30 October 2010

Potty-Training

Also called 'The Adventures of Val and Chica-Chapter 1'

Having pets is always slightly time-consuming.  As I don't have much extra time for a pet to consume--especially when it comes to cleaning up tracked kitty litter, I decided to check into potty training a cat.

All of the you-tube videos made it seem quite simple and relatively easy.  Though, they did hint at there being some steps that could get a little messy.  I think this may be an understatement.

As there are several steps to the process, the kitty litter is not actually removed from the picture for quite a while.  Allowing kitty litter anywhere near a toilet is going to call some caution to the matter.  But...ah...as with any kid...pets, I've found...have no qualm in taking their revenge on the unknown and seemingly uncouth.

Within the first day of attempting this process, she, Chica, the cat, had overturned the bowl of (fresh) kitty litter into the basin of the toilet.  In the midst of a shower, I had to quickly salvage what litter I could and figure out how to discard the rest (as it was a bit too thick to go down the drain).

We have since then learned to work with each other on this adventure, and there are now safeguards all over the toilet-for her protection and mine (and the toilet's).

This weekend we will start a new step.  Please wish us luck and pray!