PHOTO: Meet the Cat Who Behaves Like a Human When Toilet Time Comes

A cat-lover from England has amazed animal experts by teaching his pet moggy Salem to use a human toilet. Luke Evans became fed-up with the puss using a smelly litter tray in his second floor flat. 

So he trained nine-month-old Salem to go to the toilet in his bathroom by offering cheese-flavoured treats as a reward. The talented cat can also shake paws and roll over – and is currently being taught to fetch. But it is his human-like toilet skills that have left experts baffled.

 29-year-old Luke, who lives with his partner in Solihull, West Midlands, said: “A lot of the time we don’t even realise that he’s been to the loo. “Sometimes we hear him scratching at the seat but it’s only when we step into the bathroom and see the evidence in the toilet that we know for sure. “He can’t use the flush yet – he needs more training for that. It took a couple of months for him to pick it up – we used a child’s toilet training seat at first “I guess it’s a pretty rare thing.

 I mentioned it at work and everyone was pretty amazed.” Their local veterinary practice was so impressed with Salem’s tricks that it crowned the marvellous moggy a cat in a million. Becki Pratt, practice manager at YourVets Solihull, said: “We see many talented animals here at the clinic but Salem is a cut above the rest. “Most cats go out in the garden or litter tray.

 We’ve heard the phrase: ‘You can’t teach an old dog new tricks’, but apparently you can teach a young cat anything – as Salem has proved.”