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I don't think cats can sweat, might be something medical going on. Not a vet, I don't really know anything, etc, but it just seems strange that they would develop BO without an underlying cause.
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Yeah, desert cat instincts are my best guess. I guess my friends cats are just less weird. She also loves drinking out of the terlet and looks really guilty whenever I catch her. Pictured below: la chatte lunatique 
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Sydin posted:Mel will only lick water off of berry cartons. You know, like those plastic cartons that a serving of strawberries come in. I'll wash the berries in the carton to make the whole thing wet, and then once I've eaten the berries I'll put it down my desk and Mel will spend equal parts chewing as hard as she can on the plastic and licking the residual water off it. idk but it makes her happy so Strawberries are related to catnip. 
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Our dog is getting really old now and my mother is considering adopting a pair of kittens in the future instead of getting another dog/pair of dogs. But we used to have a cat and we mostly remember how much a pain the litter was. Even if he wasn't tracking litter around, there'd always be a bit under his paws. Were we just dumb/ignorant and could've gotten better litter or is it just something cat owners just have to tolerate?
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Argas posted:Our dog is getting really old now and my mother is considering adopting a pair of kittens in the future instead of getting another dog/pair of dogs. But we used to have a cat and we mostly remember how much a pain the litter was. Even if he wasn't tracking litter around, there'd always be a bit under his paws. Were we just dumb/ignorant and could've gotten better litter or is it just something cat owners just have to tolerate? We've had dozens of cats over several decades and have never had a problem with litter tracking. It may have just been the particular kind you were using.
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It can also be the cat sometimes. I know basil has gotten better but he tracked litter everywhere when he was 3months old. Now he just kicks it everywhere because he dumb. That being said, we use the arm and hammer stuff, whatever comes in the weird 42lbs combo pack at BJs and it’s been fine, improving overtime as basil has gotten older. If it was just Peach we’d have 0% tracking outside the pad in front of the box.
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Aug 20, 2019 22:45
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Litter box location may play a role, as well. We keep the litter box at the back of a bathroom, about 8' from the door. We do sweep up a bit of litter from the tiled floor when we change it, so they are tracking a bit out of the box but little of it gets beyond the bathroom.
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The only time I've had issues with litter tracking is if the litter is in a bad place or the cat is getting elderly. Our litterboxes are currently all in a closet with a cat door on it, and I just vacuum/mop in that closet once a week. We've also got one in the bedroom for the new kitten, and at first I had one that was too small which created issues, but now that we replaced it with a larger one it's fine. Give them ample room to poop and a little buffer space to wipe their paws and it generally shouldn't track to the rest of the house. You still need to vacuum/mop more often due to hair and hairballs, but that's pretty much universal for dogs and cats.
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Re: BO - that's really weird, nth-ing the vet suggestion. But maybe cat just rolled in their litter box; Toaster always likes to lay in the largest one I've got so I have to be vigilant about keeping it clean or he gets Stinky. They make leave in cat shampoo; I use it for Lucky sometimes if he rolls in the mud or dirt on walks and it works fine. It always makes him smell like baby powder and look like a white Jolteon until it's evaporated.
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We have a cat genie and I swear that litter sticks to everything and manages to get everywhere even when Neela doesn’t fling it everywhere like a maniac. I just live with vacuuming the apartment every other day or so, if not daily. I live in an urban shoebox so it isn’t too much work.
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FelicityGS posted:They make leave in cat shampoo; I use it for Lucky sometimes if he rolls in the mud or dirt on walks and it works fine. It always makes him smell like baby powder and look like a white Jolteon until it's evaporated. We need to see this white Jolteon. For science 
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Rotten Red Rod posted:The only time I've had issues with litter tracking is if the litter is in a bad place or the cat is getting elderly. Our litterboxes are currently all in a closet with a cat door on it, and I just vacuum/mop in that closet once a week. We've also got one in the bedroom for the new kitten, and at first I had one that was too small which created issues, but now that we replaced it with a larger one it's fine. Seconding the litter box size consideration especially with bigger cats. I was finding tiny clumps of litter all over the bathroom including up the walls and even once on the ceiling. The cat in question didn't have enough room to maneuver in the box and on completion of transaction he would occasionally plant a hind leg in the uncured piss rock and squat down until he started flashing like Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 2 then launch himself with a super jump out of the litter box with such velocity he must've briefly passed through another dimension before materializing on the other side of the house. This process would explode the still soft urine geode like a frag grenade leaving all the humans in the house in astonishment at the subsequent mess. Getting a larger litter box took care of it. Still haven't heard back from the local university about the feline inter-dimensional travel thing.
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Sounds like a litter box with a lid or side entrance only would also help in that situation.
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We had to stop using the Roll and Sift litter box once we realized Bean was too chunky to fit all the way. She would end up pooping right outside the box because her butt didn't fit right. She's struggling with her diet still. We haven't found any toys that can really keep her active and she's so vocal about the reduced food portions I feel bad
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Len posted:We had to stop using the Roll and Sift litter box once we realized Bean was too chunky to fit all the way. She would end up pooping right outside the box because her butt didn't fit right. If she eats dry food, get an automatic feeder and let her meow at that!
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Spikes32 posted:If she eats dry food, get an automatic feeder and let her meow at that! Usually I talk back and explain she's on a diet and that we still love her and I pet her until she gives up and glares at me from across the room.
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Len posted:Usually I talk back and explain she's on a diet and that we still love her and I pet her until she gives up and glares at me from across the room. You do know you're rewarding the fuss, yes? If it ever gets genuinely tiresome, you might try ignoring her completely and obviously. I recommend going to another room, facing away from her, and singing. Loudly. Preferably a song she doesn't like 
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Pellet litters track less than finer grained litters. Top entry litterboxes help get more litter off their feet before they go scurrying off because they have to climb up and down first before they flee the poop ghosts.
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TofuDiva posted:You do know you're rewarding the fuss, yes? If it ever gets genuinely tiresome, you might try ignoring her completely and obviously. I recommend going to another room, facing away from her, and singing. Loudly. Preferably a song she doesn't like Look man, she's letting me pet her, let me have this Also I'm not the one who feeds her that's my fiancee so she's not getting any food from me
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ProperGanderPusher posted:Yeah, desert cat instincts are my best guess. I guess my friends cats are just less weird. She also loves drinking out of the terlet and looks really guilty whenever I catch her. That’s because condensation and toilet water are always fresh. Make sure to refill your water bowls and fountains with fresh water every day. uh oh sisters Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Aug 22, 2019 |
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I adopted a cat a week ago. Is it normal that she follows me to the bathroom and takes a dump while I'm using the toilet? I mean I'm glad we're friends, cat, but that's a little weirdly too intimate. I thought cats liked some privacy but not this dork.
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Pellisworth posted:I adopted a cat a week ago. Lmao Like 8 times out of 10, my girl cat comes into the bathroom when I'm taking a poo poo and demands to be petted. First she stands up to stretch on the sink cabinet and gets a few butt scratches and then she gets between my legs and puts her front paws on the only bit of toilet seat showing and looks up at me while meowing until I scratch her butt some more.
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Pellisworth posted:I adopted a cat a week ago. Diagnonsis: Cats are fkin weird. It's terminal. I hear mine scratching in the litter box when I'm in the can too, then they come over and stare at me, but out of reach for petting. As long as she's making GBS threads on the box when this happens and not on the floor next to you, NBD really. Also, cat pics aren't loading.
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This is Wojapi (Wojo for short). The name is the Lakota word for a dark plum pudding, I live on a reservation and so far everyone has laughed and said that's a cute name. She's a little under a year old, was mostly an outdoor/barn cat. She's been absolutely housing food and put on quite a bit of weight in the last week, she was skin and bones and underweight when I got her. Extremely friendly and pretty vocal, she chirps/trills whenever she jumps on/off something. She pretty much wants to be in my lap or snuggled near me 90% of the time. Wojapi is a very small cat, I doubt she'll get much larger. Mostly black with brownish streaks and white patches under her chin and armpits. Legpits? She's got a bit of discharge from her eyes the vet commented it might go away in another week or two. Could be allergies or maybe an infection.  she's smol Pellisworth fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Aug 22, 2019 |
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Louis is obsessed with people peeing. He spends much of his time hiding under the bed, but if someone’s peeing in the bathroom nearby he comes out to investigate. He’s also notorious for peeing on the bed if we leave town for too long, if his box isn’t immaculate, etc. What I’m saying is our smallest cat is a little piss pig.
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Is there a reliable list of flowers that are poisonous for cats? I want to get my friend a flower bouquet, but I don't want to kill her cat.
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interrodactyl posted:Is there a reliable list of flowers that are poisonous for cats? I want to get my friend a flower bouquet, but I don't want to kill her cat. I think lilies are the big one, something about the pollen sticking to their airways if I remember correctly. Pellisworth posted:
baby  I have the fluffy version, which makes her look less tiny.
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interrodactyl posted:Is there a reliable list of flowers that are poisonous for cats? I want to get my friend a flower bouquet, but I don't want to kill her cat. There's a list here: https://www.petmd.com/cat/emergency/poisoning-toxicity/e_ct_poisonous_plants Regarding bathroom etiquette our cats will follow my wife into the bathroom or go investigate if they see her go in there. They only do this to her alone and sometimes go in for pets and other times just sit there and stare at her. I think it's pretty hilarious, her not so much. As for the poop ghost: It is real. I know because I had bad curry once.
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bawfuls posted:Louis is obsessed with people peeing. He spends much of his time hiding under the bed, but if someone’s peeing in the bathroom nearby he comes out to investigate. better that than a scat cat
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Aleta usted to get poop anxiety and I'd have to at least sit on the toilet, or she would just meow pitifully and not actually go. Thankfully, she seems to be mostly over that now.
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All my cats are obsessed with being in the bathroom if someone is using it. Just a few days ago our kitten jumped in the toilet while I was mid-stream. Pretty sure he's learned not to do that again. How many of you can say you've peed on your cat?
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Rotten Red Rod posted:All my cats are obsessed with being in the bathroom if someone is using it. Just a few days ago our kitten jumped in the toilet while I was mid-stream. I can. My old cat Smoke would occasionally stand with his paws on the toliet seat as I pissed. One time he put his head in too far...
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Salem likes to walk in front of me at the toilet and flick his tail dangerously close to the stream. Thankfully I don't think I've actually pissed on him yet.
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Alright y'all, I hope you have some ideas. This is Ceres (left) and Neptune (right).  Both of these cats belong to my mother (I do not live locally, but I was the one who originally adopted Ceres). She's had Ceres (female, 5 yr old) for about 3 years, and Neptune (male, 2 yr old) for about 1 year. They took quite a while to tolerate each other. For a long time, Neptune was exclusively using a small litterbox in an upstairs bathroom, while Ceres used a litterbox in the laundry room. Starting around three-ish months ago, Neptune started to use the downstairs litterbox too. Now Ceres goes on the floor near the litterbox or in the nearby kitchen. We've tried:
To me, it seems likely that Ceres feels invaded by Neptune and can't bring herself to go in the same place he does. But it's been months, the two of them coexist okay otherwise, and mom can't keep cleaning cat poo poo off the kitchen floor for the next 10+ years. Does anybody have any ideas? I feel like we've tried everything, and we don't want to get rid of either of them.
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Luneshot posted:Adding more litterboxes. There's now four litterboxes spread around the house. Neptune uses all of them and Ceres uses none. Luneshot posted:Putting down "puppy pads" where she goes outside the litterbox. Ceres will sometimes use them, but sometimes not. My mother tried putting the pads back in the litterbox(es) and Ceres won't go on them. 1. it must never let the humans catch it peeing/pooping, or it'll be punished 2. the litterbox is a place of punishment Luneshot posted:To me, it seems likely that Ceres feels invaded by Neptune and can't bring herself to go in the same place he does. But it's been months, the two of them coexist okay otherwise, and mom can't keep cleaning cat poo poo off the kitchen floor for the next 10+ years. Things I would try:
Do not punish the cat or react if you catch her eliminating in the wrong place. Cats are the worst and will absolutely learn exactly the wrong thing from your reaction.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:All my cats are obsessed with being in the bathroom if someone is using it. Just a few days ago our kitten jumped in the toilet while I was mid-stream. Toaster jumped into a piss toilet before I could flush in his sheer excitement for it being breakfast time. (usually the toilet lid is closed) (he's much more cautious about jumping on the toilet now) LoreOfSerpents posted:
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