You're The Reason We Can't Have Any Nice Things.

[pantryslut]

I could use a vacation from cats with eliminatory quirks, thank you.

For a few months, Fritzi has been occasionally taking a shit in the middle of our hall. It seems to correlate loosely with either territorial disputes with Coaltrain, my overnight absence, or a dirty litterbox. It's annoying, but manageable. Most of the time. (Hardwood floors help.) But it wears.

And then, this morning.

Nadine has a compulsion to pee on bath mats. We've known this for years, and always hang up our mat or towel or whatever we're using to prevent her from using it. This technique has worked well enough through three different households.

Until this morning. I put the mat down when I started my shower; she waited until I was just about ready to step out onto it to use it as her litterbox alternative. Fortunately I caught her just before I stepped into a puddle of warm cat pee. But after she'd soiled the mat, possibly irrevocably. We'll see when it comes out of the washer this evening.

Comments

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

Use my pet stain stuff in the washer, it's pretty good at getting the smell out.

[imnotandrei.livejournal.com]

Already did. We'll see if it works when I get home tonight.

[panjianlien.livejournal.com]

Ugh. So sorry.

Our elderly diabetic kitty has a similar compulsion about the bathmats. No clue why, but I sure wish she didn't.

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

Mommy, you were taking too long in the shower.

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

Y'all know about Nature's Miracle, right?

[stopword.livejournal.com]

Gah, I have a bathmat peer, too. It's so obnoxious.

These months as the only cat have proven that she's a perfect angel if she wants to be, so I guess I need to be on watch when the little cat arrives.

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! Can you hire somebody to clean the litter box every day? Would that help?

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

The cat box is being cleaned every day now, give or take a bit of forgetfulness here and there. If I could find a good spot in the apt. for a second litterbox, that might be a help too. But both Nadine's compulsion and Fritzi's occasional protest seem to be linked more to other factors, alas.