Can I flush cat p**p in the toilet?

Question

On your child's plastic diapers you are instructed to empty the p**p out into the toilet before sending the diaper to the landfill. That makes sense. The landfill is not a good place for fecal matter and the diseases that it may carry. However, on my cat litter I get admonished exactly the opposite. Cat f***s should be thrown in the trash, not flushed down the toilet. Why? I know that clay-based cat litter will quickly clog your plumbing. But what could be wrong with cat f***s intermingling with the human kind? Why would the landfill be preferred? Are the instructions on my cat litter just wrong?

Answer 1

Cat f***s itself will do nothing to your plumming.  It is smaller than yours.  The cat litter is just trying to avoid any mishaps that may occur to your plumming (and may land them a law suit).  It is ok to send cat f***s in the trash.  You do not want to send human waste to a landfill because of possible diseases, most workers at a landfill and your local waste management company are not prepared to handle biological waste.

Answer 2

Wow, I'm suprised there are so many "environmentaly friendly" people here, and not a single one of them got the correct answer.

WHERE does you toilet waste go when you flush it?

If you live near the water, then NO you should not flush the p**p, ESPECIALLY if you are on a city sewer system.

Cat p**p carries diseases.  Diseases that are trasmited to wildlife.

Cat p**p is one of the signifigant reasons there has been a decline in the sea otter population around California.  All that flushed cat p**p is giving the sea otters diseases to which they have zero immunity.  

Unless you know exactly where your sewage goes, then don't flush it!  If it goes into your spectic system (not a city one) and you do NOT live near water, then it is safe to do so.  Otherwise, it's much better if you don't do it.

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

Answer 3

sure

Answer 4

...it says not to flush it bc it will mess up your plumbing...nothing to do with the c**p itself..some litter you can flush and it will say it right on the box...why dont you try and flush it and see if the directions put on there by the company for you to compy with are wrong...just dont try and sue them when it messes your stuff up

Answer 5

p**p is p**p, you can flush it in the toilet.

just not elephant p**p! thats gotta be 10 lbs per square foot!

Answer 6

If you have a septic tank system, then the problem would be that the litter will not break down, and so take up space in the tank.  If you have a city sewer system, then go ahead and flush it.  The city systems will have filters to seperate the litter etc. from that that will break down (decompose)!

Answer 7

Human p**p... cat p**p.. same c**p.

Answer 8

Best I can suggest is using a cat litter made from sawdust - there's one on the market that's popular but can't remember the name.  Use a litter that won't clog your plumbing and you can flush your cat's waste.  Other than that, it's because of the litter that clings to the cat's waste, not the waste itself, that's harmful to your plumbing.

Answer 9

yep

Answer 10

Of course you can but stop treating your queen like royalty. Kitty litter for you!

Answer 11

I  wouldn't

it is a waste of water

Answer 12

I said yes

Answer 13

Of course you can throw cat waste into the toilet.

Answer 14

the real trick is getting the cat to do it...

Answer 15

Interesting question! I know people that flush all sorts down their toilet particularly 'cos they live in apartments. Be interesting to see what the responses are regarding that clay-based litter and p**p. As for emptying baby p**p off diapers, that's really just for the fly and smell factor...but disposable diapers are a shocking invention as they just don't biodegrade at landfills.  They should be collected by sanitation unit operators who have chemicals in their sanitation units that dissolve the diapers and sanitary napkins - not sent to landfills. If you've got any flower gardens..why not bury the p**p in there?

Answer 16

yes YOU can

Answer 17

Yes, it is pretty much the same as your own. Same for dogie doo.

Litter is a different matter. it will collect in the sewers and does not bio degrade the way poo does.

Sand used as litter can be flushed with water and reused any number of times. one still does not want sand going into the sewers.

One then uses the scoop to remove the poo, piles the sand outdoors On a raised area, and flood it with water, then let it completely drain. Cats do not need to have their sand dried completely, but they like it well drained, even like to have it exposed to the sun for a while between uses.