 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussion GroupsGeneral TopicsCat AnecdotesHealth and BehaviorRescue CatKB.com Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map |
Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2005Litterbox Poopalooza Festival
I now have 5 indoor cats with the appropriate number of litterboxes throughout the house. All get cleaned daily and completely changed out weekly with top off amounts of litter added as needed. Two of the boxes are at opposite ends of the same room. Whenever these boxes get changed it seems to spark some sort of competition among a few of the cats to see who can leave the biggest sh.t, the most pieces, the foulest smell, in the quickest succession possible. Three of my cats are family, Sammy the mother of Nacho and Spot. These three are always in on the festivities. Cassie, my 5 yr old female usually takes part in this sordid affair as well. A recent newcomer, Bubbles takes note but hasn't actually gotten in on the action with these two boxes yet. The target of the attack varies from one box to the other. So, what is the fascination these creatures have with assaulting these boxes in particular? Why the drive that seems like an attempt to outdo each other? > I now have 5 indoor cats with the appropriate number of litterboxes > throughout the house. All get cleaned daily and completely changed out [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > fascination these creatures have with assaulting these boxes in particular? > Why the drive that seems like an attempt to outdo each other? It is a clean box and they know it. Time to dump that load they have been saving just for this event. The trick is to clean the boxes out a 2nd time after they have had their little fun and are out of ammo. :-D > The trick is to clean the boxes out a 2nd time after they have had their > little fun and are out of ammo. > > :-D Yeah but they're just going to "reload" at dinner time. :) >> I now have 5 indoor cats with the appropriate number of litterboxes >> throughout the house. All get cleaned daily and completely changed [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> have with assaulting these boxes in particular? Why the drive that >> seems like an attempt to outdo each other? Maybe it's some sort of territory marking issue? > Whenever these boxes get changed it seems to spark some sort of competition > among a few of the cats to see who can leave the biggest sh.t, the most [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > fascination these creatures have with assaulting these boxes in particular? > Why the drive that seems like an attempt to outdo each other? The two cats at my job do something similar. We've got 4 boxes for the two cats. Two are in one area, two in another. All have the same litter in them. Two boxes are covered, two are not. There is one of each kind in each area. Their absolute favorite box is the one right outside my office door - uncovered. Often one of them will see me going to scoop and stay right next to it so she can immediately jump in to contribute. Luckily, they usually just pee. They just hate to see that box empty. Nobody scoops the box on Sundays, but since there are 4 boxes it's fine. When I get in on Monday, their favorite box is loaded up; box #2 has several contributions and the other two may or may not have anything at all. I am not sure why they love this one particular box. They will go in it even if it's full. -- Liz >They just hate to see > that box empty. Nobody scoops the box on Sundays, but since there are [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Liz Has Harriet's problem resolved? Candace >>They just hate to see >> that box empty. Nobody scoops the box on Sundays, but since there are [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Candace She's doing great. Regular poops (in her favorite box, of course) and she's calmed down a lot. She's not too fond of getting the Lactulose & Propulsid but she really is very good about it. -- Liz > She's doing great. Regular poops (in her favorite box, of course) and she's > calmed down a lot. She's not too fond of getting the Lactulose & Propulsid > but she really is very good about it. > > -- > Liz That's great! And has the evil manager (or whatever position it was) left yet? Candace >> She's doing great. Regular poops (in her favorite box, of course) and >> she's [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Candace She's been gone since October 1st. She (manager) had calmed down some the last couple of weeks she was at work, but I think things are definitely better overall without her (and not just for the cats). -- Liz |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.