Smart Cat Shocks Owner By Teaching Himself To Use The Toilet

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Without the video, no one would ever believe it.

BY STEPHEN MESSENGER

Evidently, litter boxes are too distasteful and unrefined for this clever cat named Ramen.

He fancies himself a far more cultured kitty.



Ramen’s owner, Izzie Willis, recently took to Twitter to fill the world in on a fascinating fact about the adorable cat — namely, that he’d managed to teach himself how to use the toilet. Like a human.

How or when Ramen picked up this skill isn’t known, but Willis will never forget the moment she first discovered it.

“I was brushing my teeth [in the bathroom] and he came up to me, looked me square in the eyes and started pissing in the toilet,” Willis told The Dodo. “My reaction was, ‘Wow.’”

Willis was understandably stunned. But suspecting that no one would believe it without proof, she decided to capture the uncanny sight in a video (which, heads up, does contain some profanity):

Link to tweet

"I’m presuming he learnt from watching us," Willis said.

Though perhaps a bit more dignified than dealing with kitty litter, Ramen's use of the toilet isn't totally mastered; Willis said he never flushes.

Ramen leaves that to her.



Now, it's worth pointing out that cats can be taught to use the toilet, but it's not recommended. Experts say that sort of coercion can cause cats stress, as it deviates from their natural "bathroom" routine of covering what they leave behind.

Given that Ramen apparently taught himself to use the toilet, however, suggests that concern about that on his behalf can hopefully be washed down the drain.

https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/clever-cat-teaches-self-to-use-toilet

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Take note Otis, Sammy & Rosie.

[hlthe2b]

1. He's a beauty.... I love the green eyes

[CurtEastPoint]

2. I have two females who have both begun using the toilet for pee by themselves.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I once had a cat who peed down the shower drain

I was single at the time, but my wife would have disapproved if we'd been together at that time. I personally didn't care.

[Midnight Writer]

5. I had a cat who did that, too. On her own. Kind of handy, in my opinion.

[COLGATE4]

9. So did I, many (many) moons ago. Couldn't get him to

use T,P. or flush, though.

[lastlib]

6. I had a cat that did that also.

(She also pooped there occasionally, but that's another story.)

[3catwoman3]

4. If our cats would use the commode, I would...

...happily flush for them.

[lastlib]

7. In the 70s, I had a Siamese that learned to use the toilet.

She wouldn't flush, either. Immediately after using it, she would RUN for the stairs--like shot out of a cannon, RUN!

[COLGATE4]

8. Yeah,but does he flush???

[wnylib]

10. I had a half Siamese male years ago who did not

use the toilet, but he did use toilet paper, sort of. His litter pan was in the bathriom, not far from the t.p. roll. He would tap the roll so that it unraveled and fell to the floor, folding over itself like a ribbon. Then he dragged the ribbon folded t.p. on top of his business in the litter pan.

He apparently picked up this idea from watching us put t.p.into the toilet.

I totally cracked up the first time I saw him do that.