If you want to be really green this Earth Day, you could try toilet training your cat and kicking the litter habit altogether! I still have yet to try this, but I’ve read so many testimonials saying that it’s the best thing ever, I have to see if it works.
One of the best resources out there for helping you teach your cats how to use the toilet is Kick Litter, the entertaining little guidebook from Moxie and Cooper who both kicked litter themselves. The book comes with a free poster outlining the easy-to-follow “nine step intervention program” for toilet training your cat.
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Note: Toilet training cats can be controversial because some research has shown that there may be a link between a parasite sometimes found in cat feces and harm being caused to sea otters on the West coast of the US. However, further research shows that if you are able to verify that your cat does not have the parasite, that flushing cat feces is not a problem. For more info, please read this post.
Enter to Win! Nine Winners!
We have enough copies of Kick Litter for nine lucky winners, one for each of the nine-steps! These books will not only be signed by the author, Perre DiCarlo, but they will be accompanied by a very special certificate of completion designed just for Moderncat readers! To enter, please leave a comment on this post. The winners will be chosen in a random drawing on April 29. One entry per person. This giveaway is open to readers everywhere.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:33 am
I have three cats and two bathrooms, I am all about this.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:33 am
pick me!!! i love the earth and my kitty!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:33 am
My older cat would go for this, she loves to flush to toilet. I would like to try this.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 9:33 am
I’m all for toilet training!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:33 am
I’d love to get rid of the litter, especially the litter that is tracked through the house! HELP!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:34 am
I would love to kick the litter! Please pick me!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:34 am
I have been thinking how nice it would be to get rid of the litter box, but haven’t known how to get started on the toilet. A lesson plan would be fabulous! Thanks!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:34 am
With a new “adoptee” I would definitely love to try this (He has the stinkiest BM’s I’ve ever smelled). lol
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:34 am
I would love to get my kitties off litter and onto the toilet! 2 of them are already fascinated with the toilet!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:36 am
that looks awesome!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:36 am
i’ve been so curious about this! have not been able to find the perfect litter for our finicky felines!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:36 am
My kitty is smart enough – i really think he could do this! cool!!!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:36 am
I’d LOVE for my 3 cats to kick the litter habit!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 am
I’ve heard of this for many years, but never tried to train any of the very smart cats that have owned me. Now I’m ready! This is really awesome.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 am
I have seven cats. I have a million litter boxes. I hate kitty litter. Even if I could get my 4 youngest boys to use the toilet, my work here is done!! >^..^<
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 am
Hum…with 14 cats, 1 bathroom, will we have to stay in line?
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:38 am
Our four cats would certainly benefit from this! I think kicking litter is the WAY TO GO!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:39 am
That would be SO cool!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:40 am
This would be PERFECT for my sweet Sammy!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:40 am
Boy would I love to do this! We have 4 cats and 3 litter boxes and I swear some days while we’re at work they invite all the neighborhood cats in to use the boxes! Surely 4 cats couldn’t create so much “pucky”!!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:41 am
My 9 year old female cat Oscar would not be into this but I would love it. Small apartment + kitty litter box = sometimes stinky apartment. Why does Oscar wait until I get home to lay down a big smelly one???
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:41 am
I would just love to try this. I HATE LITTER!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:42 am
I would love to kick litter! We’ve been having issues with finding an environmentally & cat friendly litter that doesn’t cause allergic reactions in one of my cats! I love how this book looks
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:42 am
wouldn’t it be nice!!! : )
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:42 am
I’m skeptical but would love to try!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:42 am
I’ll give it a try
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:43 am
I’ve been wanting to try training my 2 cats and this may be the best tool to get started. Thanks for the heads up!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:43 am
My roommate’s been wanting to train her kitty – this would be so cool!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:45 am
No litter would be AWESOME!!!! I’m sure training my 13 week old Bengals now would be easier than waiting until they are old and set in their ways!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:45 am
i would really like it if my kitties could kick litter in the metaphorical sense. They already kick it eveyrwhere in the literal sense.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:45 am
No litter- that would be awesome!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:46 am
I have 9 cats! I could really have fun and save a load of money if I could train the cats
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:46 am
What a cute book! Perfect bathroom literature. I love the cool modern-retro vibe the illustrations have. I think its time to give this toilet training thing a try and (air) kiss the litter goodbye.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:47 am
I have three cats and four litter boxes. Would love to give this a try!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:48 am
This is great! I had a cat who toilet-trained herself, but so far my other cats haven’t been as enthusiastic – I think this would help!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:48 am
I would love to read this. I have 6 cats and a potential seventh arriving shortly. I would save a ton of money as well as being greener!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:48 am
No litter would be awesome!!!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:48 am
This would be so awsome! Going to have to look into this book!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:49 am
Wow this is awesome!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:50 am
I would love to win one of the books – please count me in the drawing! This looks like a project worth trying!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:50 am
It would be fantastic to have my cats potty trained and lose the daily scooping routine.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:50 am
If any thing could persuade me to try to do this it would be a creative kit like this. Never would have thought of it for an “Earth Day” activity, good job!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:51 am
I really want to see if this works. Litter boxes are gross.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:52 am
Was thinking about teaching my cat to do this. Winning would be the excellent opportunity to start!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:52 am
I really want to try this but I think I’ll wait to have a second bathroom in the house. With one bathroom, it could get crowned with the 2 cats using it too!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:52 am
I rescue & foster cats, can’t wait to get started. The time & money this will save will enable me to care fore, feed & neuter more abandoned cats.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:53 am
I would love to be litter-free!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:53 am
This would be perfect for my kittie, who travels with me on business. Imagine, not having to lug around a litter box, litter, dust pan and brush!
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:53 am
I would love to train my cats to use the toilet. If only they could learn to flush as well . . .
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:54 am
Please sign me up to win!