Yes, it is possible to toilet train a cat: http://www.citikitty.com/?gclid=COKdwOLSm5ECFQ6CPAod7FYdOA
Mark Darling Program Coordinator Recycling/Resource Management 201 Facilities Building Ithaca, NY 14850 607-274-1777 "We cannot solve the problems that we have created with the same thinking that created them." - Albert Einstein > Fellow cat owners (there are a lot of us, eh?): > I might be wrong about this, but I believe you can have your cat(s) tested > to see if they are carriers of toxoplasmosis, possibly alleviating or > confirming that particular concern about your kitty compost. I never > worried > too much about toxo. except during my pregnancy, when my husband dutifully > handled scooping/cleaning/kitty-compost-handling chores. > To give slightly more detail, our current (outside of city) system is: we > use pine pellet litter, we scoop poops daily and bury in designated hole > (i.e. "kitty latrine") far from house/garden/well/etc. We empty the rest > into a cat-litter-designated compost pile weekly, adding enough green > materials to help it break down, and using the resulting compost in > non-edible areas (which is somewhat challenging, as we're endeavoring to > turn our entire two acres into more-or-less edible areas!). > In the city the compost system was the same, but we flushed the poops. > I tend not to be overly worried about pathogens, etc, and I might consider > using the cat compost in an orchard area or something like that, but I > still > haven't brought myself to using it in the actual veggie garden. > On a related note, is someone out there actually using wood pellets (meant > for burning) as cat litter? It sounds a lot more economical if it is > basically the same stuff, which I am imagining it is, just compressed > sawdust, right? > On another related, though probably wildly impractical note, I have heard > (probably, tall) tales of cats trained to use the toilet! > -Kristie > > > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
