Hazel ready for the dash up the stairs!
Cats (and dogs too according to Ray from A Dog’s Life) occasionally (or often) race around insanely just before a major bowel movement. Perhaps it’s to “loosen it up” or “jiggle it down.”
No matter how you look at it, it’s crazy. All of our cats do it even the old ones. Up the stairs, down the stairs, around the room, up the walls, across the furniture (and you if you are sitting).
It never seems to make sense (especially to visitors) until they dart to the stairs for the litter box.
Then it’s grooming and off to nap. You don’t want them to cuddle with them at this time (or get a lick).
Morgan coming down the stairs.
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 
See, color me crazy, but I think “Sassy cats – Crazy poop zoomers” is an absolute GENIUS title!
It’s the alliteration of “poop zoomers” that really seals the deal for me.
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Our kitties were after poop zoomers… 🙂
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Hmmm…..I wonder why afterward. Oh yes, celebration!
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One of ours is definitely an ‘after’. Sometimes it seems to be a ‘woo hoo! I’m lighter!’ thing. Other times he is DEFINITELY running away from the stink of the gift he left in the litter box.
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Smell? Their gifts smell? That would be news to my cats.
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Great kittie photos. I never put this crazy behavior together with bowel movements… My “little” one, Frankie goes nuts after eating… thought he was just burning off excess energy… he then forces Freddie into playing with him and they chase each other around, up and down the stairs. Pharoah just looks on with disdain at all the antics! Now I’ll have to watch them closely to see what happens…
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It often (but not always) happens after eating. Mollie at 7 lbs. literally flies around in the air. Hazel at 13 lbs. makes the most noise as she bangs into walls and furniture.
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This is just so funny! I never knew this behavior, but it’s great you at least get a clue! I would also be inclined to take that clue to avoid kisses anytime too soon! LOL!
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Dogs are especially bad at that. They “clean” their private parts and come to give big slobbery kisses!
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My kittens race around like crazy, but I have never noticed if it leads to anything. Blackie has never been a crazy running pooper. He is more likely to run AFTER pooping!
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From the commenters, it looks like it’s mixes. Some before and some after. Mine are definitely before.
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That explains a lot about some of Roxie’s behavior – but not all! I think she’s just nuts!
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All cats are nuts!
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😻😽🙀😿😾😺
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Where did you find that cute emoji?
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I have a Mac and up on the top Menu they can be found at the very bottom of the Edit choices. Strange place for them, I think.
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I have a pc and there are some but not the cat one. Bummer!
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Double Bummer! No cat! What kind of pc is that?!
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My cat got the zoomies after her bowel movements… I figured it was because she felt sooooo good!
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Some other commenters said this too. Maybe I have “before” cats rather than “after” ones.
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Never noticed this behavior. I’ll have to watch for it.
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And your cat will think you are crazy!
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That’s okay. I think they are crazy too.
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Our dog does joyful laps around the yard AFTER his bowel movement. Which makes more sense to me than before. 🙂
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But afterward there is nothing to wiggle out unless he is “airing” out!
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I think he just feels good. Or maybe he’s proud of leaving his scent.
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Or it’s his version of having a cigarette!
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When you gotta go, you gotta go. Our cats are more the meandering type. Usually no poop zoomers. Once in a while, one of them will be extra-exuberant with burying in the litter box, though. You’d think they’re digging a tunnel to China!
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Occasionally we will have a pile of litter that was “kicked” over the side too. No zoomers? Awwww.
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We used to have a cat that did zoomers around our main floor and then up the stairs to bed, almost every night. But no zoomers to the litter boxes.
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Maybe she was tiring herself out!
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That’s so funny… as I was reading this, I could hear my cats zooming up and down the stairs. I guess I better go check the litter box in five minutes!
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I bet they have gifts for you!
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They did! 🙂
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“Shit! I’m not supposed to be HERE. I’m supposed to be THERE. NOW.”
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That happens!
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Maggie tends to go round in circles then crouch, change her mind, round and round again, crouch, change her mind, and eventually nearly always ends up at Site One! I always thought it was the length of the grass for her (she won’t go on anything else, must be a dog thing).
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Dogs do circle before they either poop or lie down for a snooze. I wonder why.
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Me too, and when Maggie’s ‘nesting’ it’s really funny to watch!
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Hi Kate – Yes, I still have a “zoomie” when necessary to loosen things up a bit. My Dad says that it can work for humans as well. He says to go for a long run a few hours after a heavy meal and see what happens! Woof! Ray.
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Morgan sends butt kisses (yes, I know you don’t like cats but Morgan is almost like a dog).
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Well Morgan might act like a dog, and may even pretend to be a dog…. but it’s the scent that matters to me! Woof! Ray.
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Damn dog nose!
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I was going to say what “Life With The Top Down” said. 🙂
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Try not to run over the furniture.
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I just imagined humans doing that ….. lol!
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A nice walk at a good clip does it for me!
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The other day I absentmindedly petted Jack and realized there was something icky on his tail. Apparently he had been careless with his tail in the litter pan. Yuck. I try not to think about this stuff too much. 😁
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Oh yeah, been there. This morning there was a nice turd at the edge of the cat room. Sometimes they hang on the fur. Fortunately it released in the cat room and not the living room.
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