Every cat is different. Just like people. Some cats are more “private” than others (just like people).
I never see Hazel in the litter box. Rarely Mollie. Jake would yell at me when I walked in on him. He was not only private, he didn’t like to share his litter box with any other cat either. Too many lumps and he would go “outside the box.”
Morgan is not one of those cats. She’s an exhibitionist. She likes to be watched. She likes praise when her urine bubbles and her poops are fat and even. Plop, plop!
As soon as she hears me walk to the litter room she comes running. I scoop it clean and she hops in and says, “Watch me! Watch me! See what I can do!”
Before I leave the room there is another lump to clean out.
I start to clean the basement litter boxes and she’s between my feet. “Hurry up! Gotta go!” (Yes, she just went!)
As soon as those are clean she hops in to deposit another lump. She is so proud of herself.
Maybe I started it all when I praised her good habits when she was young. She likes recognition. She’s a “poop” star!
Some kids are the same when potty training! Further proof that animals are an awful lot like we are! And I never thought about how much time you must spend scooping with a brood the size of yours. 🙂
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Without Jake it’s only once a day. With him it was twice. I have a lot of boxes. My husband refers to the basement where most of them are as our beach front community.
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Morgan sounds like RC Cat. All our other cats had been secret and shy.
RC was happiest when she found a person visiting the facilities and decided to potty along. And of course, there’s something about a just cleaned litter box!
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Yes and that downward dog yoga pose with the butt aimed at your face……
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The French have a word… “Sassay”.
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The French always have a word for anything!
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Good girl, Morgan! LOL!
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She’s so proud.
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Z was too. Someday I have to tell you about Z and her littler pan when we first adopted her. I don’t think it would bore you but it might be a bit long. Very much like Morgan. It got to be where she knew she was “Such a good girl” that when it stormed or we were going to leave to go out, she would head to her pan and squeeze out a little pee… like being “such a good girl” would make the thunder stop or keep us from leaving the house. She would use it to convince us to go outside with her to play too… memories. I need a dang cat. An older one. There is one at the shelter right now. Aggie, a 7 year old. But we don’t have a cat friendly house. We have a kitty visiting us right now. She is very sweet but just interested in our food, then she wants back out. I think she belongs to the New Neighbor. I am afraid she is going to get pregnant. Chatty this morning, I am… 😀
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Yes, you need your very own cat!
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Kate, it does sound like all that early potty training has indeed paid off. She is a poopular star in her own box, uh…own right.
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Always applaud urine bubbles!
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Yes, very necessary. 😀
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It’s like potty training little boys.
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An impossible task. Parents have been trying that one for centuries, and with no success.
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Said by someone who would know…..
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Moi? 😀
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Oui!
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LOL 😀
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Oh my, you’re making my cats seem very boring and mundane! They are so delicate and graceful around the box and don’t crave attention. But I always know after Felix goes . . . .
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Delicate and graceful? Mollie is graceful. Not any of the others. Jake used to dig so hard that most of the litter was outside.
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OK, you’re right–Tiger is not delicate and graceful, but the other 3 are. Tiger digs very hard. Mac used to make a terrible mess. He tracked litter across the next room. That was mainly in his dotage.
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Litter issues often crop up at the “end of life” stage. So sad. Happens to people too.
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My last dog had bad problems like that in the last two years. At a certain point, he was confined to the large kitchen with beach towels and rugs all over the floor.
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I had Jake towels. A big stack. Also doggy piddle pads surrounded the litter boxes. It’s what we do.
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It is what we do. I get up in the morning so that the cats get fed, and I go up to bed at night so that Tiger has us to snuggle with (sometimes she’s waiting there for us). My life is based on the schedule of cats LOL.
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Mollie goes in for oral surgery tomorrow. It will be a bad day for me for sure!
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I’ll be keeping you two in my thoughts!!
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Thanks!
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I feel your pain, Kate. As soon as I’ve scooped out the boxes, someone’s gotta go. EVERY time!
I think they’re all poop stars.
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I don’t mind it if they do it right away while I’m still there to clean. If I come back 15 minutes later and there are four lumps I’m not happy!
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Teddy watches me clean the litter box then uses it. Every time. I have never seen Jack use the box…I know he does but he is a private potty kinda boy. Morgan is a show off. Good for her and her high self-esteem.
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I wish I had her self confidence!
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Ha! Morgan was potty-trained well. Mine could care less whether I am around or not. The only time Bat Cat was ever circumspect about peeing was when she was peeing on my scrunchies. (When she was mad at me, she would open drawers, take out my hair accessories, and toss them in the litter box.)
I guess I should just be glad she wouldn’t pee on them IN the drawer.
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Yes you are. I had a friend whose cat would poop in her suitcase when she got back from a trip. They say cats don’t do that to punish but to reestablish ownership. There must be better ways to do that
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Haha! A poop star with exhibitionist tendencies!
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A true star!
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The kittens’ litter box is in my bathroom. Oh too frequently, I have to share space with one or more kittens so we can go together! They, too, must like company.
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They are young so they aren’t shy yet!
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One of my sister’s cats is exactly like Morgan. Stand there watching you clean out the litter box then hops right in before you can get out there. And she stares you down while doing her business. Poop stars unite!
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They are a special breed. Morgan even stretches with her butt facing you. She is not modest and very proud of her lady bits.
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Okay, you’ve left me speechless, Kate…and that’s hard to ‘do-do.’
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It’s all Morgan. What can I say?
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LOL Why am I not surprised to read about this on your blog. ?
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Because you’ve been here before…..no topic is sacred.
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I do need to examine just why I do keep coming back. lol
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Don’t examine too hard. Don’t want to lose a great blogger friend!
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I can only remember one family cat, and a litter box wasn’t in use at all. Friends had 6 cats, and one litter box (for all six, not one each) placed in a cupboard with a flap door under the worktop. Her kitchen stank I’m afraid.
Our makeshift ‘garden’ for Maggie didn’t work as she will not be conned. Grass for her butt, and nothing else will do. However, she likes to be ‘private’ and not interrupted!
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One box for 6 cats? I’m surprised they used it. From my experience if a box gets too full they will go elsewhere and I’m not at all surprised it stank. Jake was the only cat that went outside and if he was “going” and saw you watching him, he would stop and go behind a bush. Very modest cat. I had to get a urine sample one time for the vet and that was a hoot.
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That’s interesting, as I always thought cats were quite particular in their toilet habits too. Ha! I can imagine trying to get a sample!
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You don’t have to imagine it. I wrote all about it here https://coffeekatblog.com/2013/07/25/the-urine-caper-for-animal-lovers/
It’s one of my favorite posts but then again I’m a little kinky!
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Hilarious, totally hysterical. 😀
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Thanks!
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poop star – snorts with piggy laughter. I love it. XOXO – Bacon
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Morgan thanks you!
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