With absolute dread I make my way towards the downstairs bathroom. It's time I say with disgust. Can I think of anything that merits my attention at this very moment instead of what I am about to have to do? Nope!

Who in their right mind thought, "Hey to have him in the house, this won't be so bad to have to do"

I grab a bag, (one that I have previously bought and placed the groceries that feed my family with) check the strength of the deodorant on the wall that's there for a very important reason and proceed to do my extremely dirty job. Many times I have tried to put it off, it's awful. This has to be listed somewhere as one of the most horrifying jobs that must be performed? Okay, one, two, three . . . deep breath! Sucking in a rather deep breath I pull the curtain back hiding this obscene area and begin to take the top off. "Gasp!" Oh, I see a really horrible one this time. GREAT! What have I done to deserve this? Grabbing the scooper, I realize how imtimate I am getting with this furry feline. "Ugh!!!" Scoop, Flump! In the bag it goes along with some other juicy plops! Tying the bag, I remember just why I am a devote dog person. It's a good thing I love animals or this would be a "no-go"

*Note to Self* - Remember to look in the grocery store for a supplement that
helps reduce odor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a cat years ago when we were first married. We never had a litter box - the world was my cats litter box and fine by me... 3 kids all out of diapers, I've done my time...

Yeah - and the next time the little bastard craps in my boat, he gets a tasty anti-freeze treat.

Letting your cats out to run around and do their business is a really shitty way to make friends in the neighborhood, I can tell you that. Thanks to all of my neighbors who share the same philosophy, my boat's interior has all but been destroyed. The scratched up all the astro-turf, tore up the seats, had kittens in the open live well, and even punctured my nice pull-behind tube and chewed up the nylon ski-rope.

They found a way in under the boat cover - which I had secured with 2 dozen bungee cords and pulled them so tight you could play a tune on it. All that did was provide them a place to get in out of the rain.

My philosophy: Stray cats - shot on site. Mine stay inside, have been neutered and declawed, and have much happier lives for it. They were rescued from the pound, so I've done my bit to help the stray problems.

Now, I'm doing even more.

Arm and Hammer makes a most excellent additive for litter boxes. It smells kinda nice, but doesn't smell so much that the cats are afraid of it and won't use the box. Try a little at first to get them used to it, then use the recommended amount (like I ever measure, I just dump some in ). Use Tidy Cat for multiple cats, even if you only have one, it cuts down on odor and clumps harder so it's easier to scoop. I also scoop mine once a day, so it's not that bad. The kind with the hood actually smell worse, I've noticed, because it doesn't have a chance to dissipate into the air, it just gets trapped under the hood.

Mine is declawed and neutered and never goes outside as well. I rescued him (and his brother) from a house where they let them run wild, so I did a good thing.

Our's are declawed also. I will also try removing the hood, seems like a idea, thanks! I scoop it out once a day also. I hate it so much it's no wonder why I seem to forget sometimes!!!!

Thats the hints as why I let harvey out to do his business elsewhere....

See my post above. Since it's Harvey though, I'll give ya a courtesy call if he gets busted in my boat.

cats need killing , plain and simple

Um... yeah.

Cats are/were feral animals who have not quite left behind these ways - now some cats are quite happy to stay inside and live their lives out in luxury - some cats are not.

One of ours very rarely ventures out while the other would die if we kept her in - she likes to run across the fields behind our house and catch small furry animals as presents for us! Lovely!!

We also found out about a week or so ago that several of the neighbours have "adopted" her as well, and she regularly makes visits to their houses for petting or snacks! Dirty stop out! lol

G

That's weird, our cat did the same thing, scoured the fields and would bring back mice gallore and leave parts of them on the front mat. I eventually started training him to crap in the nieghbors boat...

There's no smilie for me spitting Irn Bru all over the screen but I think you get the idea!!!

ROFLMGDFAO!!!!!!!!

G

Sorry... been translating the Expedia directions to Eric's boat in feline.

What did I miss?

Alrighty then... that explains the pile of bodies next to the fence... Good call, Bill.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!! That is hilarious!

Well it's a twice daily chore for me in two seperat litter boxes as we have three indoor only cats, one of which suffers from Irittable Bowel Disease.

Felix is right about the hooded boxes, they just trap the odor. I have the boxes in a corner of the basement, right under a window where I installed an exhaust fan that runs year round. I also have the entire corner curtaind off with a tarp.

I was thinking just this morning at 7:00am, as I was lightly grilling a chicken breast for my cat's breakfast (our IBD cat is 16 years old and can't eat any commercially prepared cat foods), how much we do for our furry friends.