Thread: A whole raft of questions from a prospective owner (slave?).

Hi AlecD!
I am married to a software engineer so I know how his mind works! Always planning ahead. He was not a cat person when we got our MC, he is now totally in love with this large in charge cat. She even does palates with him in the morning. I am totally an indoor cat person as here in the US letting cats run the streets is discouraged. She gets along great with our two beagles, she does prefer one over the other. I used a automatic cleaning box with a moggie I had and the problem was that the piddle was scrapped away before it could solidify which just made a mess of the scrapper. I have trained my girl ginger to use the loo, and she is very good at it. No litter box to clean and no icky smells of urine to deal with. It helps to start training them when they are kittens. I always kept her litter box in the loo so I had to start raising it to the level of the loo, and after a while it is just second nature to hop up and go. I have to say the Ginger is the most dog like cat, she loves to have her belly rubbed. Good luck on your decision to do what is best for you. I think they are great companions and do not need as much attention as a puppy!
This was the first step of the journey to rid us of the litter box! kind of messy but they move along to the next step quickly (sometimes)

Ginger checking out the hole in the Litterkwitter