Cat Shit

This is Dude working on his masters thesis about the tasty nature of Iam's Weight Control cat food and its relationship with napping. Dude is the most lovable cat in the world, and will sit on anyone's lap within 20 minutes of meeting them. I've written about Dude before, but this weekend's events have prompted a fancy new post.

I requested CitiKitty from a wonderful friend for my Christmas present, and I received it early! Several years ago I purchased an electric litter box for my evil Satan cat and Dude, which now works about once per week. Littermaid was nice enough to offer a reduced price for a new one, only 80 bucks instead of $99! I was bowled over with this stunning offer, and decided "Fuck that". I'm tired of scooping cat shit out of an electric litter box that was supposed to do the job for me. I don't want to pay for another one. So CitiKitty was my next option. Although Dude isn't very bright, he is a fastidious shitter. He never goes potty outside of the litter box, and loves nothing more than a clean box.

For those of you that cannot bear to click away from my blog for even one moment, CitiKitty is a toilet-training system for cats. There is a plastic starter set that you set on the toilet and fill with flushable litter. The cat starts using the toilet, thinking this is just a weird-looking litter box. Each week you remove a piece from the middle of the plastic trainer. After 5 weeks or so, there is no center to the trainer and the cat poops on the toilet (you hope).

Two minutes after setting up CitiKitty, Dude takes his first pee on the toilet. I was so excited, I forgot to grab the camera. Dude was praised, loved and given fresh food for his efforts. Multiple times Dude peed on the toilet, and then sometime during the night he decided to unroll the toilet paper all over the ground. I suppose he wanted to get that clean, fresh feeling one gets from wiping.

However, two days later and Dude still hasn't taken a shit. He starts to scratch around where his litter box used to be, and then sat at the back door looking longingly at his litter box outside. Here was the moment I had been waiting for all my life/the last two days. I placed him on the toilet and HE TOOK A SHIT!! This picture was taken DURING the actual shitting experience. Yes, I know I go the extra mile for my dear readers. When was the last time you were able to view a picture of a cat shitting on the toilet?

I left Dude in peace to cover his poop, and when I returned, this is what I saw:
Dude not only shit on the toilet, he grabbed a piece of toilet paper to decorate his masterpiece. Don't think I am kidding when I call this bowel movement a masterpiece. He had been storing it up for TWO days. I've never seen a cat shit THAT much in one shitting. It was stupendous, and blogworthy in my humble opinion.

Dude is on his way to being potty trained, and I am so proud.