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So. The great "cats use toilet" plan of 2009 has been declared a failure. Blue got it. Piffy refused to play.

Ordered a Cat-genie today. We're thinking of putting a small hole in the wall between a hall closet and our bathroom for the plumbing and running a drop-cord for the electricity.

Anybody have one of these? Any advice?

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elderwitty

DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID!!! Okay, now that I have your attention I'll stop yelling.

I did the same thing with my 3 cats. One got it, one went sometimes and the other didn't feel the need to shift her (fat) ass that far off the ground. I wrote it off as a failure and went back to all litter box, all the time. I later realized that if even only ONE cat was using the toilet it made my job easier. If I'd been smart I'd've kept it going. I'm pretty sure the 2nd one would have switched over eventually. The 3rd one was always doomed, but, as I said, half the cat poop (in the toilet) is better than none.

Is the Cat-Genie the one that scoops itself? Sadly, I have no experience, as I would have had to buy two of the $80 things for them to do any good. There's plumbing?

Edited Date: 2009-03-21 04:16 am (UTC)

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ladyjanelly.livejournal.com

I honestly would have kept up with the toilet thing, except being pregnant, I wasn't the one cleaning up the accidents.

The cat-genie uses little rocks instead of melty-clay. It scoops the poops and grinds them up or something and washes the rocks once a day or however you set it up and it steralizes the litter.

No buckets of litter to carry in, nothing to take out of it. Just a little bottle of cleaning fluid every few weeks or something. No dust.

http://www.catgenie.com/

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ladyjanelly.livejournal.com

Oh, and the kitty that did use the toilet probably would have reverted back to the litter as soon as it was available. They like the scratching.

From:

elderwitty

I went to the website and watched the video. I don't think I like my cats that much. *grin* But that is some impressive technology.

As for the reverting to litter, that's a good point. Though I sorta got the idea that my Youdere was enjoying lording his toilet use over the others. He looked very smug when he was perched up there. He'd give a couple of token, no-claw scrapes at the edge of the toilet seat and then saunter off all smug. Of course, for a cat - smug is the defalt setting.

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ladyjanelly.livejournal.com

As soon as Blue had a litter box again he only tried perching once more and then he was done with it.

The cat-genie is all about how much I love me, not them. :) No buckets of litter to carry in or carry out. No touching or smelling the yucky.

After the initial investment, it looks like it'll be the same cost as just buying litter.

From:

elderwitty

Doesn't Blue realize that he's giving up his chance to be the tallest, coolest kitty on the block? Whatever! :>

After the initial investment, it looks like it'll be the same cost as just buying litter.

I'd have to build a tiny addition on, as there is nowhere to put the thing in my vintage-1911 two-family flat. The bathroom is about 6' x 5'. There's barely room for a trash can, and there's no closet anywhere nearby. The joys of an older home, yeah?