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calaf wrote:
I'm sitting at this computer the other night and I hear a sound of flowing water coming from my nearby bathroom. I turn my head and I see the cat I adopted about 8 months ago squatted on the toilet seat, peeing down into the bowl. He apparently has perfect aim, too. Not a drop on the seat. Well then, he puts many human males to shame. Could a cat learn to use the toilet without having been taught first by another human? Or is it something he's doing by instinct? I don't think there's anything in feline evolution that would have prepared them for a toilet bowl. So, I'd say it's not instinct. However, cats do learn by observation, and it's not just other cats they're observing. A little scary, isn't it? Sounds like a smart kitty! Teach him to flush! Joyce |
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"Hans Schrøder" wrote in message ... "calaf" wrote in message news:k2Yjd.5932$0Y5.3118@lakeread07... Could a cat learn to use the toilet without having been taught first by another human? Or is it something he's doing by instinct? Very bizarre. Tinùviel uses the kitchen sink for peeing. And that is something she has found out all by herself, she has definitely not seen me doing that kind of thing there. Before she found out about the kitchen sink, she used to go to the drain in the bathroom floor and use that... My mother's uncle was a farmer who had a beloved cat named Gray. Whenever her uncle would go to the barn to milk the cows, Gray would accompany him. One day it occurred to him to wonder where she was going to the john since the barn was closed up tight and was extremely neat and clean and he had never seen any evidence she was going on the floor. So he started watching her to see. It took a while but he finally saw her way over in one corner where she had found the one and only knothole in the huge planks that made up the floor. She very neatly did her business through the knothole, never leaving even a drop on the planks. He thought this was funny as hell and told the story for the rest of his life. Anyway, It's both cute and practical. It gives me less work cleaning the litter box. Hans |
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"Hans Schrøder" wrote in message ... "calaf" wrote in message news:k2Yjd.5932$0Y5.3118@lakeread07... Could a cat learn to use the toilet without having been taught first by another human? Or is it something he's doing by instinct? Very bizarre. Tinùviel uses the kitchen sink for peeing. And that is something she has found out all by herself, she has definitely not seen me doing that kind of thing there. Before she found out about the kitchen sink, she used to go to the drain in the bathroom floor and use that... My mother's uncle was a farmer who had a beloved cat named Gray. Whenever her uncle would go to the barn to milk the cows, Gray would accompany him. One day it occurred to him to wonder where she was going to the john since the barn was closed up tight and was extremely neat and clean and he had never seen any evidence she was going on the floor. So he started watching her to see. It took a while but he finally saw her way over in one corner where she had found the one and only knothole in the huge planks that made up the floor. She very neatly did her business through the knothole, never leaving even a drop on the planks. He thought this was funny as hell and told the story for the rest of his life. Anyway, It's both cute and practical. It gives me less work cleaning the litter box. Hans |
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Victor Martinez had some very interesting things to
say about Cat suddenly starts to use toilet to pee: wrote: Well then, he puts many human males to shame. Hey! You try aiming at 3am with the lights off! ;-) Sheesh, I'm not sure my DH aims terribly well in broad daylight, and you'd think that those things would *be* more aimable! I've considered a bulls-eye in a suitable spot in the Bowl. :-) -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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Victor Martinez had some very interesting things to
say about Cat suddenly starts to use toilet to pee: wrote: Well then, he puts many human males to shame. Hey! You try aiming at 3am with the lights off! ;-) Sheesh, I'm not sure my DH aims terribly well in broad daylight, and you'd think that those things would *be* more aimable! I've considered a bulls-eye in a suitable spot in the Bowl. :-) -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:16:29 -0800, Seanette Blaylock
yodeled: Victor Martinez had some very interesting things to say about Cat suddenly starts to use toilet to pee: wrote: Well then, he puts many human males to shame. Hey! You try aiming at 3am with the lights off! ;-) Sheesh, I'm not sure my DH aims terribly well in broad daylight, and you'd think that those things would *be* more aimable! I've considered a bulls-eye in a suitable spot in the Bowl. :-) How about these? http://www.hipbaby.com/catalog/piddler_s_toilet_targets_1522564.htm Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:16:29 -0800, Seanette Blaylock
yodeled: Victor Martinez had some very interesting things to say about Cat suddenly starts to use toilet to pee: wrote: Well then, he puts many human males to shame. Hey! You try aiming at 3am with the lights off! ;-) Sheesh, I'm not sure my DH aims terribly well in broad daylight, and you'd think that those things would *be* more aimable! I've considered a bulls-eye in a suitable spot in the Bowl. :-) How about these? http://www.hipbaby.com/catalog/piddler_s_toilet_targets_1522564.htm Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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Kreisleriana wrote:
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:16:29 -0800, Seanette Blaylock yodeled: Victor Martinez had some very interesting things to say about Cat suddenly starts to use toilet to pee: wrote: Well then, he puts many human males to shame. Hey! You try aiming at 3am with the lights off! ;-) Sheesh, I'm not sure my DH aims terribly well in broad daylight, and you'd think that those things would *be* more aimable! I've considered a bulls-eye in a suitable spot in the Bowl. :-) How about these? http://www.hipbaby.com/catalog/piddler_s_toilet_targets_1522564.htm Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Those are good - but I remember seeing something that attched to the underside of the toilet lid, so that when the lid was lifted, it automatically turned on and projected a red taget (you know those concentric circles) down onto the water in the bowl. You'd thing that if they can go and write their name(s) in the snow, they could actually *not* hit the seat or rim???? --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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