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frequentmouse
2008-10-22 04:55 pm UTC (link)

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).

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	kookaburra 2008-10-22 05:18 pm UTC (link)
	Ha ha, when I had my cat's box in the bathroom, he would come in there while I was on the john and use it, all the while giving me this eager look as if to say, "See! We are bonding over a group activity! Isn't this FUN?!" He would also always drop stinkbombs when I was "held captive" so to speak. /cat anecdote (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lazulisong 2008-10-22 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	Mine just rushes in eagerly and waits for you to be finished, staring up with impatient expectation, and then puts both paws on the edge and watches the water go down the hoooolllllllleeee with deep fascination. He also likes to balance on the seat and stare deeply into the water as if he expects fish to magically appear. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iris 2008-10-22 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Mine used to hide in the bathroom, and then when I was in there, he'd suddenly appear and rub against my legs and purrrrrr. While I was changing tampons. This is when I started leaving the door closed. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hazy 2008-10-23 01:29 am UTC (link)
	I had a cat that loved to watch the water go down the hole; one day, he decided to bat at the contents. I stopped letting him watch after that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2008-10-23 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Yay Tiny Toons reference! I loved that episode so much- possibly because it hadn't been long since I'd had little kids. The "ellalator goes UP" one is even better. (Reply to this)(Parent)

insanityprelude
2008-10-24 09:00 pm UTC (link)

Mine follow me into the bathroom. They don't do anything (even though the catbox is in there,) they just follow me and sit and watch. For some reason, Squeak's at his most affectionate towards someone who's trying to take a pee :/ or just got out of the shower.

Also, once while I was brushing my teeth, TC (who you must understand is this big, 20-pound ball of fat and fluff who the neighbors mistook for a small dog once) managed to jump from the top of the toilet, OVER the shower door. He took out the curtain rod on the way, but when I opened the shower door he was just happily sitting there licking the bottom of the tub. o.O;;;

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	brennalarose 2008-10-22 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Also solves the issue of the cats using the sink for a bed and sitting under the tub faucet to find out where the water goes. Of course, we forget and leave the door open, but I have cats who seem to enjoy being gently tossed. (Reply to this)(Parent)

soupspooks
2008-10-22 06:00 pm UTC (link)

Sadly, this is not necessarily a viable option. My cats take deep offence at being locked out of any of the rooms in my tiny appartment. If I close the bathroom door, they will spend all day clawing at it to try and open the thing, and cause some rather unpleasent damage. There is an inch of paint missing from the bottom of my bedroom door for precicely that reason.

But I live alone, so I can leave the toilet completely shut all I darn well want. :P

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	insanityprelude 2008-10-24 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	Squeaky-butt does that to the floor in front of a door when he wants in. He seems to have figured out that someone'll come open it to stop the noise, if not to protect the carpet. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	zyna_kat 2008-10-22 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	My kittehs do not tolerate closed doors in the house! And they have to be in the bathroom when I'm in there, or else they'll (apparently) DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH!!!111!!! So, both lids stay down. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vzg 2008-10-23 01:53 am UTC (link)
	We just preferred the seat-down solution because a closed door usually made us (dumb as we are) think someone was using the bathroom. Except my parents bathroom, of course. >.> Buuut now we have to close all upper-floor doors. Sigh. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	theninth 2008-10-23 01:38 pm UTC (link)
	We keep the seat and lid down to keep the cats out. Closing the door means someone's in there (there's one bathroom in the house and three people). Nothing sadder than falling back to sleep in the middle of the night, in the hallway, leaning against the closed door only to wake up in the morning and find out no one was actually in there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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