Hello, I’m Dr. Karyn! Learn my introduction to be taught extra about me and meet my 5 hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.
Do you try this factor while you’re utilizing a public lavatory the place you simply block out the considered how many individuals have sat there earlier than you? After which there’s that bonus while you’re first in line after the cleaner has simply been in. There’s nothing worse than being greeted by the proof of earlier guests; everybody needs a contemporary bowl.
So I shouldn’t be that stunned that Alex, the youngest and most ginger of all my cats, additionally prefers to make use of a freshly cleaned bathroom. What’s annoying for me is how he occasions issues.
A Clear Litter Field Is Important
Maintaining your cat’s litter field clear is a vital a part of protecting your feline relations joyful, wholesome, and stress-free. One of many most important causes cats develop stress-related cystitis or inappropriate toileting habits is a results of sharing a rest room with different cats, which is why we all the time advocate having a minimum of one litter field per cat, plus an additional one. That manner, every cat ought to all the time have an unused field obtainable.
My cats are very uncommon in that they may fortunately – I say fortunately, however I suppose they may simply be content material or glad – use a tray that has already been occupied. A lot in order that it typically looks like they’ve quietly designated a field for 1’s and one other for two’s, typically leaving the third barely touched. In idea, I ought to have a minimum of 6 litter bins for my 5 cats, however over time, this has whittled down to three – not an association I’d sometimes advocate. However when bins had been being constantly left unused, there was no level having them take up area! Nonetheless, if we’re going away in a single day, we all the time put out further trays.
Even though all our cats are unrelated and joined us at totally different occasions and life phases, we’re extraordinarily fortunate that all of them get alongside fairly properly, not to mention share litter bins between cleanings. It’s a VERY uncommon scenario however seems to mirror that they take into account themselves to be a household unit.
To Go The place No Cat Has Gone Earlier than
Though Alex doesn’t seem averse to the sharing/caring method to litter, he has proven a definite desire for a freshly cleaned litter field. A lot in order that, very like Pavlov’s canine, who turned so conditioned to listening to a bell at mealtimes that the sound was sufficient to start out them salivating, the sound of contemporary litter being poured into the tray brings Alex working from wherever in the home.
He has been exterior within the catio and are available galloping up the steps, barely ready for me to complete topping up the litter earlier than christening it. Irrespective of the time of day, it appears he all the time has a poop saved up for the event.
He’s not as motivated when I’m simply scooping out the trays; it’s the freshly poured, untouched litter that draws him.
It’s not that I blame him – while you share a toilet with 4 different folks, it’s obtained to be an actual deal with to be the primary to dig round within the litter. To go the place no cat has gone earlier than. It’s simply that cleansing out the trays and filling them with contemporary cat litter, solely to have somebody drop a fantastic…deposit in it earlier than you even depart the room, is usually a bit disheartening! It’s a bit like lastly placing away your freshly cleaned garments and seeing that the soiled laundry basket is already half full, or drying the final of the washing up and having somebody herald a pile of plates which have been hiding in a bed room.
Small Victories and Trivial Pursuits
In fact, this can be a me downside, not an Alex downside, and it’s one I’ve rapidly tailored to. As an alternative of tying up the soiled litter bag on the finish of a cleansing session, I simply lay in await Alex’s inevitable look, and take away the proof of his go to when he’s completed.
It may appear fairly trivial, however a minimum of I get to stroll out of the room figuring out that the litter bins are all clear and contemporary…for a couple of minutes a minimum of! It’s a really small victory, however I’ll take what I can get!
This text is part of Dr. Karyn’s sequence together with her 5 hilarious cats.
