I have 3 cats, 2 boys and a girl, had them for 12 years and 9 years.
This is a typcial day for me, come down in the morning and before I get into the living room I can smell cat poo, the entire downstairs stinks, the trays are located in a quite deep cupboard in the kitchen btw, so before I even get myself or the DDs breakfast I have to clean the litter tray as the smell is so bad I am almost throwing up. So I clean the trays out, make breakfast and shout the other DDs, meanwhile one of the cats has jumped on the table and is licking milk out one of the cereal bowls so I have to make new breakfasts. hvae to vacuum the kitchen floor immediately after breakfast as there is spat out food and cat litter all over it, oh and most mornings before I even do the litter trays I have to clean up sick and spat out food in case DD3 eats it.
Every time I go out or upstairs I come back down to the stench of cat poo as everytime one goes it stinks so I have to go and clean it or if they eat I have to pick up the spat bits of food up.
I don't want to invite friends down as if one of the cats goes to the toilet the whole house will stink of shit again and it is so embarrassing. I have a plug in air freshener in the cupboard, as well as a solid air freshener and a spray when they have gone but it still doesn't cover up the smell, I have the door open as much as possible too.
I am just utterly sick of it, I also cannto shit any doors as they stratch up the carpet and my hall carpet is ruined, have to have throws on the arms of the sofas as they scratch them.
Nightime once the DDs are in bed, DP and I spend the night either clearing up sick or scopping cat shit out the litter tray and I feel the house just stinks constantly. Oh and one of them shit on the living room floor last week, I thought I had cleared it all up but oh no crawling DD3 found some and ate it
Only one of the cats goes outdoors oh and he poos in the middle of the garden so I have to clean that up before I can let the DDs out to play.
I feel I get no enjoyment from the cats whatsoever now, sometimes I feel guilty as I know it's not their fault, they are too old to be rehomed or be outside cats now. I feel like I am just waiting for them to die now but they could be around for another 6 years meanwhile I have to put up with a house contantly stinking of shit
Thanks if you have read this far bit of a whinge and moan, any ideas would be appreciated.
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Am utterly sick of my house smelling of cat poo, feel like we compromise too much of our lives due to the cats, just having a moan really
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sweetkitty · 11/08/2009 12:10
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