Hi Andy,

Before you start throwing toxic chemicals into the toillet, start by
pouring some vinegar in it or lemon juice concentrate in order to make
the water as awfully tasting as possible.

After a few weeks of not being able to stand the taste of the water,
the cat will give up on trying to drink from the bowl.

Then you can start with the plutonium-based mold disintegrating acid.

Good luck!

A

"1_Patriotic_Gal" wrote in message hlink.net...
Jim,
I appreciate any further advice -- I previously tried your suggestion, but
the bathrooms are rather small -- The consequences:
1) The air circulation in the house is much better with the doors open as
the A/C air supply duct in there provides a lot of air that is needed in the
adjoining rooms.
2) The wife finds the air freshener (toilet hangar) smell overwhelmming on
entry when the door is kept closed

Unfortunately the cat is an indoor only cat and has been with the wife
longer than I have (1989).

Thanks again,
Andy

"jim" wrote in message ...
1_Patriotic_Gal wrote:

My pet spent the week with a relatives dog and came back with a new
learned
bad habit, drinking from the toilet -- If I leave the lid down a black
mold
starts growing within a day or two and rapidly spreads - Even with the
lid
open, without a toilet cleaner hanging, the mold grows -- It is
definately
mold as it grows and grows! -- I have tried Lysol brand clip on toilet
bowl
hangars but with the lid closed they are only effective for a few days.
My
spouse doesn't like the smell of the hangar with the lid open and is
paranoid they will kill the cat if he drinks from the toilet with the
lysol
brand Cling toilet cleaner hanger. So what are my options? Certainly
others have pets who drink from the toilet.

If I put nothing in the toilet, mold will grow, lid up or down. I also
don't want to eat away at the rubber tank flapper which I was frequently
replacing when I put cleaners in the tank; which is why we switched to a
bowl hangar. I have used a weekly cup of bleach in the bowl to kill
existing mold when it was an unbeatable problem when we first moved
in -- I
would hope there is a more reasonable answer than doing this weekly to
both
toilets. We are on city water.

Thanks in advance.
Andy
close the the bathroom door so the cat cannot get in the toilet or keep
the cat outside... remedy...