Step 5 - Day 1

1. Measure the toilet bowl at its widest point
2. Buy a metal mixing bowl the same width as the bowl
3. Fill bowl with about 2 inches of cat litter and sit it in the toilet bowl
4. Close the toilet seat over it

I changed this up a little bit, I couldn't find a cheep metal bowl but I did find a really thick plastic one at Walmart for $2. I got two of them in case the one I have bends and fall in, which is why they suggest using a metal one. I also took three pieces of wide packing tape and attached the bowl to the toilet with the edges of the tape folded over so I can remove it when humans need to use the toilet.

After setting everything up I hid the litter box so that they couldn't use it instead of the new set up. I then lead them both into the bathroom and made them look in the toilet so they would know that their litter had been moved. Poor Wally looked so confused so I got some of their old litter that smelled like them and put some more in the new bowl.

About an hour later I saw Wally sniffing around near my bedroom door, which is where I was hiding the litter box. When he saw me he meowed so pathetically that I figured out that he must really need to go. I then walked with him back into the bathroom and coaxed him into jumping up onto the toilet and after some fussing he finally dug a hole and did his business. The impressive part was that he actually kept all 4 feet on the toilet seat while he pooped. I praised him like crazy which he totally loved and after covering everything up he left the room. I cleaned up after him right away and tried to get Panda to go to the bathroom, she didn't want anything to do with any of it.

A few hours later Wally meowed at me again, so we went back into the bathroom and he did it all again and urinated, but he had his two back feet in the litter, we will have to work on that. I'm so proud. I hope Panda was the one that used the new litter box during the night, but I'm not sure, I just need to keep an eye on her until I know she has all of this figured out.