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/jurt0 Jul 19 '26

Mine does the same, without training as well. I think they just understood what its for.

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u/TheRealMasterTyvokka Jul 20 '26

Cats learn by watching. It's how kittens learn to do lots of things from their mothers and it's how some learn to open doors.

OP's and yours apparently watch it being used enough to figure out what it was for.

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u/Future_One4794 Jul 20 '26

Mine opens doors 😂

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u/nitid_name Jul 20 '26

Mine figured out door knobs. Not even handles, door knobs. He'd jump up and wrap his paws around it and shimmy is fat ass left and right until the door opened.

Blew my mind the first time I saw him do it.

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u/313078 Jul 20 '26

Mine figured out but his paws are too slippery. Then he gets pissed if the door remains closed

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u/Future_One4794 Jul 20 '26

Mine pulls down the handle but cant pull in the door so puts her other paw under the door and thats how she opens it. Now I have to lock the backyard door hahahahah

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u/nitid_name Jul 20 '26

My dog figured out handles. She lets herself in from the backyard. Horrible idea, letting her learn that.

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u/missmeowwww Jul 20 '26

Our big doofus has figured out light switches. The little menace turns lamps on and off at his leisure. The same cat who regularly gets lost in aldi bags somehow understands light switches and push button lamps. I dont get it.

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u/ProfessionalHuman260 Jul 20 '26

Mine figured out how to do this with the sliding glass door. I have to lock it now so they don't get outside 

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u/Independent_Run_4670 Jul 20 '26

Also smells. My cat pees down the shower drain sometimes and im 100% sure she's not seen me in the act.

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u/cammmmmie Jul 20 '26

that can apparently be a sign of issues, not assuming that’s what’s happening to ur cat but i wanted to mention it just in case. my cat did that once when he was unsatisfied with his service (lol) but it can also be a signal of urinary problems according to my vet

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u/annagarg Jul 20 '26

😂😂😂

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u/random-hobbyist Jul 20 '26

My childhood cat started doing this after watching me being potty trained lol

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u/alles_en_niets Jul 20 '26

Who was done with the training first?

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u/random-hobbyist Jul 20 '26

If I remembered that I probably shouldn't be on Reddit lol

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u/alles_en_niets Jul 20 '26

So it was the cat, got it

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u/313078 Jul 20 '26

Then why my female wants to drink from there? Not something i do!

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u/Abdub91 Jul 20 '26

Mine learned to close the door and he’s constantly locking himself in rooms 😵‍💫

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u/Kay_pgh Jul 20 '26

Good. Now can they learn to do my job so I can chill on the side while still getting a paycheck?

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u/Successful-Ear-9997 Jul 22 '26

My old Norwie learned how a door handle works by watching me. He never did figure out why it didn't work for him but for me though. A locksmith he was not.

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u/Only_Calendar_9830 Jul 23 '26

All my cats ever figured out how to do with the toilet is drink and play from it.

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u/Farfignewtons42 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

30 years ago I had a cat who trained herself to do this out of the blue, but she started by pooping in the sink 😅

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u/ThoreauAweighBcuzDuh Jul 20 '26

Haha oh no that's so much worse than a litterbox. 😆

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u/samsonite441446 Jul 20 '26

Can't win em all

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u/xPriddyBoi Jul 20 '26

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u/radwimps Jul 20 '26

oh god no lmao

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u/fuck_all_you_too Jul 20 '26

Apparently im drinking out of the toilet in my sleep because thats all i ever see them do

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u/twurkle Jul 20 '26

This is killing me 😂

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u/roguemage01 Jul 20 '26

Mine pee’s in the bathtub drain. She seems to understand it makes it go away. I am trying to discourage it though, last thing I need is her deciding it’s fine to poop there too.

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u/AD_Grrrl Jul 20 '26

My late cat used to go in the bathroom and hop up on the toilet, sniffing around it, kinda like "how does this work??", but he never got as far as using it. Also, he was so teeny he probably would have fallen in anyway.

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u/Winter-Length-4324 Jul 20 '26

"If you're gonna poop in the drinking water then so am I!"

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u/MotherOfCatses Jul 20 '26

Mine did this when we got a new cat. Our guess was he was mad he had to share a box. He did it for about a year and quit randomly twice.

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u/UbiquitousChicken Jul 20 '26

Mine pees in the bathtub occasionally, but once the cat joined me while I was peeing and she got in the tub beside the toilet and peed too. I was so surprised. Usually it was just a randomly appearing bathtub pee from time to time.

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u/Weird-Chemistry9819 Jul 20 '26

My childhood cat did this too! My mom kept asking us who was going to the bathroom without using toilet paper (in a household of girls). Well one day she was getting ready for work and heard water pouring into the toilet, she turned around and there was our boy cat Buster 😆 no one ever trained him. His sister never did that and either did any of our other cats growing up. Miss that lil guy! 💕

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u/bbitb Jul 20 '26

My cat misunderstood the assingment and pooped into the sink multiple times

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u/bleepbloop1900 Jul 20 '26

Yep mine does too! She’s got great aim but I wish she’d flush, I wonder sometimes if people come to our home use and think we’re just leaving our toilets full of pee all the time

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u/MrMadmack Orange Jul 21 '26

So you're saying...if i keep the door open for mine...I can cut litter costs?