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Stage 1
Begin by moving the cat's current litter box from wherever it is to one side of the toilet. Make sure he knows where it is and uses it. REST.
Next put something -- a stack of newspapers, a phone book, a cardboard box -- under the litter box to raise it, say, about an inch. (Magazines are too slick; you don't want the litter box sliding around and making Felix feel insecure.) REST.
Get another box or phone book and raise it a little higher. REST.
Continue this process until the bottom of the litter box is level with the top of the toilet seat. Two inches per day seems to be the average for most cats.
At the beginning of this process, your cat could just step into the box; later he may begin jumping up into it, until at some point he (hopefully) starts jumping up onto the toilet seat first and stepping into the box from there. You've been diligently keeping the lid up and the seat down, of course, so by now your cat is thoroughly familiar with tromping around on the open toilet.
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