Thinking Outside the Litter Box

They say necessity is the mother of invention.  When Rebecca Rescate and her husband moved into a small apartment in New York City, they had to downsize significantly.

"Space was very limited. Our apartment was only 600 square feet and we were constantly forced to get rid of things," she says.  Upon moving into their apartment they sold pieces of their furniture, donated clothes to charity and put treasured belongings in storage.

The one thing they wouldn't part with was their 11-year old cat Samantha. "We were challenged with finding a good hiding spot for her litter box. We kept it in the coat closet for a short time but quickly became disgusted by the smell and mess. I knew we had to find an alternative," says Rescate.

She turned to the best solution she could find, cat toilet training. The idea was introduced to her by a family member whose cat had toilet trained itself.  "I was excited to begin the training with my cat but when I began to research the subject on the Internet I was disappointed by the results," says Rescate.  

She was looking to purchase a comprehensive training kit that provided all the information she needed to train her cat to use the toilet. Unable to find what she was looking for, she was forced to do the research herself and create her own training device for Samantha. After months of research and many test devices, Samantha was successfully trained and CitiKitty was born.

The CitiKitty Cat Toilet Training Kit, available at www.citikitty.com includes all the materials a cat owner needs to get started with training their cat. The kit includes the CitiKitty Training Seat, which fits all standard toilets, along with a Quick Start Training Guide and the CitiKitty Tips & Tricks Brochure.

"The training process is very straightforward," Rescate explains.  The first step is moving your cat's litter box into the bathroom. After one week you replace your cats litter box with the CitiKitty Training Seat.

"With no litter box around," Rescate continues, "your cat quickly gets used to the idea of jumping up on the seat to relieve itself."  Over time, sections of the seat are taken away.  When all the sections have been removed, your cat is officially potty-trained.

Once the training is complete not only do you benefit from no longer having to deal with the terrible smell of kitty litter, you also save a lot of money on cat litter. Good thing, too, says Rescate. According to the ASPCA, cat owners spend over $175 per year on litter.

Want to see training process in action?  Log on to www.citikitty.com for a look at a video of a CitiKitty toilet trained cat using the device.  

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