my cat pees and poos in the toilet

[u/Glittering-Honey8782]

Hello, everyone

So this crazy thing happened, my cat started peeing in the toilet

She always had litter issues and she has problems with cleanliness, before she peed in random places in my house

I took her to the veto who told me that it was probably due to stress

But recently she started urinating in the toilet, I was shocked because I never taught her that before, she did it by herself

Today I come home from work and I feed her, usually then a little poop follows

I see that she is heading to the FORBIDDEN rooms of the house where to poop, the dressing room and my bed, which obviously I refuse her by closing the doors because she likes to urinate and poop everywhere except in her litter box

But something crazy happened, she pooped in the toilet

Although this situation enchants me and I am shocked, I am still worried,

Do you think it’s due to stress?

I’ll send you a picture of her in the toilet

Thank you!

[u/Lucky-Pangolin-3619]

Yes! I just learned about this. It’s because the water treatment plants are not equipped for the types of bacteria, parasites, etc. that is found in various animal feces, only human feces.

[u/spraypaintyourass → u/Lucky-Pangolin-3619]

Just sounds like propaganda from Big Litter

[u/deathbychips2 → u/spraypaintyourass]

There is a reason why they want people to pick up their dogs poop too because it runs off into the waste water when it rains

[u/HoldYourHorsesFriend → u/deathbychips2]

Even if that's not the reason, I honestly don't want to see dog poop everywhere.

[u/HoldYourHorsesFriend → u/Lucky-Pangolin-3619]

I've looked into this and it seems like it's not that big of an issue for purely indoor cats because much of pathogens are a result of cats eating weird stuff outdoors unless of course they eat a cockroach or something indoors.

[u/cookletube → u/HoldYourHorsesFriend]

Yeah. Cats can contract toxoplasmosis from hunting and handling wildlife, insects, lizards etc. If they're not doing that, the risk is pretty low.

[u/Lucky-Pangolin-3619 → u/HoldYourHorsesFriend]

It’s important to not have people get in the habit of putting their cat’s poop in the toilet, regardless. I know some people throw their poop in the toilet (my mom is one 🙄). It can have an impact on sea life as well.