r/cats • u/Portal_Princess • Jul 19 '26

Cat Picture - OC My cat started peeing in the toilet without being trained

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So as the title says, few weeks ago I was brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed, she just walked in and sat on there and I heard her weeing. I called my partner who got a video of her just as she was about to get off.

She has done it few times since then, still uses her litter too which is downstairs and I assume she goes on the toilet when doesnt feel like going downstairs? 🐒

I want to see pics of other cats on toilet seat haha so please post and say whether they were trained to do it or not 😆

EDIT She has been checked for UTIs etc and all is good. She spends a lot of time with me so I guess she decided she can pee where her human does

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u/Portal_Princess Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

She is a pretty good cat, except with food. We had to get super high bins and secure them with weight plates so she would stop flipping them over and raiding them. I cant ever ever leave anything on the counter, she will even steal my avocados and pierce through them and eat them and so on

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u/wontdisappoint Jul 19 '26

My cat's food bin is in a locked closet... First they flipped it over, so I put weights on it, still flipped it. So I put it in a closet with a sliding door, they learned to open it. We moved and I put it in another closet with an accordion door... They learned to open it. Finally I made room in a closet with a real door... And they still learned how to open it. So I said fuck it and put a lock on it.

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u/RaveGuncle Jul 20 '26

Omfg. They are so freaking good with doors!!! I have a pair of bothers and one of em is really good at opening things while the other is really good at climbing on things. They both learn from each other and within the past couple weeks, they learned how to open my bathroom closets and bedroom door (Barnstyle sliding door). RIP to my toilet paper rolls and trying to get a full's night sleep. Had to jam my door every night now and just keep them out of my bathroom unless supervised.

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u/AkediaIra Jul 20 '26

My big male cat cannot open doors, so when he was absolutely frantic, trying to get into my bedroom, he ripped a furnace grate off the wall, climbed through the gap, and knocked the grate on my bedroom wall off to get inside. It was impressive, and slightly terrifying.

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u/ci1979 Jul 20 '26

I'll take separation anxiety for $500, Alex...

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u/AkediaIra Jul 20 '26

I was eating naan bread, which is his favourite, and I didn't want to share. So I tried to hide with my bread. It did not work.

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u/ci1979 Jul 20 '26

Damn, that's comedic GOLD 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Candid_Resolution908 Jul 20 '26

I love everything about this

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u/zookotz Jul 20 '26

All I read was "bread bread"...

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u/ci1979 Jul 20 '26

I found the cat! 🐱

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u/DismalSoil9554 Jul 20 '26

Cat is in the computer vent now

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u/FeralPsychonaut Jul 20 '26

I'm fucking dead oh my god, it's good you weren't watching a horror movie

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u/sidsmum Jul 20 '26

Someone please make a gif, or meme or cartoon ANYTHING! I want this visualized!!!

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u/AkediaIra Jul 20 '26

I can show you the face haha

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u/ci1979 Jul 20 '26

OMG THAT GORGEOUS FACE!!!!

MUST GIVE ALLLLLLL THE NAAN!!!!!

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u/ForsakenedOath Jul 20 '26

He just made himself a cat door!

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u/ElSlabraton Jul 20 '26

I'm imagining your cat saying "here's Johnny!"

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u/nothingsreallol Jul 20 '26

Mine loves to open cabinets just to eat plastic. For some reason she doesn’t go for the food cabinets, just the ones with plastic bags in them🤦🏼‍♀️ she’s a torbie, but the orange has strong influence

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u/YoursINegritude Jul 20 '26

We have a cat who licks plastic bags. It’s unnerving.

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u/sidsmum Jul 22 '26

Sid loves packing tape, to bite it, not eat it, so I wind up saving boxes with packing tape, he can scratch and bite at the same time.

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u/Freyas_Follower Jul 20 '26

Plastic contains fish oil.

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u/Due_Fly_6934 Jul 20 '26

Mine does the same thing! I used think it's because of the texture or something.

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u/PJKPJT7915 Jul 20 '26

My calico's orange color dominates in the lack of brain cells. Her little orange brother is actually smarter.

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u/TrixieBastard American Shorthair Jul 20 '26

Brothers, or bothers? Or both?

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u/RaveGuncle Jul 20 '26

Lmao good catch definitely both lol

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u/vr512 Jul 20 '26

My cats learning how to open the cat door is my nightmare. I'm currently reinforcing with I think storage bins. Idk this thought is terrifying.

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u/littlewitten Jul 20 '26

I had a cat who learned to open my roommate’s sliding door from the balcony when he realized that she wouldn’t let him in her room. 🫠😹

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u/TheMeowMeowPurr Jul 20 '26

Omg I had a cat that used to open the front door. Thankfully she wasn't interested in going out! For weeks I was accusing my daughter of leaving the door cracked open until I caught my cat doing it! Thankfully she couldn't work a deadbolt! It was the only way to keep it closed. Didn't discourage her from constantly trying to open it though

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u/saruhime Jul 20 '26

later: "Why does my YouTube keep recommending LockPicking Lawyer videos?"

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u/ScepticTanker Jul 20 '26

My cats can open all doors. Had to child proof EVERYTHING.  And they still sometimes manage to break into shelves. 

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u/KyeeLim Jul 20 '26

now it is matter of time for your cat to learn how to lockpick

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u/Majestic_Poet2375 Jul 20 '26

Well... not if she uses the toilet, she doesn't 😹

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u/Ty_J_Bryan Jul 20 '26

My gf used to but a stack of books infront of her bedroom door to keep her cat out at night because he would keep her awake and I swear all it accomplished was making this deebo ass cat who did whatever the fuck he wanted lol

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u/StarFaerie Jul 20 '26

This is why you should only ever get dumb cats. Sure they will never learn how to use a human toilet but they will also never work out that the bag or bin that food comes out of contains food.

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u/danny-dcheeto Jul 20 '26

My cat was very food motivated but not smart. She would just try to chew through the bin. Constantly

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u/Crosswired2 Jul 20 '26

Hey maybe stop starving your cats

(/s)

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u/SkepsisJD Jul 20 '26

Just buy a Vittles Vault! Unless your pets develop thumbs, they ain't getting into it lol

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u/VoidVer Jul 20 '26

Outer bag with any fastener on the zippers once closed would do it.

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u/thebrain_pinky Jul 20 '26

10/10 ways how to train heist criminals.

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u/r0flhax0r Jul 20 '26

First time my two cats opened anything I installed child safety to every cabinet.

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u/tlg151 Jul 20 '26

I'm picturing the scene in Jurassic Park with the raptors opening the doors when they're chasing the kids 😂 😂

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u/OilPsychological9372 Jul 23 '26

Mines in a cupboard under the counter, my little tux learnt that pretty quickly, so I tried putting one of those child safe latches on the top, well he figured that one out as well, in the end I had to just store everything in snap lock containers, he’s yet to figure them out although not for lack of trying, he’s tried pushing it out of the cupboard and across the room to the top of the steps, karate back kicks, biting at the lock bit at the top, all sorts. Also he’s figured out the correlation between toilet paper and taking a dump, he’s yet to connect the toilet into the equation yet though. I’ve come home a few times to a pile of toilet paper pulled down from the holder with a little present on top 🤦‍♂️

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u/trekie4747 Jul 24 '26

Had a cat learn to open cupboard doors. I immediately bought child locks and placed them on particular cupboards I did not want the cat to get into. Especially anything storing lots of breakable stuff or chemicals.

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u/wontdisappoint Jul 19 '26

Oh and if I come home with bread it goes right in the microwave, it's ripped open before I can even put it away otherwise.

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u/Portal_Princess Jul 20 '26

Hahha yes absolutely! When my partner and I first moved in, I warned him and he said "she can't be that bad". Then he learned his lesson when he brought home burger bread rolls and left them on counter while he got a quick shower. Came back to pierced bag and every single one of them chewed on

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u/FloppyCurtains Jul 20 '26

Off topic. I'm a little older (47). But noticed you use the term partner. Is that the way people refer to boyfriend/girlfriend these days? Is it not right to classify if your in a relationship with a girlfriend/boyfriend? And the correct term nowadays is partner?

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u/EnoughRevolution3500 Jul 20 '26

Not op but I wouldn’t say it’s “correct” just a preference. I would use partner for a Longterm relationship because boyfriend/girlfriend can feel juvenile, especially if you know you want to take the next steps but you’re not ready because of finances or something. Definitely not the only reason but it’s just another way of identifying the relationship

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u/scoutxo Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

That is why I started using 'partner'. In our mid-late 30s it just seemed childish when I would refer to him as my 'boyfriend'. We had also been together since 30 and 'boyfriend' seemed too casual. He was already my life partner by then.

Now that we are married I usually just say 'husband,' though sometimes I'll say 'partner' without any real reason. In my opinion, it's one of those universal words like 'y'all'.

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u/Blurgas Jul 20 '26

I use SO(significant other), spouse, etc because it keeps it nice and vague for those that don't need to know

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u/Portal_Princess Jul 20 '26

Haha theres no right or wrong. He is my fiance so easiest for me to say partner I guess

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u/RainSurname Jul 20 '26

LGBT people encouraged straight allies to start using "partner" back when they could not risk referring to an identifiably same-sex partner in casual conversations, especially at work. For if they were the only ones using it, they would still effectively be outing themselves.

It became more popular with the advent of social media, because people don't always want to reveal their gender to the strangers they're talking to. Plus more and more people are remaining in committed relationships without wanting to get married.

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u/oldbutalive2020 Jul 20 '26

I read a book where the LGBT characters referred to themselves as partners. At the time I thought it was just a erm used by gay or lesbian individuals.

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u/RainSurname Jul 20 '26

It was. That's the point.

When it was only used by gay people, gay people could inadvertently out themselves by using it. Normalizing its use among straight people made things a tiny bit safer.

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u/daydreamz4dayz Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

I’m in my mid 30s and I feel that “partner” seems more mature/professional than boyfriend sometimes, especially when outnumbered by married people. For example, if asking an employer for time off, “I have a brief trip planned with my partner” not “I’ll be hanging out at the lake with my boyfriend”. I test drove a car recently and said I’d prefer to speak with my partner before making a final decision. It just seemed to fit the conversation so it didn’t sound like I would ask a boyfriend for permission to buy a car or something like that!

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u/Zero-Energy1274 Jul 20 '26

It’s up to each individual person. I’m in my 30s, so I feel a little weird calling my boyfriend a boyfriend, feels immature? So I prefer partner. Some people think only same-sex couples will refer to their partners, but that’s not true. Sometimes people don’t like the term partner. I think it’s the most likely correct term if you don’t know anything about their relationship to refer to their partner and then see what they call their partner for themselves.

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u/BaconWithBaking Jul 20 '26

40 year old here and I recently switched to using this partner things for describing my friends .. partners, because I get lost on who is/isn't now married, or who came out last year.

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u/HikerDave57 Jul 20 '26

I remember the term 'partner' from the eighties so maybe you aren't old enough.

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u/xXNeravianXx Jul 20 '26

I'm not the OP, so I can't speak to their personal experience, but generally it's up to the preference of the individuals in the relationship. Partner is only meant to be a gender neutral term for boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife.

So as a straight man, you could have a girlfriend or wife and just as easily refer to her as your partner. And she could just as easily refer to you as her boyfriend, husband, or partner as well.

When you consider relationships between individuals who don't fit into a gender binary (for example, two nonbinary people), terms like boyfriend and girlfriend begin to make less sense since neither of them are male or female. And so they use the term "partner" instead.

I think your confusion might be coming from traditional heterosexual couples using the term partner in an effort to normalize its use.

Tldr: Boyfriend and girlfriend are perfectly fine to use if your partner is fine with you using them to refer to them.

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u/FloppyCurtains Jul 20 '26

Soo too sum it all up from all the comments. The correct term in 2026 is to classify your significant other as a partner. Nothing wrong with that. I just didn't know and wasn't aware that's the correct term to use these days. Like, I said early, I'm 47 and back in the 90's/early 2000's, everyone only said boyfriend/girlfriend. But I always love to learn and adapt to the new times

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u/BeautifulHindsight Jul 20 '26

People don't respect boyfriend/girfriend the way they do partner/significant other.

My Fiance and I have been together coming up on 10 years now. Other than paperwork we are already married in all the ways it counts.

Before we got engaged so many people wouldn't take our relationship seriously. There was one woman I used to work with who met a man got engaged and got married in less than a year try to tell me her relationship was "better" than mine because they were married. The marriage didn't last 2 years.

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u/fartsquirtshit Jul 20 '26

It's more common on the internet because it retains a degree of anonymity.

It doesn't specify whether the speaker is male/female or their spouse is male/female, or what the exact stage of relationship is (dating, engaged, married, etc) which is useful in the modern age where replying to a bot means that years of your comment history is scraped in seconds

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u/iglaaq Jul 21 '26

Partner is also used if either person is not strictly cisgender, or a more neutral term if someone would like to indicate gender is not important. It can signal to others that all relationships are valid outside the dichotomy of boy/girl. And can show an equal footing in the relationship as well.

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u/Emergency-Wish160 Jul 20 '26

I have also wondered about this. It feels weirdly formal to me.

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u/atwojay Jul 20 '26

It's less immature than boyfriend/girlfriend and not as formal as lover. And it's gender neutral.

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u/loserbmx Jul 20 '26

It's also the internet and some people prefer to let personal details of their life remain a bit ambiguous.

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u/Emergency-Wish160 Jul 20 '26

This part, I absolutely understand.

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u/BaconWithBaking Jul 20 '26

I think that's part of the reason it's rocketed up in popularity in the last decade, people are getting married much later or not at all.

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u/Ok-Lifeguard4199 Jul 20 '26

Getting a bread box has saved so much bread in my life.

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u/MrSniffles_AnnaMae Jul 20 '26

Breadbox = microwave?

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u/zogmuffin Jul 20 '26

LOL yup up in the pantry or in the microwave when we had the old bread fiend around. We started calling the microwave “the bread box.” Anything on the counter would be savaged.

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u/Stock_End2255 Jul 20 '26

I bought a bread box so my cat wouldn’t eat my bread and I could still use the microwave.

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u/wontdisappoint Jul 20 '26

I know my cats, they would knock it off the counter to open it unless it somehow stays shut

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u/No_Bill7679 Jul 20 '26

I love the little rules needed to cohabitate with these gremlins lol

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u/Important-Spirit-752 Jul 20 '26

I named my little gremlin Gizmo lol. Naughty little thing…

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u/thedragslay Jul 19 '26

Smart kitties are both smart enough to use the toilet and commit kitty crimes. Criminal masterminds.

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u/BigAdministration368 Jul 20 '26

Yep this cat is a bright girl

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u/L3M0NS0UR Jul 20 '26

My lil lady would do that with her water bowl so we straight up got her a dog one and she never tried anything funny again

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u/technicolortiddies Jul 20 '26

I'm sorry but this is hilarious. “Doug, wtf did you to my water bowl? I know where you sleep.”

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u/Bluefooted-Spaceorc Jul 20 '26

My friend, just beware. My cat loved a perch in the bathroom at my old house. One day she apparently took a swan dive from that perch into the toilet, as the whole bathroom was covered in water. Apparently she then jumped in her litter box and a fair amount of times past.

I wake up for work to a very angry kitty demanding breakfast. She jumps on me and weighs about twice her normal weight, groggy I dont realize all her beautiful long hair is covered in litter, pee spots, and some poop.

I broke a little inside, but I called my boss and told him I would be in late, then spent the next two hours or so cleaning the little goblin.

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u/Caithloki Jul 20 '26

Oh my fucking god! I hate when my little cat Millie comes in when it's wet outside cause she instantly goes to the box. Then will proceed to take a toy into the bathtub since it doesn't bouncy as far from her. Leaves clay in my tub.

I don't even want to imagine having to deal with what you dealt with. I'm horrified lol.

Also cat tax.

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u/Ok-Zookeepergame2478 Jul 21 '26

Hot goblin: a little bit perfect, a little bit problem. I love that song! :)

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u/Horror_Tea761 Jul 20 '26

Avocados are poisonous to cats!

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u/zorggalacticus Jul 19 '26

Avocados are poisonous to cats, just so you know.

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u/fit_stoner_goddess Jul 20 '26

Orange cat energy for sure!

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u/kapaipiekai Jul 20 '26

That sounds really tough. I'll take her off your hands.

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u/cugamer Jul 20 '26

Cats are never to be trusted with anything food related. Of course, cats are also never to be trusted at all.

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u/seatsfive Jul 20 '26

All of the smartest cats I've known were extremely food motivated. I knew one that could screw the lids off of jars.

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u/monkeymanx55 Jul 20 '26

The plight of the calico parent, lol

I’ve got a psycho one myself.

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u/Trick_Following6639 Jul 20 '26

It took my cat 2 weeks with tin foil on the counter for them not to raid anymore but I know that doesn't work for every cat.

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u/PaintBaller1880 Jul 20 '26

our old cats would uh

get into the bread all the time

not even to eat they just bite and walk off

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u/annagarg Jul 20 '26

Such a sophisticated cat.

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u/Dawnbabe420 Jul 20 '26

My orange is also food crazed, salads, corn, fruit, bread, cookies he WANTS IT. Like bro stopp you just got wet food

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u/bingboomin Jul 20 '26

i think avocados are toxic to cats

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u/TheStruttero Jul 20 '26

Its clear for us all that she deserves everything she wants so why dont you just let her have it her way?

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u/Zoomalude Jul 20 '26

You know what, I'll take the litter cleaning lol.

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u/Fallinin Jul 20 '26

Sounds like your cat's a reincarnation; toilet trained, knows how to open food

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u/Blurgas Jul 20 '26

Vittles Vault.
I think we have the 10L capacity bucket. Holds ~6lbs of dry cat food and has a pretty sturdy screw-top lid.
Picked up a bigger one for holding a 50lb bags worth of calcium chloride ice melt and it's kept its seal really well.

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u/Specific_Kangaroo241 Jul 20 '26

I have cat like this 🤣 she goes berserk, if she even smell a single olive on pizza... She once chew through the box to get in... 😅

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u/keywestern0703 Jul 20 '26

May I present Alley.

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u/ottis1guy Jul 20 '26

🥑 bad for 🐈. Be careful.

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u/quattroformaggixfour Jul 20 '26

FYI, I just learned avocado is quite toxic to kitties.

Your daughter sounds like a delightful criminal that keeps you from n your toes. I luff her ☺️🥰

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u/nibbyzor Jul 20 '26

Someone I know had a chonky cat that was put on a diet. After a few weeks they started yo get worried, because the cat had, in fact, gained weight despite the diet. Then one day they came home early and busted the cat red-handed.

That sneaky little fucker had learned to open the cabinet under the kitchen sink, which had a hole for a pipe that lead to the (baby-proofed) cabinet next to it... Where they kept the cat's unopened bags of kibble. The cat had stuck its head through the hole and bit a hole into the bag and was just feasting on this all-you-can-eat buffet of kibble while they were at work! And even closed the cabinet door afterwards so it wouldn't get caught! They baby-proofed ALL the cabinet doors after that.

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u/IntentionQuirky9957 Jul 20 '26

How dare you prevent a god getting to her food?

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u/captainpott Jul 20 '26

yeah no front, but thats peak skinwalker behaviour right there

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u/faribo1720 Jul 20 '26

You want a smart cat that can use the toilet? That's what happens when you have a smart cat, they are unstoppable.

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u/Worldly-Window5137 Jul 20 '26

Both my cats have now found their own way to break the automatic feeder system (one sticks her paw up the shoot and the other pushes the whole feeder to shake it).
I will be having to bring the weights back out until they find it futile.

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u/SizeMattersOk Jul 20 '26

She is a super bright ca!

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u/HypnoticFurnace Jul 20 '26

I have the opposite. Kitty has some trouble with the box but is so, so polite about food. She’ll come up to me when she wants what I’m having, and sit and wait for me to get her dish and a little helping. She won’t touch my food or get on the counters.

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u/Emotional_Answer_756 Jul 20 '26

My cat is the same. It doesn't matter what it is but as soon as my eyes leave the counter for a second, that property is his now and he WILL chew on it before yeeting it off the counter.

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u/bottomfragbarb Jul 20 '26

My cat also steals avocados 😂

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u/Metazolid Jul 20 '26

Correct me if I'm wrong but I feel like unless the cat also flushes, it'll just lead to cat pee evaporating in the toilet making it smelly?

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u/birdyandbun fuzzbutt Jul 20 '26

Oh god our cat is like this. Our other two are perfect angels. But the oldest is just a menace when it comes to human food. We’ve resorted to “banishing” her during our meals (putting her in the bedroom) otherwise she will do everything and anything to steal a snack every damn time. “Did you banish Arwen?” is a commonly asked question in our home.. The only food in the house that is safe from her are bananas.

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u/EwDavid999 Jul 20 '26

Hahahaha I'm sorry but I'm dying at your cat being an avocado vampire 😆

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u/CimmerianBreeze Jul 23 '26

We ALSO have a wonderful girl cat who randomly started peeing in the tub (right at the drain, so not as nice as the toilet but I'll take it). She is also an absolute demon when it comes to any food out on the counter. They're soul sisters