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Sigh. I know there are mixed opinions about me training my cats to use the toilet, but I'm still in need of some help.
I'm on my last run of trying to toilet train London. Alcott is fine- he gets it, no problem. London will use the toilet to urinate, but not defecate. Occasionally he'll use it correctly, but other times, like tonight, doesn't. He always goes in the same area of the guest bedroom, despite liberal amounts of Nature's Miracle and other pet-away type sprays, as well as a dose of vinegar water. Is there anything I can put in the litter box/toilet (right now I've gone back to square one, so its a roasting pan with about a quarter size hole in it placed inside the toilet) that will attract him to go there? I give treats, praise, cuddles when he goes correctly, I just don't understand it.
What I haven't added that is a big reason for me wanting to toilet train my cats is that I've extremely allergic to most kinds of cat litter. The dust closes up my throat if I even try to clean it- I'm even using the low dust variety during toilet training and have to take puffs of an inhaler to do it. I was hesitant to say this since the natural reaction is "then why did you get cats?!"...and most of my friends and family have been unsympathetic because of it. I'm well aware that I could use newspaper instead of litter, but was hoping I wouldn't have to since that obvisouly won't smell too lovely. I *really* want this toilet training to work but it's been going on since early September and London still isn't catching on. He's not the brightest cat in the world, but you'd think....argh. Sigh. Would the Cat Attract litter work, or is this just his stubborness I need to get past?
I'm on my last run of trying to toilet train London. Alcott is fine- he gets it, no problem. London will use the toilet to urinate, but not defecate. Occasionally he'll use it correctly, but other times, like tonight, doesn't. He always goes in the same area of the guest bedroom, despite liberal amounts of Nature's Miracle and other pet-away type sprays, as well as a dose of vinegar water. Is there anything I can put in the litter box/toilet (right now I've gone back to square one, so its a roasting pan with about a quarter size hole in it placed inside the toilet) that will attract him to go there? I give treats, praise, cuddles when he goes correctly, I just don't understand it.
What I haven't added that is a big reason for me wanting to toilet train my cats is that I've extremely allergic to most kinds of cat litter. The dust closes up my throat if I even try to clean it- I'm even using the low dust variety during toilet training and have to take puffs of an inhaler to do it. I was hesitant to say this since the natural reaction is "then why did you get cats?!"...and most of my friends and family have been unsympathetic because of it. I'm well aware that I could use newspaper instead of litter, but was hoping I wouldn't have to since that obvisouly won't smell too lovely. I *really* want this toilet training to work but it's been going on since early September and London still isn't catching on. He's not the brightest cat in the world, but you'd think....argh. Sigh. Would the Cat Attract litter work, or is this just his stubborness I need to get past?