Before you can start training your cat to use the toilet, you have to go through a series of steps to ensure the cat will be able to get used to the idea of having to use a toilet.
Initially you will have to start moving the litter tray nearer and nearer to the bathroom with each passing day. Being creatures of habit, cats do not like anything to disrupt their daily routine and this includes seeing anything out of the ordinary as this stresses them out, as well as upsets them. One thing to take care with when moving the litter tray is to make sure that it is in site of where it originally was so the cat doesn't have to actively seek it out. If the cat finds that the litter tray is not in its normal place and it cannot see it, you may find it will do its business wherever it thinks the tray should have been!
When you finally reach the bathroom, make sure you put the litter tray next to the toilet bowl so that the cat can get used to the whole idea of the toilet, and toilet area in general. Hopefully, this way the cat will eventually get to realize that the toilet bowl is associated with the need to do a toilet.
Next you will gradually have to start raising the litter tray off the ground. Each day raise it a little bit more so that the cat can get used to jumping up into the tray to do a toilet, eventually enabling it to jump up onto the toilet by itself. You can use thick books or telephone directories to raise the litter tray by placing them underneath it, but do make sure the litter tray itself is stable and doesn't wobble because the cat may get a fright if it tips up and it will not want to jump up to the tray again!
After a few days when the litter tray reaches the level of the toilet, place the tray on top of the toilet bowl itself and leave it there for a day or two so that the cat can get used to jumping up to the full height of the toilet.
Now you will need to find something to insert into the top of the toilet bowl, maybe a shallow pan or a mixing bowl, or even a disposable foil baking tray. You will need to add some litter into this insert so the cat can at least have a familiar sensation under its paws while it gets used to it. If you can, use the flushable litter that is available as some will inevitably fall into the toilet.
After a couple of days, you will need to gradually start reducing the amount of litter in the bowl you inserted in the toilet and you will also need to make a small hole at the bottom of it. The hole is so the cat can start getting used to the idea of his business disappearing down the toilet. Over the course of a few days, keep decreasing the amount of litter in the tray and all the while increasing the size of the hole at the bottom of it.
Eventually you will end up with a large hole with no litter. A couple of days of this and then you should be able to remove the litter tray altogether and hopefully your cat should now be toilet trained!
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