Riley literally toilet-trained herself into using the human toilet bowl to pee. We didn’t do it nor encouraged her, but that’s what she wanted to pee in. So, she has been squating on the toilet bowl and urinating into the toilet bowl all this while. Sometimes she would urinate into the kitchen sink or bathroom basin too. That’s all quite okay because her urine is pretty yellow and we will see it (or smell it!) and can wash it off.
But then came Juno and because she is adventurous and exploring everywhere, we’ve started closing the toilet seal for fear she might fall in.
Then, the trouble started. She had no more toilet bowl to urinate into anymore. And we started noticing urine puddles with splatters on the floor at these corners, please see photos below.
It took us days to figure it out. Initially we thought it was the Blondies because when they sneak out, they sometimes urinate anywhere they like. Sorry, Blondies, now we know it’s not you.
We now know it’s Riley. Can you see that these corners “feel” like a “hole” if she squats on top of the counter and urinate onto the floor? We actually caught Riley in the act and we were unable to stop her. To her, these corners are holes, so why can’t she urinate into these “holes”? And I certainly know better than to stop a cat from urinating when they need to empty their bladder. I’d rather wipe the urine than stop an animal from urinating midway. The latter would do much more harm than the former.
So, now, we are resorting to something else.
This old colander fits the toilet bowl very nicely. So, we can still keep the toilet seal open and hopefully, Riley will still use it to urinate despite the presence of the colander. And in the rare event that Juno climbs up to the toilet, at least the colander will prevent her from falling into the water.
We understand your perspective, Riley. We hope you understand ours too!
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