A while back I had posted that I had a new roommate called Jimmy the Chin, and I have been trying to get him potty trained. I started w/his kitty litter box next to the toilet and within a week, I added a mixing bowl, set in the ring and filled that up w/kitty litter. He would use it to pee, but once I removed the kitty litter box, this was his new litter “box” (or bowl shall we say).
Everything that I have read has been to then start pulling his feet out one at a time so that he learns where to place them and how to balance. He started with a front paw out, so I only had to teach him to remove the other front paw, which he learned quickly. His back paws have been more of a prb. Most of the issues, though, are that I don’t see him go too often, so I can’t reinforce this behavior.
My solution, after a few months of this, was to start creating a hole in the center of the bowl and slowly make it bigger. What started as a quarter sized hole is now about 10" or so (this is over the course of about 45 days). He is adapting to it, but Sunday, for the first time ever, I found that he pooped on the bathroom rug and then tried to cover it by flipping up the corners and stuff. I cleaned everything up and washed the rug and detailed the bathroom. He has since used the toilet again, and by the end of this week, I’ll make that hole a little bigger. It’s almost to the point where I can remove it completely, and that’ll make me quite happy.
