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AIBU?

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AIBU to think my cat is taking the michael out of me?

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Smilesandpiles · 30/09/2014 19:34

The cat litter tray is cleared out and topped up daily, once a week the entire thing is emptied, washed, dried and re filled with fresh litter.

I make a lot of effort to make sure it's clean and spotless for Her Royal Highness and she repays me by taking the biggest shit ever in the newly washed tray. Every bloody time. I swear the poo is half the length of her body, she must store it up and wait for "the slave" to clean it out completely. The fresh litter is in the clean try for less than 2 minutes before HRH ruins my hard work.

AIBU to think she's doing this on purpose, thinking that I'll clean it out completely again?

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PourquoiTuGachesTaVie · 30/09/2014 19:37

She's doing it on purpose because you have just removed all traces of "her" from her litter tray. She needs to make sure it's still nice and "hers" after you've cleaned it.

TalcAndTurnips · 30/09/2014 19:45

The same applies to a freshly-scrubbed lav when there are young children in the house. Within minutes, someone will have laid a cable of monumental proportions that leaves the pan with bigger Go-Faster stripes than a Mk lll Cortina.

Definitely territory marking. As is pissing behind the sofa.

MedusaIsHavingaBadHairday · 30/09/2014 19:45

Yep... mine actually hover around while I'm cleaning out the trays..and then systematically take it in turns to poo in each one. A whole colon's worth usually!!!!

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Smilesandpiles · 30/09/2014 19:48

OMG, I didn't realise the kids did it too! You're right, it's every time!

I'm surrounded by piss taking, territory markers...if any of them have a wizz behind the sofa, there'll be trouble mind.

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SunshineAndShadows · 30/09/2014 19:49

Actually there's a lot of behavioural evidence to show that cats will not use a dirty tray. Poor thing is probably desperate for you to clean so that it's suitable for her to 'go'. If litter trays are dirty some cats will choose to go elsewhere in the house rather than squat on a dirty tray so it's best to offer a spare tray or clean it several times per day

ShakeYourTailFeathers · 30/09/2014 20:20

We have a 'performance artiste'. The instant you go near the box with a scoop he's in there for a shit, right under your nose.

little bugger

EatDessertFirst · 30/09/2014 20:28

Its her right to do her business in a clean tray dontcha know? Why aren't you changing the litter daily for Her Majesty ?

I feel you pain. Sometimes I wonder if OldDessertCat is the real 'owner' in our relationship.

shaska · 30/09/2014 21:40

It's not about them holding on because the tray is dirty and they can't do it. It's because they're arseholes. Ours do it too. If they can't manage a poo they'll just do a massive wee, and make sure to scrape litter all over the floor when they cover it as well, just to really enjoy the clean fresh feeling.

As soon as they hear the sound of litter hitting bin they both come running, it's as popular as dinner time. Then they closely watch me wash out the tray and refill it, and we all know what's coming. Bastards.

murasaki · 30/09/2014 21:54

Happened to me merely 20 minutes ago. Quite how such a large turd stays inside a tiny cat I do not know, but the minute I changed, bleached, re-littered etc, she was in like flynn and layed a cable an xxxxxx sixed human would be proud of, and probably invited his mates round to view. I was unimpressed.

murasaki · 30/09/2014 21:59

And don't even start about the time when the letting agent inspection was due to happen, and one of them (I think I know, but evidence without a dna test, is sketchy, as I was asleep) pissed on the kitchen floor not in the tray,so I had to bleach, mop, , flash wipe, spray dove etc to stop it smelling of cat piss....

I hate them. And love them. But they are really bad sometimes.

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Smilesandpiles · 01/10/2014 16:39

HRH obviously thinks I don't need sleep so playtime should be started at 4-30am.

When walking up the stairs or laying in bed, my feet are toys. I don't think she grasped the fact that if I don't have my feet, I won't be able to get downstairs quickly to feed her. Mind you, seeing as she's trying to kill me by trapping my feet when I'm walking down the stairs she must be planning on feasting on my rotting corpse piled in a heap at the bottom of the stairs. OMG, I'm not her slave, I'm a meal ticket!

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YouTheCat · 01/10/2014 18:09

She is plotting your demise.

JuniperTisane · 01/10/2014 18:14

At least yours consistently goes in the bloody tray. One of mine is 50/50 whether the tray or the floor is best. It drives DH batty.

DanyStormborn · 01/10/2014 19:29

Could you do a full litter change every couple of days? Not wash the tray more than once a week just quick litter swap.

redbinneo · 01/10/2014 20:48

Mine pees in the tray, but squats on the edge to have a crap outside. Another feline bastard.

ThisFenceIsComfy · 01/10/2014 20:54

My cat projectile vomited up the window

Thebodyloveschocolateandwine · 01/10/2014 20:57

Your cat has posted about your tardiness in cleaning out her tray.

Disgraceful op.

amigababy · 01/10/2014 21:04

mine, who mostly uses a tray, loves it when I'm gardening and will come to within 12 inches of me, turn her back to me, and crap right in front of me in the newly dug / weeded earth! She knows how to put me in my place!

growingbytheday · 01/10/2014 21:07

My cat preferred to squat on the edge of the lavatory seat and poo in the bowl -my dmil was horrified when she followed the cat in and said I must have trained it to do that

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Smilesandpiles · 02/10/2014 07:56

Thebody.

Amiga, that is taking the piss. She's basically telling you to bury it for her!

Growing, I wish mine would do that, but then, it's just another member of the household I need to flush after.

It's amazing just how many traits, kids and animals actually share. Even down to getting under your feet when you're cooking.

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HappyAgainOneDay · 02/10/2014 08:17

If I were to have a pet at all, it would be a cat but I read hear stories that put me off.

Something poos in the middle of our lawn at night. I don't know of any animal or bird that it could be except a cat. How do you pick it up. I mean what tools do you use that you can throw away? Please?

Stupidhead · 02/10/2014 08:27

My two wait until we have visitors then do the smelliest, biggest poo in the world. Each. Or wait until me and DP are having a romantic chat in the kitchen. Or wait until just before DS1 brings a new girlfriend home.

I just think they shit all the time.

echt · 02/10/2014 09:04

My little cat is like this when excavating for a cack:

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Smilesandpiles · 02/10/2014 13:39

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Clarabell33 · 02/10/2014 14:09

Mine used to like an audience when her tray was in the kitchen. She'd wait til it was clear that you were going to be in there for a while (e.g. cooking, eating dinner), miaow a bit to get your attention, then go - and it stank. She saved the stinkiest ones especially for when we had guests, so that the smell had had plenty of time to waft gently through the entire house by the time we caught a whiff in the living room...

So we moved her tray to the downstairs loo. Now she waits til she hears us cleaning it. She likes a fresh tray, but I swear she awards herself extra points if she manages to get into the tray to use it just after we've cleaned it out, but crucially before we've refilled with fresh litter. She looks awfully smug after doing that

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