Kingfisher101
Veteran
That's not true, If you wash the bowls out regularly and mop the floors with dettol that doesn't happen.
Its when people don't do the above or clean out the trays all the time that this can happen.
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That's not true, If you wash the bowls out regularly and mop the floors with dettol that doesn't happen.
Its when people don't do the above or clean out the trays all the time that this can happen.
because you're used to it!
Mo1959
Legendary Member
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Mine neither. Only time there's a slight smell is right after she's had a dump
Scooped and bagged right away and it soon disappears.Time Waster
Veteran
A friend used to have a cat who left body parts of animals in the house but also occasionally let living rabbits go. Mostly though if you stayed there you would ear a horrible crunching sound as the cat was chewing on the head of a recently or not so recently caught rabbit. Apparently a proficient hunter and he used to find remnants of animals dotted all over his house. The only part of rabbits not eaten was the tail!!
That cat was moree feral than a pet. It really only came home to sleep when it was really wet and the hunting was no good. It would then seek a past night's kill from nooks and crannuies in the cottage. It also loved to carry out strafing runs on large dogs. Poor dogs would not know where the cat came from or where it went to. One time at a BBQ one poor golden retreiver got attacked so many times the owner had to lock it in their car on a hot summer's night (with the windows open as wide as they dare such that the cat could not get in. They checked up on the dog and found the cat sat on their bonnet looking straight in at the dog!! IMHO that cat was scary. If it was a little bit bigger, say labrador sized, I would fear for some kids at the party perhaps a few adults too!! Domestic cats have the potential to be ruthless killers.
No not at all.
We clean after our cat after every crap and change his fresh food every morning and evening so nothing lingers.
gbb
Squire
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- Peterborough
notmyrealnamebutclose
Senior Member
Is 65 to old, I'm not sure it is, besides when the cat discovers your dead body it will sustain it for many weeks to come...
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
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- Leafy Surrey
I only said my cats seemed clean compared to a dog that ate it's own excrement!
At least the cats bury the stuff neatly, and there's less of it than from larger pets.
Time Waster
Veteran
Do cats Bury theirs? I've only ever found cat crap on the surface I've only ever seen cats crap and leave it just like dogs. I've yet to see a cat owner bagging their pet's crap too.
There's too much said about cat's cleanliness and I think it's BS. If you've ever had cat allergies, worse than dog allergies, you'll know the saliva they use to "clean" themselves is what causes it. It might condition their fur or skin but that's not cleaning them.
There's too much said about cat's cleanliness and I think it's BS. If you've ever had cat allergies, worse than dog allergies, you'll know the saliva they use to "clean" themselves is what causes it. It might condition their fur or skin but that's not cleaning them.
For the first forty years of my life, I was a committed dog person, as were my parents.
When I first met my now GLW, she had two cats. She said 'If you don't like cats, we won't get on'. ( No pressure - ! )
Twenty six years later, we presently have eight cats, at one point had ten all rescues, apart from one, a stray who 'turned up' one day and stayed.
I now volunteer at a cat sanctuary and love being there; wish I could adopt several, but the with current heirachy at home, it wouldn't work.
That's my input on the matter - !
When I first met my now GLW, she had two cats. She said 'If you don't like cats, we won't get on'. ( No pressure - !
)Twenty six years later, we presently have eight cats, at one point had ten all rescues, apart from one, a stray who 'turned up' one day and stayed.
I now volunteer at a cat sanctuary and love being there; wish I could adopt several, but the with current heirachy at home, it wouldn't work.
That's my input on the matter - !
Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
It depends.
Inside their core territory, a cat will bury its output. On the boundaries of their territory, then no, they won't, as it's a way of declaring ownership to "their" patch by not muting their scent. Because like dogs (and foxes, and wolves, and mustelids), cats have scent glands either side of their, ahem, third eye, and these other species I've mentioned do exactly the same.
Also, entire males - one of the biggest contributors to middening - will advertise their presence in an area this way. Entire males will have a huge range of several square miles.
Understanding the reasons behind certain behaviour gives you an insight into why it happens.
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
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- Leafy Surrey
You don't see what HAS been buried!
If you're of the right age, think back to how awful the problem of dog poo was in the 80s. Absolutely everywhere, treading in the stuff was gross. And oh my god it smelled so bad and you scraped it off.
I suggest cat poo is a fraction of the problem of dog poo.
I bag up all the poo from my cats' litter tray. Otherwise, see last sentence.
A solution is to befriend an immediate neighbours cat so they regard your garden as part of their core territory; no visible fouling by them and they chase off invading cats so significantly reducing the problem from that source. Worked well with a previous cat but change of neighbour since and their new cat practices a stand off with me
Get a fraction too close and she runs away. Stone chippings work as a good deterrent on borders etc.
Get a fraction too close and she runs away. Stone chippings work as a good deterrent on borders etc.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
A friend found that their neighbour's cat was using their spare bedroom as a latrine.
Right to Roam?
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
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- Leafy Surrey
You're right, they're all monsters.
