He told me I probably need to clean more…
Litter mats are game changers, get one yesterday.
Until they decide that the litter mat is also the litter box.
Wear flip-flops in the shower. I used to have to do this because of roommates and athlete’s foot. I still do it because of litter boxes.
First thing I did when I moved into my house was build a small, half-height room in the garage, that connects to the hallway via a cat door.
That’s where the cat box goes.
Who puts the liter box next to their shower? We keep our liter box and liter robot in a closet.
People with small apartments
Even with a small apartment better off literally anywhere else than the bathroom
Eh, litterbox in the kitchen would be worse. But yeah, small enough apartment means some tough choices.
I’ll oust myself, I do. I got a small apartment and in the bathroom next to the shower stall is a nice place to put it.
My cat also sometimes drags out stuff other than sand with her fur and I rather want that to be on the bathroom floor than my bed or living room carpet. He’s a fluffy one, so stuff sticks to him.
But I got one of these closed litterboxes with the entry on top, so I really don’t have much litter on the floor.
I do as well and I just keep a little broom in my bathroom right next to the litter box
Upgrade to a pet vac asap.
Try having an old dog with cancer, on Prednisone.
You ok buddy?
I’m okay. It’s not a current situation.
Pshh, you think that’s bad? Trying spelling ICUP while shouting.
the wc is not a good place for it. litter is made to absorb humidity. you are basically putting your paper towels in the rain before using them
We use a clumping litter and haven’t noticed a problem having it in the bathroom. We do have a good vent fan in there though, and use it with every shower to help prevent mold.
Our present cat treads much less litter than any previous. But that’s because she doesn’t bury anything, just steps delicately out and scratches the wall.
Can you lend your cat 5 min? Mine need a teacher, cause they carve it out like an archeological site.
My cat makes a huge mess and will piss on anything on the floor that isn’t his litter box. Door mat, shower mat, any dropped laundry, a mat next to the litter box for trapping the litter. Weirdly he’s perfectly fine with furniture and carpet. Anything loose that he can sit on? Piss. Ruined the hard wood floor in a rental closet once because I didn’t realise he was going on the mat and it was trapped between the mat and the floor, turned the wood solid black. If nothing is on the floor when he needs to pee? Perfectly capable and more than happy to use his litter box.
Now the main bathroom is his. The litter box is in the shower so we can contain it and just rinse the shower out when he’s kicked enough litter out. It also reeks because he will bury his piss but not his turds so they just sit on top of the litter. It’s so bad we just don’t use the bathroom anymore except to clean up behind him. We’re just happy he contains it to one room if we pick up after ourselves.
It’s so bad we just don’t use the bathroom anymore
In my mind, you’re telling this story while your neighbours are over. Small cup of tea in your hand, light chuckle from some of your guests while one or two already look kind of uncomfortable because they know they’d have to go there eventually. You laugh a bit, have a sip of your tea. Then you excuse yourself, head over to the potted plant in the corner of the living room and just piss into it. “You know”, you say, “I always had issues with my plants. I just kind of lack the green thumb, you know… But ever since we declared the bathroom off limits, they have just been so much healthier!” A sigh of relief fills the silence of your guests. Debbie excuses herself and leaves, it’ll be the last you’ll ever see of her. Nobody speaks for a few seconds. You feel a bit undervalued. You hadn’t eaten in two days to avoid the nasty smell of fresh poop but still feel like your efforts aren’t appreciated as you look into the faces of the people around you, but hey, there’ll always be somebody who complains. The small shovel is discretely ready next to the Monstera Deliciosa, in case somebody needs it. You offer some more snacks, you always feel like newly opened chips cover the smell of ammonia a bit.
Freakin brilliant.
Is this a copypasta?
Well… It is if you copy it, I guess?
Have you tried different types of litter? Different types of litter boxes? My cats are pretty accepting of different types of boxes & litter, but I’ve convinced them to only poop in the bedroom box if the door is closed by using a litter they like less in that box. The typical recommendation for litter box troubles is to offer a box that has low sides, is very spacious, not tucked into a corner or cubby, and a fine grained, unscented litter. Clay litter is what my foster program usually recommends for litter box avoidance.
If his poops smell that bad, changing his food might help. I have a litter box right next to my couch, and my residents also don’t really bury their poops, but I rarely notice the poop smell unless I have fosters with intestinal parasites using that box.
I’ve tried every litter box type I could find and ended up getting him a giant low sided tub from the hardware store. Anything smaller and he hangs his ass over the edge. I’ve also tried every type of litter, and clumping clay is the only one he’ll use regularly.
I don’t think he avoids the litter box, I think he just prefers my clean laundry basket that I was too lazy to fold.
He’s also on a specific diet because he’s old and gets UTIs easily. I think he just likes being mean to me at this point cuz he’s a crotchety old fuck.
We’ve tried all the boxes and all the litters. Now she has a box with a bit of litter and a weewee pad on top of the litter. She will pee on that daily and poop on it about 2/7 days per week. The other days she poops on the floor in front of the box. If there’s a rug or any laundry on my husband’s side of the bed, she pees on that. He’s successful with not leaving clothes on the floor about 5-6/7 days per week. I’m pleased to have the data to show that he’s more trainable than the cat.
Our cat was the same. In some ways I’m very glad he isnt with us anymore.
I have a cat that’s done that since he was a kitten. No idea why. Will shit in the box, but always pee next to it. We put multiple boxes in one closet on a plastic mat and then surround the mat with dog pee pads. That way wherever he goes it gets on a pad that soaks it up.
What type of litter are you using? I have Okocat litter in my bedroom litter box, and my cats have no issue peeing in there, but if the bedroom door is open, they’ll go find a box with silica litter to poop. I’ve also had fosters that would pee in the box with pine pellets, but then would poop next to the box. Once I switched them to a different type of litter, all poop & pee was in the box again. Unscented, sandy/fine grain litters are usually the most well accepted. I hate clay, but Dr. Elsey’s Kitten Attract did the trick for my most challenging cases of litter box avoidance, and then I was able to gradually transition them to a litter I hated less.
I’ve tried silica, all the kinds of tidy cats, an automatic cat box, pine pellets, etc. he’s like 10 years old and has never changed his ways
and just rinse the shower out when he’s kicked enough litter out.
Over time, this could potentially cause serious issues with your plumbing…
I love that landlords are so universally hated that things like these are immediately identifiable as satire.
Oh, well if you’re renting, then by all means – fuck over that landlord!
Tried it once, but my orange decided it was food.
Well, you can’t fix orange.
These work for you guys? I still get litter scattered everywhere. No amount of mats I use seem to help! Thankfully since I cut down to one litter box (automatic) instead of two, at least the litter is mostly contained to that one room now.
I have the mat and it helps a little but litter still gets everywhere else.
When I had a cat, I got a litter mat to try to help with this.
The darn cat would LEAP! out of the litterbox to bypass the mat :(
Yes, I have two and they are the best mats I have used so far. One of the cats does bring a little bit past the mat because she gets the zoomies and lanches off the box.
We have this one and it does work well but my cat is way too hyper coming out of the box and it does not stick as well to the ground as others we’ve tried. It often will end up crumpled in the corner.
Yeah, that’s what we have for our cats. Works pretty good. Keeps the escaping litter from traveling too far.
Plus you can dump it back into the litterbox instead of sweeping it up all over the place.
Don’t go to New Orleans, floors in even the nicest hotels are sticky. Even the carpet is sticky. It’s disgusting.
One of the beautiful consequences of making sugar and carbohydrate laden liquid the primary industry of a city under ocean level - sticky puddles everywhere that don’t ever fully evaporate, and if they manage to do so, it’s still just a sticky puddle of bacteria filled sugars wafting their secrets down the street.
That’s why I keep my litter box in the kitchen. 🧠
His poopy butt is on my pillow all day, so in for a penny in for a pound.
