Can You Toilet Train a Cat?

If you are a cat owner, you are probably well aware that cats possess a high amount of intelligence.  While they don’t readily do tricks like their canine counterparts, it is obviously because they are too important for such frivolity, and not a result of lacking intelligence.  One “trick” many cat owners wish they could teach their cats is to use a toilet instead of a litter box.  Imagine how much easier life with a cat could be if only you didn’t have to clean the litter box!

Training a cat to use the toilet is not only possible, but apparently quite a thriving business.  If you do a Google search for “cat toilet training”, most of the results that appear are products and training resources you have to pay to acquire.  One of the top results was a website that reviews several such products and makes a commission on the sale of those products to viewers like you.

If all of the hype and sales pitch of these websites is to be believed, toilet training your cat is as simple as reading a book and implementing a few small steps.  Taking a look at one of the popular methods, the Litter Kwitter, it appears that training your cat requires just a ring around the toilet filled with litter until they get used to going, and then you can remove it.

Our cats were trained to go outside through a pet door, which was very easy and convenient, but training a cat to use the toilet would be even simpler – no pet doors to let in the cold!

So yes, it appears to be very possible to train a cat to use the litter box, and you can buy kits, such as the Litter Kwitter, for $59 to help you get started.