A new challenge

So a few days ago I decided to start toilet training my 2 cats Neptune and Sputnik. Should be fun and interesting to say the least! lol. I recieved the kit in the mail at work and I was eager to go home and get started! I got home opened the package and put in on the toilet and filled it with litter. My cats were not at all interested in it. Then I put some catnip around it. NOT a good idea even though the kit instructed too. My cats decided to eat the litter and the nip together. For those of you that don't know clumping litter can actually be very harmful for cats and can get stuck in their intestines if they choose to eat it. Thankfully my cats appear to be fine. Then Sputnik thought it be fun to lay in the litter and take a nap in it. Not my idea of a comfy bed! After a few hours it seemed to me that my cats would rather play and sleep in their new litterbox toilet than to use it for "doing their bussiness" in it. Then I came up with the bright idea of taking one of their poopies from their old litterbox and putting into the new one. Sputnik wasn't so keen on sleeping or playing anymore in his new toiletbox. Yay! So far over the last 3 days they have started to use the new toliet tray but are still using the old one. I suspect by this weekend I may be able to remove the old litter box and they may start to use the new toilet tray only. I'm cossing my fingers!

Neptune is a 2 yr old ragdoll tabby and I think he might struggle a bit more with the toilet traning because he is rather big for a cat but that is also his breed I think. Sputnik is just over 9 months now and a grey and white Calico and full of energy and character. I don't think he will have much of a problem with training except that when he is fully trained I really hope he will get over his habit of playing with the water in the toilet. He has this cute obsession with water. I'll be washing my dishes in the kitchen and he'll try to get on the counter which he knows he's not allowed to do. Same thing with the shower. I'll get out and he'll want to come in. Sometimes I'll put a plug in before I'm finished to fill it up with a little water so he can play in it. We actually had to start putting the lid down on the toilet because he'd leave puddles on the seat and floor from playing with the water in it. :o) Cat's are great entertainment!