Two adorable kitties from Alaska have been in training and their keeper (the one who thought up the idea for the mailing list) sent photos.

If you are interested in training your cat, you have lots of options. Find and read "Toilet Train Your Cat in 21 Days" - This is a real book. You can find it at a bookshop. I have no idea what planet the author is from. Read it now, and then read it after you've been toilet training for what seems like forever. It's at least good for a laugh. Check out my Quick Start page. Go visit this website Misha the Wonder Cat. She's a pro. Chris is another pro with some interesting ideas. He's the one who first mentioned the roasting pan idea! Join one of our mailing lists.

Some of the members from our mailing list have sent in their own toilet 'stories' so you can get a feel for the kind of experiences the members have.

One of our members, Odile Clavier, has generously showcased many other list members on her website.
Go look!

And another member, Kirsten Phillippe, has a page with some photos of the members.
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One 'tool' I used is a sitz bath. You can find them in any drug store (in the bedpan section). I've seen them for anywhere from $8-$13. They are made to fit right into the toilet seat and hold a good amount of litter. Plus you can poke and cut holes in them to help with training. Most of the list members use them. Here's what one looks like fresh from the store.

You can toss the bag and tubes. The bumps on the top will prevent you lowering the toilet seat properly. You can do one of two things... Loosen the seat so that it sits on top of sitz bath. OR, take an old kitchen knife and heat it with a candle flame and melt/cut the bumps off.

As you advance in your training you will want to have holes to get the kitty gradually used to going in water. Some people poke many small holes with an ice pick (not the mountain climbing kind) and some people go for one hole in the middle starting at about 1/4" in diameter and gradually getting bigger.

We used the sitz here for a really long time before we changed to the roasting pan. Here's Jake using the toilet with the sitz installed.