Toilet training your cat isn’t that hard, as long as you’re patient and diligent in following all the instructions. Actually, it’s rather simple. It may take only a couple of weeks or at most a few months. The more slowly you go through each of the requisite steps, the better the chances are that your kitty will master this new accomplishment.

You should give some serious thought to attempting cat toilet training. Teaching your cat to use the toilet will not only save money on cat litter, your house will smell better without a litter box, and you’ll be helping the environment. If you’re interested in giving it a try, here are some guidelines to help you.

The first thing you must do is to shift the litter box gradually so that the cat learns to do its business in a new room. Thus, you want to shift the litter box in increments. This may take you a fair bit of time, but it’s essential for your cat to figure out that the bathroom is where it now has to go to relieve itself. You can move the box an inch at a time or you can do it in smaller or bigger increments, whatever works best for your cat.

After the litter box is located right beside the toilet, the next step is to elevate it. Increase the height of the base over time until the litter box is at the same level as the toilet. Make certain when you do this that you also securely fasten the box to the base because your kitty will now have to jump in order to do its business, and you don’t want to have to clean up any accidents. Heavy blocks or phonebooks work well for this purpose. Once the base is level with the toilet and your kitty is used to the new arrangement, it’s time to start sliding it over nearer to the toilet, and eventually resting right on it. Meanwhile, you need to put less and less litter in the box, so eventually there’s only an inch or so covering the bottom.

You’re now ready to move to the last step of this operation. Substitute the litter box with an aluminum pan that you fasten to the toilet. Eventually, you’ll get rid of the litter entirely and cut a small hole in the bottom of the tray. Gradually increase the size of the hole until all the cat is using is the toilet itself!