Cats on the toilet? Not my toilet, thank you.
I’m not comfortable with the idea of sharing my toilet seat with my two cats (sorry guys!) so I glaze over products and ‘how-to’ videos for cat toilet training. And I can just imagine the first time my husband discovered a kitty potty seat on our toilet. No thanks.
However, this toilet belongs just to the cats. Take a look at the CatGenie, a completely separate self-flushing kitty comode.
I thought I’d share this discovery for anyone with a kitty litter box, which has gotta be pretty much all cat owners unless you only have barn cats. I have run this by my technical advisors who looked at the videos with me. They were very curious about it and said they would be willing to give it a try.
This is made to be installed in your bathroom or laundry room with a simple hookup to the waterline. There is NO cat litter as we normally think of it. It uses permanent washable granules that last up to 6 months. It apparently never needs changing because it is washed and sanitized. There is a scooping, washing and drying process that happens with a touch of a button. (We are the ‘touch of a button culture’ aren’t we?) Then there’s an SaniSolution that completes the process. They seemed to have thought of everything.
This product made by PetNovations is rather impressive. The product site is so well produced that it will answer all of your questions with short, simple videos.
If the $300 price tag seems high (cat toilets weren’t really on my priority list either) consider how much we spend in cat litter over the years….very heavy cat litter that we lug in from the store and ends up polluting the landfills.
From their site: “Last year, cat owners in the US purchased 1.7 billion dollars worth of litter. That’s about 8 Billion pounds of litter in one year. Since 1947, when this mined clay was first used for cats, the amount of contaminated litter now in landfills has piled to incalculable amounts. Hundreds of millions, perhaps billions of tons of this waste product continue to pollute the environment. CatGenie offers a clean, safe solution.”
Take a look at this product (no I don’t have any affiliation with this company; nor do Marco or Polo although they are orange tabbies, too).
What do you think? Would you buy one?
Hi, rahmama! As soon as I win the lottery, this is totally on my wish list. Of course, it will have to come with steps so the arthritic Spinner can reach it. Do boy cats leave the lid up?
Maybe you could build a miniature wheelchair ramp for your arthritic cat(another niche product idea in the making!)
However, if you live in California, you’d have to get a building permit.
p.s. I’m sure boy cats would leave the lid up.