Thread: Cat Poop stuck to fur!!

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Come on,why wait,I have checked eight bums this AM as they came out of their room in single file,all clean & correct so I can sit here rather smugly & titter at other peoples misfortunes....

Oh all right then, brace yourselves...

In the bedroom we have our one and only houseplant, a large floorstanding dragon tree. For years I have had the top of the pot dressed with some attractive gravel. (Can you see where this is going?)

In the first week of having the Criminals, I was woken up in the dead of night by the most horrendous stink. I dragged myself out of bed and realised that Larry had mistaken the pot for a perfectly good litter tray. He'd done his job properly, dug a nice big hole, left a nice big smelly deposit in it, and covered it up. Most of the covering up was on the carpet, along with bits of turd. But I couldn't be angry with him, could I? How was he to know that wasn't a tray!

After clearing up the mess and opening the windows (Larry shut away safely) I decided I would forget the gravel in the pot, and replace it with large cobblestones from the garden. Problem solved! Now they just scratch the stem of the plant and chew the leaves off.

Oooooh, lol nice one ! I braved it too this morning and have done a "clingon check" all ok except for the skidmark on the white pvc back door apparently, but luckily I was second up this morning and it was dealt with by hubby ;)

Sorry Howlinbob could see where that was going & sorry again,just had to sit & giggle.
This forum is so like the "Simons Cat"books & film clips,you just get there before them ,
oh joy....

Originally Posted by Howlinbob

After clearing up the mess and opening the windows (Larry shut away safely) I decided I would forget the gravel in the pot, and replace it with large cobblestones from the garden. Problem solved! Now they just scratch the stem of the plant and chew the leaves off.

That's really funny - got a great image of this bald dragon plant being held down by boulders now.

Originally Posted by harrymc

Oooooh, lol nice one ! I braved it too this morning and have done a "clingon check" all ok except for the skidmark on the white pvc back door apparently, but luckily I was second up this morning and it was dealt with by hubby ;)

Good strategy - I'll try this in future.

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that cat crap could be so amusing...

I had this problem with Simba for a while but he seems to have grown out of it, must be getting better at where he puts his feet. I have a covered litter tray, fairly large and one of those mats outside it that is meant to catch the litter as they walk accross it. The other thing that is good is that Elsa, one of my dogs, is obsessed with cleaning him up and every time he comes out of the litter tray Elsa is there waiting. Simba always tries to make a dash for it but he can't get away - I've even seen him going along the kitchen floor on his front legs only with Elsa's nose shuved up his bum lifting his back legs off the floor

We too have a dragon tree and I have moved it at least three times in an effort to stop Simba trying to climb it or eat it's leaves. Now he is outside more though he prefers to climb the real trees outside. I haven't had him do a poo in it though but we too found quite early on that the large pebbles make less mess

Originally Posted by NCarver

We find you need to clip only right around the anal opening and immediately below; you do not have to do way out to the sides. Also, you do not have to trim too much--just make certain there isn't hair covering the opening nor sticking way out right below.

Wow.......we're impressed! I've just been reading this thread out to my husband - and he wants to know:

1. What sort of protective gear do you wear for this?
2. Do you hypnotise the cat in some way, so you can clip round its bum without it suddenly developing sixteen paws all armed with claws and whirling like furry helicopter blades?

Seriously, though - Hobbes is HOPELESS when it comes to stepping on his offerings in the litter tray. It is like his paws are magnetically attracted to the poo. He just can't help standing in it while he tries to bury it and we have four Really Huge Trays too.

As to the bum thing, we only have a real problem if he has eaten a particularly laxative bug that has incautiously wandered into the cat run - then we take an end each (flipping coins to see who gets the business end) and then try to soak this with as much warm water as possible, followed by a good rub with a moist grooming cloth. This is then followed by a stiff drink (for us, not Hobbes).

Hobbes always looks so offended afterwards!

Originally Posted by Menolly

Wow.......we're impressed! I've just been reading this thread out to my husband - and he wants to know:

1. What sort of protective gear do you wear for this?
2. Do you hypnotise the cat in some way, so you can clip round its bum without it suddenly developing sixteen paws all armed with claws and whirling like furry helicopter blades?

It does usually take two people (one to hold and one to trim), though with the two males you can nearly always do it when they are lying down and resting (the two girls will get up and run away). Only our more dominant female is ever a problem with swatting if you keep at it too long. Doesn't take long to do--just a couple of snips.

Zack has finally had over a week now without stepping in his poo - it is a very exciting time for me!!!!

If I get home tonight and he has stepped in it I will scream!!!!!

Freyja also seems to have gotten the hang of not stepping in her deposits, so I share your joy. Having taken NCarver's excellent advice and trimming around the 'business end', and getting a much larger, deeper litter tray, the problem I seem to have with her now is the transit of said deposit as gravity takes it from her her bum to the litter below; it seems to catch the fluffy bits on her inner pantaloons, especially around the knee joint. Mercifully less frequent than it used to be, we only have to wrestle her into a half-nelson and squirt her legs with water-less shampoo about once a week now. I'm optimistic that by the time she's 4 years old, we might only have to do it once a fortnight... Of course, by the time she's 4 we'll probably need chain mail body armour to get into the half-nelson!

To be fair to her, she doesn't actually get aggressive, just bloody indignant and tries to wriggle away to regain some dignity and dry her bum off.