Sammy's new trick

Sammy is the latest kitty in the zoo. Stephanie adopted him as a tiny kitten (stray) and Bailey had to move home because she was very mean to him. Turns out there is Kitty Karma in the world - since she moved home Calyx has taken to stalking her and picking fights with her when they are in close proximity (karma, karma, karma). Bailey loves living at home where she can go outside. She spends hours sitting on the fence observing the squirrels. She was housebound at Steph's apartment because it is on a very busy college campus street.

Anyway, Sammy is yet another black and white kitty who has joined our family zoo. He does well in the apartment setting, having absolutely no inclination to venture outside. He has a new trick - well not really a trick so much as a really useful new habit - he's using the toilet now. Really! He follows Stephanie around from room to room and just decided that he was going to use the potty after she did one morning.

She sent me a text message while I was at work one morning; "MOM! Sammy just peed in the toilet right after I did!". She'd just gotten up, visited the bathroom (for obvious reasons), washed her hands, brushed her teeth, heard a tinkling in the toilet and turned around to see Sammy doing his thing. She praised him heartily and he's using it all the time now. You know what they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - well YEAH! He seems to be very proud of himself, and likes to watch the flushing as well.

Here he is...






























How's that for a kitty accomplishment? Steph said she thought about teaching him how to flush, but then thought he might enjoy that so much her water bill would more than she could handle (-: