Our WoW guild has started raiding. I've been waiting for this for nearly a year and finally we have enough people to raid. Yay!
This was the view I had the latest raid night.
Raid Night
Friday, November 27
Wednesday, November 25
5-year Anniversary Feature, November
This is the last Wednesday of the month and I am posting what I was up to that month for the past five years. I hope you enjoy the trip down the memory lane with me.
2004, Stockholm
2005, Dublin
Sights of Dublin (I still can't get over the palm trees)
2006, Dublin
Applying for jobs in Stockholm
2007, Stockholm
Moved to my new flat, played around with furniture and a small retrospect on my life
2008, Stockholm
Friday, November 20
Toilet Training Cats, I Give Up
As I was preparing for yet another business trip this week, it occurred to me that there will be no one to empty the small bowl. And then, that there would be no one to flush either if they were toilet trained. So, I gave up.
Considering that I travel often, that there are two cats, and even if a cat sitter flushed the toilet once a day, the frequency still wouldn't be enough. It would only work if the cat sitter lived in the flat and flushed the toilet as needed.
As far as progress went, they both put two front paws on the rim pretty regularly, it was random with Juku if he put two or three paws up. Sona only put two. It probably would have taken about one to two weeks more to completely train them, but...
They were so happy to get the usual litter box back. Happy and exited. I felt a bit bad for forcing them to use that tiny little bowl, but it was a good experiment. I just had not considered all the circumstances when I decided to begin.
To sum: it is perfectly possible to train cats to use a toilet. However, it is not practical if one travels often, or stays away for more than an ordinary work day. Even one night away is too long.
Monday, November 9
Toilet Training Cats, Phase IV
Today is my birthday and I celebrated it by eating chocolate cake with my friends in World of Warcraft. I also gave a can of tuna for the kittens.
Phase IV: A bowl instead of a box.
The toilet training progresses. I have replaced the ordinary box with a bowl and things haven't gone without a glitch. Yesterday I was a emptying it and Sona crawled into the bag with cat sand to do his business because he couldn't wait. Fortunately his backside stuck out of the bag so he only made a puddle on the floor.
I poured some fresh cat sand on it, let it soak a bit and scooped it up. Then I scrubbed the floor with citrusy soap to discourage them to associate that spot with pee. Things went rather well afterwards. When I could see them doing their thing, Juku put three paws on the seat, Sona put all four into the bowl and there haven't been any more accidents.
That means that it's going to take a while to teach Sona to squat on the seat with all fours. I began by lifting both his front feet to the seat. Once he does that automatically, I'll begin lifting one of his back legs, then the other. I'll be teaching Juku at the same time to put the last paw on the seat.
It would be awesome if Sona would learn from Juku, then I can get rid of the sand even faster.
P.S. No pix yet. It's hard to catch a kitten on the toilet, not to mention having a camera at hand. Patience, young one.