CitiKittyCat Toilet Training Kit (Two Pack)

I follow the instructions. Didn’t work for my cats. But who knows it might work for you.

Useless thing. My cat started to poo and pee on the beds instead.

I used this kit to toilet train my cats 2 years ago. My cats are still using the toilet today. My cats are young cats and are 3 years old. I started toilet training 2 cats on 1 toilet in February of 2014 while they were older kittens. I would say they didn't get used to the idea until a year later. Now they use the toilet like it's natural. I initially started training with  C.O.T. Cats Of Thrones Toilet Seat for Cats Starter Kit . That kit had some serious flaws and poor instructions and caused me to mess up my training (more on that later). I decided to purchase CitiKitty in May 2014. I was able to finish toilet training with the CitiKitty and some additional tools. This review will be some what of a guide to document my success. I give this kit 4 stars instead of 5 because it isn't perfect and you need to buy additional items to ensure better chance of success!Additional items you will need:--A new toilet seat SPECIFICALLY the one made by Mayfair with the detachable child seat. The child seat is relatively flat and detaches from the main adult seat should you ever decide to not use it anymore (tip: don't do this, use it indefinitely). The whole toilet seat is relatively easy to take on and off after the install so you can clean the whole seat. There is a round version and an elongated version for different toilets:  Mayfair 183SLOWA NextStep Adult Toilet Seat with Built-in Child Potty Training Seat, Elongated, White . The purpose of this seat is to make the toilet seat hole smaller so you cats feel more confident using it. You also do not have to go past punchout 5 (6 total) on the CityKitty using this seat. I found out with a full sized seat, my cat fell in one time trying to poop and that deterred him from using the toilet for while (he would poop in the sink)!! Update: it's been years since I wrote this review and there are now better toilet seat products on the market. You can use whatever brand of child toilet seat you want as long as the child seat is flat! The whole point is to make the opening smaller.--Flushable kitty litter. I used  Cat's Pride Premium Scoopable Cat Litter Jug, 14-Pound  (you can buy from Walmart) or chicken feed (buy from Tractor Supply Company, a farm supply store). Overall, I used up maybe 2 bags of chicken feed and 3 jugs of Cat's Pride Premium litter. Neither of these litter work well as actual litter for a litterbox but they are flushable and cheap and work for training purposes. You will be using a lot of litter.-- Precious Cat Ultra Litter Attractant, 20 Ounces . This item is used to attract your cats to the foreign place to go to the bathroom as well as the new litter you might be using.Make sure you do the following:--Install new toilet seat and leave the child seat down when ever you are done using the bathroom. YES, this is an extra step you have to remember to do. Ask yourself, which is worse: having to put this child seat down every time or having to scoop the cat litter daily and have it track everywhere and have your house smell like poop? Or have your cats too scared of falling in so they stop using the toilet? I just choose to treat my cat like a child. The child seat also shields a bit of water "splash back".--Follow instructions for CitiKitty. Go slow with removing the rings.--Blend the Precious Cat Litter attractant in with the litter to send the message to your cats that the toilet is their new litter box.--Check the toilet and flush all urine and poop at least twice a day if you have 1 toilet shared with 2 cats. I do not recommend more than 2 cats per toilet!! During training, you MUST keep the litter and area clean all the times. This means vacuuming/sweeping/changing the litter and wiping the area with a pet stain cleaner like Nature's Miracle. You will waste a lot of litter (that's why I used chicken feed; costs $12 for 40 pounds).--Clean the toilet bowl and seats often. Cats will miss and can get pee on the seats. Removable seat design from the mayfair seat helps a lot!--Duct tape your toilet lid to the water reservoir. My one cat is aggressive with the burying action and she clawed at the lid one time and it shut the lid on the toilet. The lid might have shut on her, too, I don't know. I came home to find poop on the floor because cats couldn't use the toilet!--If you have to go away for a long time (a weekend) and won't be around for more than 24 hours, I recommend you bring out the litter box. If no one is there to flush, cats will poop else where with a dirty toilet! My cats have no problem going back to the toilet once the litter box is removed again.Avoid doing the following:--Don't make your cat use the adult human toilet seat. I had this problem while using the Cat of Thrones toilet seat. My cat fell in once and started using the bathtub and the sink! I now have to put a bucket in my sink and leave 1 inch of water in my tub as deterrent because my one cat now prefers to poop in these spots instead if the toilet if I do not catch him. Do not make the same mistake I did, take precautions!--Do not skimp on litter and do change it frequently. The CitiKitty is shallow with a small surface area and often times the poop/pee will be exposed due to lack of litter. If the litter smells like pee or poop, the cat will avoid it and find a cleaner spot to do business! This is not what you want.--Do not leave the toilet unflushed to save water (don't practice "if it's yellow let it mellow"). Check your toilet often (at least twice a day on top of regular human use) and make sure the water is always clean. I did not do this intentionally but left the cats by themselves overnight one weekend and came back to find poop in my bathtub. I found the kitties do not like going if another cat had already pooped in the toilet (dirty water = dirty litter). Cats are oddly like humans. I wouldn't want to poop on top of someone else's poop either. You need to be vigilant and flush, flush, flush!--Do not watch your cat use the toilet. The toilet is not enclosed so they can feel vulnerable when going. I found out that my one cat would always FACE the toilet cover while peeing, but whenever he sees me observing him, he would turned his back towards the toilet cover and tried to pee that way or worst stand up and leave while still peeing. This resulted getting pee everywhere because the angle was not right. Leave your cats alone to do their business. Both of my cats will sometimes look like they have to go but will circle the toilet and walk out of the bathroom if they see me following them.--One time my cat followed me into the bathroom when I had to go #2 (because they like to be locked in with you). 5 minutes later, he decided he wanted to go, too, meowed a bunch, and realizing what's happening, I scrambled to get up. Too late, he ended up pooping on the floor before I could put my pants back on.Additional info/tips:--You will have more success with female cats than male cats. This is because male cats stand up more while peeing. Female cats actually sit. Male cats can miss and sometimes get urine all over the place. Again, cats are oddly like humans.--If you feed cats on a schedule, your cats will learn to poop on a schedule, too. My cats have established a schedule where the male cat poops before noon and the female cat in the evening. This is good because you have an idea of when to check the toilet to flush it.--If you have to collect urine/feces samples for the vet, it is dead easy with the CitiKitty. If all goes well, you will likely have the extra insert that you did not even have to use. Put this on the used CitiKitty ring under all the toilet seats without litter. You cat will go like normal and the insert will catch the poop/pee. If you already used the insert, it might be helpful to get 2 CitiKitty sets.--With toilet training my cat, I was able to identify the problem of my cat peeing blood once from stress because the toilet water was pink!! You can't do this with litter.--My one cat will now pee on ANY toilet. I brought him to my relative's house once and he peed on 2 separate toilets (with different adult sized seats) without my prompting. This is in addition to the reintroduction of a litter box at the relative's house. He will still go #2 in the litter box. This means less pee clumps to scoop! If I move, I can just bring the Mayfair toilet seat and my cat will probably recognize it as the new toilet. The child seat is mainly to help the cats go #2 because they require more balancing doing #2 than #1.--I don't think this would work on an older cat. You will probably have to buy a step ladder because the toilet is still quite high and older cats can get joint pain.--Overall, I do not recommend this kit to train more than 2 cats per toilet because of the small area of the toilet and how fast it can get dirty if not flushed at all hours of the day. If you have multiple cats, train on multiple/all toilets with multiple kits in your house.Thanks for reading, hope this was helpful. Please feel free to comment if you have questions!Update 1: It is now July 2017. I've moved and now in a 1 bedroom/1 bathroom apartment and now I have 3 cats. Unfortunately, my third cat was not trainable because he absolutely needs to dig in litter and there were many accidents on my bed. It was also too much cleaning to have 3 cats share 1 toilet and the toilet was almost always dirty so that probably contributed to the newest cat rebelling. I have since switched back to a litter box because 3 cats and 1 toilet is just too much. Interestingly enough, my one cat now prefers to pee in the toilet (even the toilet at my new apartment) so I still get some benefit of having to scoop fewer pee clumps.Update 2: I have now acquired a Litter Robot Open Air. I would still prefer litter free but the Litter Robot is a suitable replacement if you have more than 2 cats and only 1 toilet. C.O.T. Cats Of Thrones Toilet Seat for Cats Starter KitMayfair 183SLOWA NextStep Adult Toilet Seat with Built-in Child Potty Training Seat, Elongated, WhiteCat's Pride Premium Scoopable Cat Litter Jug, 14-PoundPrecious Cat Ultra Litter Attractant, 20 Ounces

ProsIt’s easy to switch from a litter box to a toilet.Nearly all toilet training kits are trays that you insert underneath the toilet seat. The trays have a series of rings that you cut out about once a week to gradually diminish the surface area of the “litter box.” You place flush-able litter in the pan insert and wait for the kitties to discover where their new bathroom is. On the first day, both of our cats easily found the litter tray in the toilet. They were curious about how clean the litter was, both using it within the hour.You will no longer have a stinky litter box in the corner.Anybody that has a cat knows that cat urine is an unpleasant smell. (For those of you that don’t, feel free to smell a boxwood shrub and you’ll get the jist.)The best part about having this tray in the bathroom is that you no longer have to worry about scooping out a stinky crap box. Gone are the days where you have to worry about the smell of cat urine while having guests over. You will also no longer have to carry out stinky kitty poop to the trash bin weekly. Heck yes!Flush-able litter is easier to dispose of.There aren’t many flush-able cat litter choices, based on local municipality “flush-able” definitions. Tristan and I chose “Better Way Eco Fresh Clumping Cat Litter” on Amazon which typically comes in a 12-lb bag. Whenever the cats would finish going potty we would just scoop the litter into the toilet and - poof - there is goes. This litter is soft with small granules, making it easy to dispose of.Potty-training is more eco-friendly than traditional litter boxes.Normal litter isn’t great for the environment. With all of the strip mining used to produce clay-based litter products, flush-able litter is a better long-term solution. Potty training cats requires a few weeks of litter usage before becoming unnecessary. Once the cats get used to using the toilet without litter, you never have to buy it again. Never again! What better way to reduce your carbon footprint than not having to purchase it at all?You save money every month.Depending on the type of litter you were using before, you could be saving anywhere from $20-$50 per month. This is one of the reasons why Tristan and I decided to start using the potty training system in the first place. Once the cats are fully-trained you never have to buy litter again. Repeat, NEVER again.ConsUpfront costs are pricey.CitiKitty is an Amazon brand that Tristan and I used for our cats.Don’t try to remove a training ring too soon.If you purchase a kit that does not require you to cut holes in the tray insert, this doesn’t apply to you. CitiKitty is a single tray with “rings” that you cut out as toilet training progresses. So you need to make sure you give your cats adequate time to adjust to a reduced amount of litter. If you think - “oh they’re doing so well, maybe I should cut this ring out a little early,” - don’t. If you’re mistaken your cat will inevitably take a dump on the bathroom floor, or somewhere else in the house. CitiKitty includes one extra tray insert as a fallback if accidents start happening after you remove a ring, but you can only remove it once.Multiple cats take longer to train.When training with multiple cats, you have to make sure you are progressing at the right pace for both of them. Luna, our black bombay cat, took well to the potty training, no matter how small the rings became. Khaleesi, our white, gray, and tan baby, decided she would use the litter pan every time we removed a ring, only to poop on the floor two days later. This vicious cycle happens every time we removed a ring. Khaleesi did well to always tinkle on the potty but when it came to the number two, it was on the floor every other time.“No mess” is a lie.CitiKitty advertises “no mess, no litter” - yeah, not so much. Maybe it’s true after the cats are fully potty trained. However, Tristan and I had to endure months of finding used litter thrown left, right, and all-around the toilet. Since both of our cats are fully grown the tray fills up quickly. Considering the tray is only an inch deep, it needs cleaning after every use for the first couple of weeks. The idea is that the cats get accustomed to a minimal amount of litter in the toilet, making it easier when the surface size of the tray decreases. That minimal litter results in very little absorbance of the kitties’ “fluids.”You have to move the tray every time you pee.This is the part that I hated the most about potty training. For those of you that have kids, you might be used to potty training seats, but litter trays are different. As a female, using the toilet was disgusting. For weeks I was wiping urine splashes and small poop smears off the seat before sitting down. Additionally wiping off small litter particles from my bottom after going potty made me feel like I needed to shower four times a day.Long-term SuccessThe toilet training process is not all sunshine-and-rainbows, it requires patience with yourself and your kitties. The short-term annoyances of the process are almost enough to make you give up several times, but you just have to keep the bigger picture in mind. When you think about how much money and trash you’ll save long-term, it makes short-term messiness of potty-training easier to handle.

Hi, I'm a first time user for this product and like many of you, I was skeptical and just wanna give it a try.2 Months has past since I first trained my cat. He is now fully independent without any struggle to use the toilet. Every cat is different and the level of owner attention is different. The success rate depends on lots of factors. However, I want to share with my experience in case if there's people like me that really want to dedicate to litter free idea and is willing to be attentive to their cat. I read lots of reviews to equip myself so I won't easily give up along the way, because it is like being a mother for the first time. But it is all worth it at the end of this 2 months. Some important steps on his first day using the product: first, I removed the litter box that was originally next to ​the toilet. I also remove any potential litter box looking things in the house so my cat won't try to poop/pee at unwanted places or inside empty boxes.He was 6 months, male cat, Siamese/Tabby mix, around 8 pounds, litter trained. I Feeds 2AM & 3 PM daily.Every morning, He meows a lot before he had to go use the bathroom which alerts me to stand by and encourage him to use the toilet/product. It's very important to feed at a set schedule, this is how to keep the cat poop/pee on schedule. Also, must reward your cat AFTER he pee/poop. No need to reward him when the cat is just on the kit/toilet. I did baby talk to him, by using higher pitch voice to encourage him.First day (no ring), make sure to read instruction and remove the inner insert plate. (there's 2 total) Then put flushable litters on, I didn't put cat nip because I don't like him eating it. It was easy for him to adapt the new product and I had an easy first week. On the 2nd week (ring 1), first hole appeared and that made my cat very confused and tried to look and stick his arm inside the hole often. I let him play or being curious since It's completely normal for cat to be cautious and playful. Once he knows nothing comes out from the hole then he was more willing to use it. Please try to keep the toilet, training kit and overall bathroom clean. That'll encourage the cat to use it.3rd week (ring 2) Still very curious and confused why the hole got bigger. Still stick his arms inside the hole. He showed signs of disliking the kit and was resisting using it and also start to look else where to do his business but I always stand by and observe him so he'll feel more secure to do it. I used shower curtain to block the tub, and block the sink. Because he often wants to do it in the sink. But I always catch him and show him I want him to use the toilet.5th week (ring 3) I think this may be the toughest time during the training. I started feeling wanting to give up. Lots of time and energy I've pour out by this point and start to feel bad for my cat. Since the hole is much bigger now, this may be an obstacle for the cat. I can see him some days that he fully resist wanting to use it and he had one accident inside the tub. This is when I decided to cut the 2nd training insert to GO BACK a step to ring 2. He used ring 2 for pee and ring 3 for poop. Since he's a male cat, he has different stands than female I suppose. I also purchased another toilet seat that has more flat edges. It is easier to stand for the cat and I got rid of my slanted old toilet seat. ( I bought the toilet seat that has child seat attachment, the edges is slightly wilder and more flat. but I didn't really use the child seat attachment much) This last about 1 week. I also reduced the sand so it'll be easier for clean up.7th week (ring 3 with almost no sand) It did take a while but looks like it clicked in my cat's brain that he should stand on the toilet seat. That's the proper stands. I also stop monitoring him as much and try to just let him be on his own. I still give him treat every time he finishes.8th week (ring 3 with no sand) My cat got used to no sand, he still does his scratches at the very end and I let him to do that on the toilet seat. About middle of the week, I then decided to just try without any kit and observe his reaction. Some days were easy and some days I had to bring the kit to show him. Towards the end of the 8th week, he understood again that he doesn't need the kit to be there in order to do his business. So now I removed the kit completely and he now is fully comfortable to just use the toilet. He does his business much faster now as well.As you can see, I tried to be as detail as I can so that I know I'm positively training my cat and this 2 months really could save my rest of 10+ years of litter free. I hope my review has give you some perspective what could have happen and prep your mind for what you're heading.5/2022 6 months after toilet training:Excellent improvement, he uses toilet freely anytime now. I’ve also brought him to different homes and he would still use other people’s toilets just fine.I got him a auto toilet flusher as his birthday!The brand is (flush Minder) works great!I highly encourage more people to not give up, it’s consistency that will guarantee the success! Best of luck to you!

I am going to try to make sort of a journal of our progress. We're training two cats, one about 1.5 years old, the other is about 6 or 7.The citykitty is set up in a second bathroom. Theres only two of us, but it is still a pretty big inconvenience. First two weeks, huge messes made several times a day. Just keep it as clean as possible. Wipes and broom are good to have near by. The larger the hole becomes, the less mess made since the litter is going to go into the water and there's so much less of it. I do worry about the weight of my cats and the thin plastic. Neither of them are relying on the actual toilet seat, and there is a lot of flexing that the citykitty is doing. Citykitty recommends with two cats to stay at each level at least two weeks, which I agree with. If you have a particularly fastidious kitty, they're going to need more time. The pan is shallow and becomes gross with one use. Cleaning it as much as possible will help them progress more quickly.First step was moving the litter box from outside (screened enclosure, with no where else to potty) to the bathroom. Neither cat has ever had issues with the box being moved. First few days, the box stayed and both cats still used it for number two but with out hesitation used the citykitty for urinating. Took the traditional box out and that was the official start.Both seemed not to want to go in it for a few days, but there have been no accidents anywhere. Cat L (older) was much more hesitant and seemed to be holding it for a few days. By the end of week two, both were using it daily without problems. Hole was cut out using some cheapo kiddy scissors.Week three (1 hole punched): both cats hesitating to use it, but are still urinating fine. At week 4, cat A (younger) is going daily. Cat L is still hesitating. Not sure if we'll have to hold out another week for him at this step. Cat A is avoiding the area with the hole at all costs, only using far areas of the pan. This can sometimes result in a mess on the toilet seat. Cat L has only gotten into the rhythm of going daily for about the past two days. He doesnt seem to have issues with the hole itself, and has pushed waste into it while trying to cover. I might have to hold out for cat L another week but I'll see how he does these next few days. Will report back in a few weeks with an update.Update: I decided to cut the ring out on time. The deciding factor was I caught cat L on the toilet and realized I had been reading him wrong. He was actually trying to aim for the hole, which was a great moment! This explains why I had been missing seeing some of his waste. He was aiming for the hole, and then tossing litter on top of it.Change in size day was a Friday and both cats were fine over the weekend, but by the time I came home from work on Monday, one of the cats (I believe it was cat A, because he has a history of doing things like this) had decided to go on the dog bed. I was disappointed and I'm pretty sure the dog isn't happy about it either. Now at a week later, they're both doing fine at this ring. I do think cat A needs a little more time but I'm optimistic that we can keep close to the schedule we have. Cat L is obviously pleased with the set up. He still scoots litter into the water but he is very good at aiming right in the hole. He's particularly fastidious so I think he enjoys that he doesn't have to touch it but he doesn't seem to understand that he doesn't need to toss the litter in to reduce smell. Cat A has less mess going on the seat, but he is still using the tray entirely to support his body.There's a lot less litter going every where and I only sweep about twice a day now. I will report back after we've been on the next ring for about a week.Update:So I decided to cut the hole out on time (I think I waited only an extra day). Initially, it came off as a mistake. Neither cat cared for it, and Cat A held it in as long as possible. However, after only a few days, both cats seemed to have the hang of it. Cat A is doing well at this level, with the exception being a little mess on the seat now and again. Cat L, though, well...it's a bit harder. If there is any evidence someone has gone before him (even his own urine) he'll opt to leave number 2 in the tub. This is a new development, so I'm not sure what made him decide this was a good idea. Luckily, it's only the tub. We're stuck here for now. Not sure when we'll be able to move along. Normally, we'd be moving up a step tomorrow but it's not happening. He's done this twice this week. He is a big lover of catnip though, so I might start sprinkling it on the seat again to lure him there.The plastic is extremely hard to cut. I found it easier to flip it over (the side facing the water) and cut it out that way, but it takes time. The plastic is quite brittle. Litter usage is so small nowadays too. I will have to buy another container of it, but it will probably last me a year at this rate. Cat A doesn't care to push any litter into the water so I don't have to refill when he goes unless he doesn't hit the water. The mess is significantly less too. A lot of it is what they're tracking on their paws now. Very satisfying to not have to sweep a million times a day now.Both cats are getting better about relying on the seat and not the plastic, but they still walk around on it. Cat A has progressed the most in this regard, as he was only a few weeks ago, supporting himself entirely on the plastic insert.Now for new suggestions. Record your kitties if you can. Even if you only have one, it can be helpful to see how they are reacting when you're not around. If they're making a ruckus crying before going, they're not yet comfortable. Both cats were doing this at the new level but Cat A has moved on from crying. I'd not know they were doing this if I didn't set my computer up to record them.My last new suggestion: flush it when they're around. The last thing you want is them getting entirely trained, and then once you install an automatic flusher, them getting scared off. Cat A was terrified every time it flushed in the beginning, but now he could care less. Something I did was close the door while cleaning with them inside. They're both used to the flushing now. It took awhile before he realized it wasn't going to eat him alive so do it early on, or install your flusher in the beginning. I will report back after we have been on the next cut for a week or so.

This is the second Toilet Training kit I've tried. I originally had the Litter Quitter kit, which I loved. I thought I was through with my toilet training days and got rid of the training kit. Lo and Behold, I ended up with a new kitten and started looking to new training kits. I picked this one because it was cheaper and looked to be a little bit less of a hassle to put on and take off, as the toilet being used is shared between humans and cat.I installed it on the toilet, added litter. My kitten adapted very easily to it. The mess and problems come in when it comes time to advance to the next level/hole. The material is a thick plastic. Even with the next hole being precut, they don't just pop out. You will have to take the whole piece out, empty it, clean it, and then cut out the next section. I had to find a pair of utility scissors for this process that I wouldn't mind getting any cat debris on. Even if you start to cut the next hole it, if you make a wrong move, it will tear. Advancing to the next size is definitely a hassle.For comparison, the other unit I had was simple inserts that nested together and you removed an insert to advance to the next stage.I also worry that the plastic that is used is not sturdy enough for larger/heavier cats. Mine was still a kitten, so it wasn't an issue having him walk on it.Luckily, my kitten adapted very well to this routine (he was about 7 weeks old when we started). It took him about 2 months to fully transition and be able to remove the training kit entirely. I also purchased a toddler toilet seat adapter to use in conjunction with this kit, so my kitten has more stability and room to sit (he is a little boy, so I was worried he needed more of a base without the risk of falling in). He is now about 8 months old and has no issue using the toilet. He also knows that he can use any toilet in the house, not just the one I trained him on.