Also: the solution to keeping cats and dogs from drinking out of the toilet is to </i>shut the bathroom door.</i> Difficult, I know, if there's a catbox issue, but after four years of the reign of terror which was having the late Elvyra think the bathroom belonged to her, and having more than once had her drop, claws out, onto my intentionally still-asleep head in the middle of the night, putting a litter box right in front of the front door, even, sounds like a civilized idea. (In strict fact the catbox is down at the end of the kitchen, under a set of cat shelves, between the table with the orchids and the back door).