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."
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