I have a 4 cats & one of my cats has very stinky poops but it still doesn’t compare to the smell from a dogs poop. I’ve heard that raw diet can fix the dog poop smell but despite my neighbour having her dog on the diet his poop still stinks 😂
Cat litter trays work like toilets. If you leave poops the smell builds & lingers but if you clear it up as soon as you smell it the smell is gone within minutes. Also cleaning litter trays out regular is a must.
I ended up with 2 of my cats, my crazy cat lady starter kit, when my kitty, who was due to have her tubes tied that day, got out, couldn’t get another neutering appointment for months then she got fat. One came from my neighbour as it doesn’t like dogs, she has a big dog that loves cats but this cat just never settled, & one was found terrified by a busy road around bonfire night , followed me home on the school run after I put it back behind the alley gate & despite my best efforts no one ever claimed her.
Yes they have arseholes tendencies, can be little dickheads when they feel like it & their kitty glitter (cat hair) gets everywhere but they are also calm, independent, demand very little of me, they don’t physically stink 24/7 & they like to snuggle without the need to breath in my face or invading my space because they think I’ve been gone FOREVER; despite me only going to the loo.
When I leave the house I do not smell of them but after I have had a friends dog to stay I & my house smell of them for days 😬
Also mine stay in my yard or wander round the walls of the alley to the house behind ours. They are always home within 3mins of me rattling the biscuit tin that I have trained them to come to the sound of for safety reasons.
They have bought me a total or 2 pigeons & 2 recently fledged starlings in their 8years so on the bird destruction side of things they are causing very minimal damage. I purposely keep them in overnight, brought in at dusk, & i do not let them out until after 10am as this is the birds time so maybe that has minimised their access to birds, who knows.
Tried collars with bells but they lost them & I can’t afford to keep buying them.
I have friends who ‘hate’ cats & even they like my cats. I love their independence & way of being.
Being around cats brings me a feeling of zen where dogs make me feel anxious so I’m guessing if you don’t trust cats you feel the opposite way, & that is fine. We are all individuals.
I’m trying to be around dogs more but it isn’t changing my feelings towards having one myself. I’ll continue to love giving them back after loving on them for friends.