. I couldn't believe it!!! I still don't as I sit here and type this... I understand that some people train their kitties to use a human toilet, but I certainly did not teach Gustav this behavior. I also want to make clear that I scoop their boxes (3 boxes for 2 kitties) twice a day. Believe me, I keep them clean. Has anybody else ever had a cat just use a toilet out of the blue? I'm thinking I should probably discourage this by keeping the lid down because I would hate for him to fall in... I wouldn't think it's very likely that he'd hurt himself, but he's a very proud boy and wouldn't want to be humiliated by slipping into the bowl. Wow... My Gustav never ceases to impress me. Ever. Back into lurk mode..... :) Kaare, Gustav and the Princess Aurora Current picture of my brats: http://www.geocities.com/gustavkitty/gustavrori.jpg (Aurora is the sleeping kitty.... Gustav is the kitty with the green eyes) > I was walking down the hallway and past my bathroom when I caught a glimpse of > Gustav out of the corner of my eye. He was in my bathroom, on the toilet, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > hurt himself, but he's a very proud boy and wouldn't want to be humiliated by > slipping into the bowl. Oh wow I have heard of kitties doing that but I never saw one do it! Sadly my Charley loves to use the WC... in a quite different manner. No matter how much fresh water I put in their (three) drinking bowls, he prefers the "well". The only thing I can do is never to have anything like loofreshener hanging in there and pray all the time everyone not to forget to close the lid. Whenever someone forgets, hes in there slurping. I dont want him drinking there. Definetely after him falling in once years ago... Actually if I were you I would close the lid. Nothing happened back then other than he got as wet as angry, but it still gives me the shivers to think of what could have happened. This way round he could very easily have got stuck in that hole with his head down :/ with purrs, Alex You are very lucky to have a cat that smart! I wish ours would do that too, it would certainly make the cat-tray cleaning easier! >Some of you may remember me and my sweeties, Gustav and Aurora. I usually >lurk, (and have been a lurker for almost 4 years here) but wanted to post after [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Gustav out of the corner of my eye. He was in my bathroom, on the toilet, >squatting over the bowl, urinating. I couldn't believe it!!! My heart says 'Kant' but my head says 'Hobbes' I agree, wish my cats would do that, too!! Thanks for sharing your story Honeystix.....too bad you didn't have a camera handy to take a pic of that lol!!!! Great pics of them on the website, both adorable. Christina -- http://www.geocities.com/chrissy_1228/ourkittycats.html > You are very lucky to have a cat that smart! > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > My heart says 'Kant' but my head says 'Hobbes' Yea, that's true it would make an incredible photo! I remember there was a Hollywood film (a guy wants to wed a girl but her dad is ex-CIA and VERY paranoid and wants to check the guy out - quite a funny film) recently released which showed a scene of a cat using a toilet and then pulling the plug. One of these 'actor cats', I suppose! Could be if you took enough photos then it would 'embarrass' him and he would stop doing it? Iain.H >I agree, wish my cats would do that, too!! Thanks for sharing your story >Honeystix.....too bad you didn't have a camera handy to take a pic of that >lol!!!! Great pics of them on the website, both adorable. > >Christina My heart says 'Kant' but my head says 'Hobbes' Christina, When I saw him, aside from being stunned, I was thinking 'I wish I had a camera handy....' I LOVE my digital camera and take quite a lot of pictures... My camera is practically attached to my hip. I've been making a conscious effort to put the toilet lid down, but sometimes I forget. If I ever catch him using my potty again, I must take a shot just so people believe me!!! Kaare >Subject: Re: I had to share my amazement.... >From: "Christina" chris69@rtconline.com [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> >> My heart says 'Kant' but my head says 'Hobbes' My cats used to use the toilet (not spontaneously - I trained them), and never fell in. I wouldn't worry about it. >Subject: Re: I had to share my amazement.... >From: MGW mgw1979@hotmail.com [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >My cats used to use the toilet (not spontaneously - I trained them), >and never fell in. I wouldn't worry about it. Is it difficult to train a cat to do this? Did your kitties use the toilet exclusively? Just curious! Kaare Hi! Long time no see. We had a cat that learned on his own just like that. No one believed my brother either until we each saw him do it. Unfortunately, Patches had leukemia and died a short time later from anemia. However, we were always very proud of him for figuring it out. My mom has a cat now I think is a prime learner for this. To use the box, he uses his monkey toes to perch on the side of the box so that no part of him has a chance of "touching that sand". That's just how he is. I will not be surprised if he too, figures out the human waterbox. Karen > Some of you may remember me and my sweeties, Gustav and Aurora. I usually > lurk, (and have been a lurker for almost 4 years here) but wanted to post after [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > http://www.geocities.com/gustavkitty/gustavrori.jpg > (Aurora is the sleeping kitty.... Gustav is the kitty with the green eyes) Hi Karen... I've noticed that Gustav pees while standing in the box, on the litter, but he always poops while balancing on all of his toes on the box. That is not consistent with him peeing into the human toilet... I can't explain this magnificent, goofball cat. Sorry about Patches. :( I can see why you guys were proud of him. I'm proud of Gustav, too... He seems to have a lot of insight. Cats truly are incredible creatures.... There's no such thing as "just a cat!" Take Care, Kaare >Subject: Re: I had to share my amazement.... >From: "Karen" kchuplis@alltel.net [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Karen I'd buy him a child's potty chair and put some water or litter in it. Set it near the toilet. heehee Loved your story. Really amazing. Never had one of mine do that but I try to keep the lid down. However, I wouldn't mind giving the cats one of the bathrooms. Occasional flushing would be a lot easier than coping with litter! Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. Has he repeated the feat yet? Or was it a one time thing? -jen Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright >Subject: Re: I had to share my amazement.... >From: jlove98905@aol.comNOSPAM (JLove98905) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >-jen >Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright Hi Jen, No, he has not done this again.... and I'd never seen him do it before. Kaare circa 22 Jan 2004 07:45:27 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Honeystix again (honeystixagain@cs.com) said, > Some of you may remember me and my sweeties, Gustav and Aurora. I usually > lurk, (and have been a lurker for almost 4 years here) but wanted to post after [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > http://www.geocities.com/gustavkitty/gustavrori.jpg > (Aurora is the sleeping kitty.... Gustav is the kitty with the green eyes) Holy cow! That's one I've never heard before, I have to admit. Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > Current picture of my brats: > http://www.geocities.com/gustavkitty/gustavrori.jpg > (Aurora is the sleeping kitty.... Gustav is the kitty with the green eyes) Cute pix. My four are all tigers too. One of them has a long muzzle like Gustav, and one of them has a short muzzle like Aurora. I love Gustav's ear tufts. I used to have a tiger with more pronounced ear tufts than Gustav's. None of my current cats have ear tufts. Hi - yep, I remember, & when you found Aurora, the porch kitten. Wow! Holy crow! Etc., etc. That's a *good* one, & really quite amazing, IMO. Nope, none of my cats (nor any that I personally know) have shown interest in the toilet other than liking to watch it flush. If they've figured out what it's actually for, they haven't let on. ;-) Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > Some of you may remember me and my sweeties, Gustav and Aurora. I usually > lurk, (and have been a lurker for almost 4 years here) but wanted to post after [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > http://www.geocities.com/gustavkitty/gustavrori.jpg > (Aurora is the sleeping kitty.... Gustav is the kitty with the green eyes) circa Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:46:27 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Cathy Friedmann (clfr@adelphia.net) said, > Nope, none of my cats (nor any that I personally know) have shown > interest in the toilet other than liking to watch it flush. If they've > figured out what it's actually for, they haven't let on. ;-) Mine seem to have decided that whatever it is, they *must* be there when I am. ;-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. Laura R. <usefirstinitialandlastname@technologist.com> quoth: >Mine seem to have decided that whatever it is, they *must* be there >when I am. ;-) My former feral, Sebbie, knows that when I'm perched on the john I'm a captive non-threatening audience, so he'll push the door open and trot on in to get his pets. :-) His brother, Benjie, generally is hot on his heels, determined that if Sebbie gets some sugar, he's gonna get his, too! Their sister, Caley, generally ignores me on the john except in the morning, when she'll sometimes walk from the sink over to my shoulders and settle there, next to my right ear, rubbing her face against my cheek and purring her little heart out. Priscilla > circa Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:46:27 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Cathy Friedmann (clfr@adelphia.net) said, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Mine seem to have decided that whatever it is, they *must* be there > when I am. ;-) LOL! Cheeky may be lukewarm at times, but when I am A. on the toilet or B. talking on the phone she just cannot leave me alone! >Subject: Re: I had to share my amazement.... >From: "Cathy Friedmann" clfr@adelphia.net [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >"Staccato signals of constant information..." >("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon Hi Cathy... It's nice to say hello to you... :) We always had cats while I was growing up and I've known many kitties as well, and have not known another cat to do this. It's crazy.... How are your furballs? Kaare > Hi Cathy... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How are your furballs? They're both well, thanks. :-) Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > Kaare << Wow... My Gustav never ceases to impress me. Ever. Back into lurk mode..... :) Kaare, Gustav and the Princess Aurora >> Hey, Kaare. I honestly was just thinking about you and Gustav and Rori the other day. How cool. My cat Scottie, who was a stray in my neighborhood along with his littermates, has a biological brother named Jack who went to live with someone else, and Jack did this also. This woman who is his mom said she was standing in the bathroom combing her hair one day and he hopped up on the toilet, squatted, and did his business. He continued to do it from time to time. I'm not in contact with her anymore as she moved but I thought that was pretty cool. I'll have to check out your pics. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) >Subject: Re: I had to share my amazement.... >From: maccandace@aol.comlitter (MacCandace) [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other >than human." (Loren Eisely) Hi Candace!!! Thanks for thinking of us... :) I read this board pretty faithfully actually, but I'm just quiet. It's great to check in and say hello from time to time. There are so many wonderful, knowledgeable people who post here. You are included in that of course! I'm FOREVER grateful to so many here who offered support and wisdom when Aurora found me and I had not a clue about taking care of her!!! Regards, Kaare > I was walking down the hallway and past my bathroom when I caught a glimpse of > Gustav out of the corner of my eye. He was in my bathroom, on the toilet, > squatting over the bowl, urinating. I couldn't believe it!!! I still don't as > I sit here and type this... I understand that some people train their kitties > to use a human toilet, but I certainly did not teach Gustav this behavior. LOL I never had a cat do that, but when Gideon was young, he used to pull down a length of toilet paper after using the litterbox, probably because he saw people doing it. This wasn't a kitten unrolling the roll just to play, he used to pull a length of about 2 feet off the roll, whenever he used the box. Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." << This wasn't a kitten unrolling the roll just to play, he used to pull a length of about 2 feet off the roll, whenever he used the box. >> That's pretty cute. They do try to mimic us sometimes, I think. What did he do with the paper after he tore it off? Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) ><< This wasn't a kitten unrolling the roll just to > play, he used to pull a length of about 2 feet off the roll, whenever > he used the box. >> > > That's pretty cute. They do try to mimic us sometimes, I think. What did he > do with the paper after he tore it off? He just left it on the bathroom floor next to the litterbox. Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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