the kitty litter thread

Tams · **Posted:** 08 Mar 2010, 20:53

agata wrote:

Okay, this is not offensive because someone here might engage in the annoying behaviour, but because it involves cats and pooing.

EVERY single time I empty and clean my cat's litter box, he has to use it right after I put the fresh box down. This is not marking it with pee. This makes me think he is saving it up for a box change. It's not that I wait until the box is dirty to change it. I do total changes 2-3 times a week, and we scoop in between.

Today he not only waited until I had just changed the box, but he lingered outside until I had finished washing my hands.

Urgh, our cat does this as well. I'm really the only one in the house who changes it, and I scoop it quite frequently, but *every* time I finish, my cat strolls back into the box and uses it. It always makes me feel like he was desperately holding it in for some reason, even though most of the time he's sleeping and wakes up when he hears me start scooping his box. Maybe it's their way of marking the box as their territory or something? Or maybe reminding us how somehow they've conned humans into digging their poop out of dirt

equestrianerd · **Posted:** 09 Mar 2010, 00:09

Haha, I love cats. Mine doesn't do this, but I've had cats that do. Horses do it ALL the time, too.

Gotta love 'em. At least the poo doesn't smell as much? (I'm a huge fan/convert to pine litter, too, the litterbox could be practically overflowing and it'd just smell mildy, it is awesome.)

Mezoti · **Joined:** 01 Feb 2010, 16:53 **Posts:** 281

My kitty does that. But that's probably because I suck at changing the box. (Okay, I do it once a day, but His Highness would like it scooped everytime he did anytime.)

BeccaJaneStClair · **Posted:** 09 Mar 2010, 16:45

My cat (my mom has him right now) does it, too. Anytime you put clean litter in his box, he has to go use it right away. It doesn't matter so much if you just scoop out the poo and it's empty of poo so much as it's when the litter is fresh out of the bag.

Tim's cat (which I suppose is now my cat too) is so fussy, if there is anything in her box (even her own poo!) she won't go in it and instead chooses to do her business on my butterfly bath mat! Grr!

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