Next time your cat brings you in a present ...

Well yes, but that's something the cat actually wants to do. Teaching it to flush a toilet is trying to teach it to do something that has no real reward for the cat, and unlike dogs, I don't think you can apply that sort of teaching to a cat. They do what they want to do, not what you want them to do!

That's not entirely true here's an example of a cat doing something that I'm sure he doesn't want to do.

Cat named Elvis and my son.

Cats can be taught just as many tricks as dogs and in just the same way. You make a reward by associating a trick with food, just like Pavlov.

I've seen how you teach a cat to use the toilet. You start by putting a plastic tray with litter under the seat so the cat would use it as a normal cat box. After awhile you can remove the tray and presto you have one more person hogging the bathroom. I am against teaching a cat too flush for one reason. That being, the next time your cat is upset about something you did or didn't do he just has to wait until your in the shower to take there revenge. :)

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Originally Posted by MadBeaver

That's not entirely true here's an example of a cat doing something that I'm sure he doesn't want to do.

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Doesn't look like the cat had much choice there! :D

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I am against teaching a cat too flush for one reason. That being, the next time your cat is upset about something you did or didn't do he just has to wait until your in the shower to take there revenge.

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I really wouldn't credit cats with such brain power. As for putting a litter tray under the toilet seat, the cat would probably choose somewhere else to use as a toilet long before the experiment worked - I know Lucy wouldn't put up with the difficulty and discomfort of climbing up onto the toilet and balancing there.

My girlfriend was watching me for some reason and now thinks that I am into some dodgy extra-murual activities.

Nice one Moira.

Hahahahah! :D

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I know Lucy wouldn't put up with the difficulty and discomfort of climbing up onto the toilet and balancing there.

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My cat when faced with the choice of either jumping up on to my bed or jumping onto my chair, my desk the windowsill, my drawers, the shelves, the wardrobe and then onto the bed will always choose the long route. In fact, sometimes she jumps off a corner of the bed, walks all the way round the bed, jumps back on the opposite corner, walks across the bed and sits back down.:confused:

My cat when faced with a choice lays down.

My cat will always choose the route that gets her most in the way of what you're trying to do :)

All this talk of mice must have given her ideas I think. Early this morning when I was getting up for work at 5 am, my husband said Lucy had been chasing something round the bedroom for a while. I didn't have time to investigate and I don't know if he subsequently sorted the problem, but she was showing a lot of interest in the back of a cupboard :( I dread to think what's there (assuming my husband hasn't sorted the problem).