Cat Toilet Training System

I've now had the litter kwitter for around 5 months, and I didn't want to review it until I'd had enough time to try it with my 4 y/o Siamese. She's a picky little cat, and not really all that bright quite frankly! I really didn't think she would take to the learning curve of a new toilet routine, so I was very sceptical; particularly with regard to suboptimal hygiene around the toilet for any picky humans to discover. Still, after a couple of false starts due to having to travel abroad for work and holidays I had a couple of months to try getting her used to the kit. The first step with the red tray was pretty easy. She was confused by the toilet shaped tray being right next to the human toilet, and kept and coming and meowing at me, but after a while she started using it like her regular tray. The step up to the toilet bowl was a bit tricky. I was impressed that the toilet cover that holds the 3 stage trays fitted so well, as I had imagined it slipping off and having to clean up a nasty feline mess. In fact it's very sturdy, and very easy to keep clean. Where she did slightly miss the red tray, the mess could just be cleaned off with a detergent wet wipe. Only once did anything "escape", and it wasn't a disaster. Moving onto the orange tray after about 3 weeks produced more confused mewling, but the day I went in the bathroom and saw the business in the bottom of the bowl was so good. I gave her lots of praise, and head strokes to give her confidence, and she was soon used to the new method. It was in fact always a bit of giggle in the house to suddenly hear the very human like tinkling in the bowl :) With treats and praise, so she knew she was doing things correctly, I got her to the stage were I just left the white surround on the toilet rim (I peeped to watch her a couple of times and she was struggling to keep her balance without it). Only for a week or 2 though. In fact now, she's perfectly okay with the procedure, and I've removed the surround altogether. Not only that, but I think she seems to appreciate the fact that her business just disappears (underwater). She's so pleased with herself afterwards, she comes to see me shimming her tail straight up in the air and meowing like a proud 6 year old child (well minus the tail...), just to let me know that I'm required to go and do the flush. So for me, my glistening white tile bathroom, my fresh smelling apartment, completely devoid of annoying grains of cat litter underfoot, and my very clean, very happy cat, this product is a revelation. I've even had friends ask to come round and watch her go to the toilet. So many people don't believe me, and my mum just thought it was nonsense. That was until she came to stay for 3 weeks whilst I was holiday, and witnessed the miracle for herself :)

This was a great idea, you need to purchase a special flushable cat litter separately. That special cat little is made with Barley which isn't suitable for people with Coeliac disease or a Barley allergy as the dust goes everywhere. One cat Lovely got the idea quickly and used the litter kuitter very well. The other cat Bear had no idea and didn't use it at all. Be aware this doesn't work on all cats

Probably make your life and that of the cat easier if you get the extra 2 rings from the MultiKatKit. The holes are a bit daunting otherwise. Update 16/Nov/15: Well, I wouldn't have believed it (though obviously we had hopes) but the cat (10 years old) is on the final ring (the green one). Yesterday we reduced the litter in that with the aim of having him get used to being totally without cat litter before we remove this, the very last ring, and move him onto the final stage of White holder only (the white holder is always in place - it fits over the toilet bowl and holds the current ring). Eventually we intend to get rid of the white holder as well though we might leave it there. Depends on feedback from the cat! Leaving it in place wouldn't be a big deal but we'll see. He doesn't do his business on the ring anymore (mind you, it's so narrow he'd need to be quite the sharpshooter to land anything on it) - he does his business straight through the hole. I notice he's still using the ring to balance one paw on. This last ring has only about 1/2 to 3/4 inch of plastic all around so hopefully he won't miss it when it goes. I notice that without any teaching he's learnt over time to face the right way. Just as well - wouldn't want to frighten the horses. Already saving a fortune on cat litter and hardly any tracking now that there's so little cat litter in that final green ring. We still have a box in there beside the loo that he uses as a step - though he doesn't use it getting off the loo. Initially we had the rings with the white holder on that and eventually when he was used to the height just moved it onto the loo. At the very beginning we had the red ring on the floor beside the loo and gradually raised it until it was roughly loo height then moved it onto the loo and only then started changing the rings. Read all the reviews - loads of info in there that thought us a lot. Thanks guys. And be sure to go on youtube to see how cats do their business and that'll inspire and amaze you. Yeah, I know how that sounds. Must get out more. And don't get the cut out system in case you need to go back to an earlier ring (we didn't have to go back). And do get the extra 2 rings. A bit expensive initially (those 2 rings should really be included) but well worth it. Very well made product - extremely strong. Faultless. Indeed, downright clever! That's enough to be going on with...

I'm going to change this to a 5* review when my cat finally graduates toilet school. If you have a particularly difficult cat who loves to dig/spray litter everywhere, here's my extended step program for cats with learning difficulties, and tips at the end: 1. Put the red potty in the cat's litter tray and get them used to it as a toilet-approved object 2. Put the litter tray into the bathroom of choice after a couple poops, have kitty get used to this new toilet environment 3. If you are using a hooded tray, uncover the hood. Kitty now needs to get used to reduced privacy, kitty may look you right in the eyes whilst weeing. Nod to kitty to give him your approval. 4. After some good poops in the tray, hopefully some landed in the red potty. With some used litter (so kitty gets the hint), and some new litter, put the red potty on the toilet into the white toilet adapter thing. 5. Let kitty get super used to this, it may take some protesting. My cat whined and whined until he just super needed to go and got over the situation. Well done kitty. 6. When you both feel ready, put the orange potty on top of the red potty. I tried to go right to orange, but my cat was so entranced by the water in the bowl, he forgot it was his toilet too and therefore imagined I had taken away his entire toilet and was whining and sad. Use some used litter to trick your cat into believing the orange potty is really the red potty. 7. This shouldn't take long, once he poops and pees in the Orange-Red potty for about a day, you can take away and store the red one. Congratulations! You have reached stage 2! 8. When you are happy with kitty's confidence with orange, get the green one and put it on top of the orange one. I've not yet got to this stage, so I will finish this guide when we finally graduate potty school. **The keen eyed will notice I never updated this to the end. Unfortunately, we moved out of our apartment and Gerald the cat got to go outside, where he now does all his business - so the toilet training is no longer necessary! Good luck with your kitties.** Tips: - If you have a digger cat, invest in a portable vacuum. I tend to hoover the bathroom regularly now or it looks like a building site. Keep in mind: eventually you won't even NEED litter, this will be worth it in the end. Dear god, let this be worth it in the end. Otherwise, a pan and brush. - If you clean the litter weekly, get used to cleaning it daily friend. There's less of a tray, so kitty will get snooty and unhappy if it's not clean. Be ready to anticipate number 1s and 2s by the way your kitty is acting. Be ready to detect the slightest waft of poop and deal with it. - Invest in the smallest pooper scooper you can, as otherwise the scooping process is very fiddly - Nappy sacks and a bin near the toilet. Don't just flush litter, bad - Use non-clumping litter, pref. wooden, as you will need to flush accidental dropped litter in the bowl and you will want the most degradable, non-cloggy litter you can find. The toilet he is using is notorious for getting clogged, and he has spilled an entire orange tray's worth of this type of litter in - so far no problems - Remember your motivation: No more poop cleaning, no more smells, no more litter. Recant this as your mantra.

Don't believe most of the 5 star reviews here. Some reviews are valid (and I wish I had cats that acted similarly), but many, if you notice, are people reviewing it before they have got their cats through all of the stages. Some are still on the first stage and giving it 5 star ratings! Our two cats (1 year old) used the first (red) stage without too much issue (although they clearly didn't like it compared to the normal litter tray). But they just refuse to go beyond that stage. They would rather just wee and pooh on the floor than use the second (orange) stage. I've even tried manually making intermediate stages as described in the litter kwitter forum, but as soon as you introduce a hole no bigger than a small matchbox they will refuse to go in it. We've been trying for over 7 months now and they still refuse to go beyond first stage. Obviously this product works for some lucky owners but I'm giving this product a 1 star rating for several reasons: It didn't work for my cats at all. It's far too expensive for what is really just a few bits of plastic. They charge extra for intermediate stages, which I think would give most people a better chance of achieving success. And lastly the claimed training time of 8 weeks is a huge exaggeration. It's a best case scenario - not the norm (according to people's experiences on their forum)!

Just okay. It's quite hard for cat to get used to. Also it's not that deep as it appears. Addionally clean it or removing litter from its is quite difficult . Addionally first gap is too big should have added option of smaller hole in that price. I'll continue to use it and see how it turns out to be.

We have two ageing cats (aged 15 and 16.5+) so I wasn't sure whether this would work or not. I omitted the first step and put the Litter Kwitter next to the toilet. Both cats started using it straight away (eldest cat first). Then we moved onto the next stage - onto the toilet. Again, the eldest cat was no problem. The younger cat wasn't so sure at first but was soon using it no problem. A week and a half later and we moved onto the orange stage. Eldest cat, no problem at all. Youngest cat not so sure. We went back to the red stage for a day and then the orange stage with the red tray underneath the orange. Then onto the orange stage again. Both cats using it quite happily. Only the green stage to go! FOR: A great product, sturdy and well designed. Easy to clean. The DVD is very helpful. AGAINST: Nothing HANDY HINT: Reward successes, ignore failures (few and far between). Keep the treats in the bathroom so they associate the toilet and the bathroom with treats. Don't stand watching - cats are very private and they don't like "performing!" Give lots of praise and cuddles. SUMMARY: Costing me a fortune in treats because they are doing so well and I have to keep rewarding them! I am using more expensive litter too so that it doesn't clump together when it falls into the toilet as it does occasionally. You need to keep a vaccuum cleaner handy as litter goes onto the floor - but hopefully it won't be for long. I did not expect older cats to take to it but I desperately wanted rid of the litter tray and they don't go out as much now they are getting on a bit! They seem to prefer it much more than the litter tray and so does my kitchen floor - no more wet paws. I wish I knew about this product earlier, it is fantastic!

I don't write a lot reviews but there are a few things I'd like to say about the litter kwitter... The litter kwitter The instructions were very easy and clear to follow and the DVD was good if you waned a little bit more information. There are a few things I think worth mentioning though... I have a standard loo and even though the white mount that goes on the loo has clips I found these didn't work as my loo doesn't have a ridge or rim round the outside for the clips to clip onto... Without them however the white mount could move around quite a bit and because I didn't want my cat getting spooked with the movement I just wedged some cardboard in the gap between the loo and the white mount and that seemed to solve this issue. The red stage was very easy for my cat to get used to how ever moving to the orange stage was a bit difficult for my cat (I might just have a very scared cat though lol so you might not have this issue but just in case you do this is how i solved it) she didn't like the big drop from the hole to the loo so what I did was put an old bowl into the loo and placed the red tray on top of the bowl (this was to secure the red tray because the first time I tried this she tried to stand on it while investigating it at first and it moved and freaked her out) with a small bit of litter in and then placed the orange stage like normal into the white mount. This way there it a small drop between the orange stage and the red stage underneath. This meant there was more things for you to move it you only have 1 loo but i thought it definitely worth it to get the end result you want. Once my cat has completely got used to it like this (this is as far as we have got so far with the training) i will remove the red tray and the bowl as she would have got used to her poops dropping through the hole to the water. When she is ready to move to the green stage I won't need to use the bowl like before because she would have got used to the drop so should be a lot easier from then on. I have tried 2 different kinds of flush-able litter . Pettex Pampuss Woodbase Cat Litter 30 Litre by Pettex I'm not sure if I just have a particularly fussy cat but she wasn't keen on this litter at all the pellets were too big for her to move around to how she liked it before she went to the loo and because of the ridges in the litter kwitter you could'nt actually get a lot of the pellets in to the litter kwitter. Flushing this litter was fine except on one occasion the loo did get blocked (it was very easy to unblock though) because the dirty litter just sort of crumbles but in the process of putting the dirty litter into the loo some clean pellets that were in the litter kwitter went in too and they expand with water hence why the loo blocked. The good things about this litter is that it is defiantly value for money and it does have quite a pleasant smell. Cat's Best Öko Plus Cat Litter, 30 L by Cats Best My cat much preferred this litter as the litter was very small and easy for her to move around. I do love the fact that this litter clumps together so was very easy to see and to remove all dirty litter and not throw a lot of clean litter as well. It was a little more pricey for the same amount of litter but as your cat needs positive experiences with the litter kwitter I personally thought this was the best litter for the job. I hope you find this thorough review helpful as this is all the information I would have liked to have when researching this... All I can say is know your cat and what they might be afraid of and use a lot of positive encouragement, be patient and don't rush though the stages and good luck :) UPDATE..... It has been about a month now and molly doing so well really proud of her, not even a quarter of the way through the bag of litter no more mess or horrid smells just a quick flush I am taking my time with the training but it is so worth it (moving onto the green stage without anything underneath so A LOT easier) I have updated this product from 4 stars to 5.... the niggly issues you might go through to get to the end result far out weighs the hassles you would have with a normal litter tray just wish I did this years ago lol JJT