Thread: Cat Poop stuck to fur!!

Originally Posted by Howlinbob

Eww! The things we have to deal with!

Tell me about it. At no point - in ANY of the Maine Coon books I've read - does it mention trimming your cat's bum-fluff... they go into all that detail about the perfect litter tray with no mention of cling-ons, cats with no sense of direction that tread poo through the house, or how to get the blasted stuff out of their fur without losing an eye!

Worth it though.

Yes, quite. Larry used to regularly tread in his own poo and walk it across the floor. Good lad for using his tray, but....! I learned early on that he has an obsession with wet cloths. On this particular occasion he stank so I grabbed him and held him belly side up to wipe his pooey paw, which he let me do. But when I got the cloth to wipe the floor, he jumped on it as if it was the world's most amazing toy. I chucked his actual toys across the room in an effort to distract him, but he suddenly wasn't interested in them. Then as I wiped back and forth he lunged for the cloth and I got 4 parallel scratches across the wrist! Thanks Larry - for cleaning up your stinky mess!

I've got another completely gross story which I'll save for another day.

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....

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