We received the LitterKwitter, a set of colorful plastic trays that will gradually turn our cats into talented toilet poo’ers for the amusement of us, and all of our friends. Honestly, how could you not giggle when, while reading a good book, curled up on the couch – you hear the distinct “kaa’ploot” sounds of a cat poo’ing into a toilet.
So, the instructions say to gradually move the litter box through your house and into your spare bathroom over the course of a week. This means – move it out of it’s current room and then, slowly, a little bit each day – move it to the spare bathroom.
Just a little background, my teammate on this expedition is another Southerner…so, we’re in the habit of…viewing instructions as suggestions. Also…spare bathroom?!?! Phheehahhahah!
We took a look at our cats:
And decided they were smart enough to go from litter box here:
We had good reasoning. See, Bean hates pretty much everyone. When strangers are in the house, she takes to actively screaming at them, hissing and sometimes slapping (albeit without claws) at the intruder. Coal is easily overwhelmed by strangers, preferring to hide under beds or in corners when there are new people, loud noises or when it’s especially windy outside. So…visitors mean that the cats usually get sequestered in a bedroom and their litter box gets moved in there with them. In fact, lately, to utilize the office more effectively, we moved the litter box into the living room, and then back to the office if we were having guests that the cats weren’t irrationally angry at or afraid of.
So, we thought – well, we moved the litter before. What’s wrong with moving it directly into the bathroom?
According to Bean – nothing. Shockingly…nothing.
According to Coal – everything.
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In the LitterKwitter instructions, it was suggested that accidents not be punished, but rather ignored and successes be amply rewarded. So, we cleaned up the poo. Showed Coal where she was supposed to go again, patted her on the head, made gentle coo’ing noises and gave her a treat.
Results:
She peed mightily on our 3rd roommates motorcycle jacket…which was, unwisely, placed on the office floor.
So, here’s how the timeline has broken down so far:
3/31 – 4/2: We put down the Kwitter and Coal excitedly views the whole office as a giant litter box.
4/2: We remove the Kwitter from the bathroom and replace it with their standard litter box. Results: Everyone is ecstatic to have the litter box back…much pawing, scratching and poo’ing ensue.
If there are no accidents by Monday, we’ll try the Kwitter again.
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