i'mnotsofast
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Well, he can go outside during the daytime when he wants. So maybe he will get in the habit of toileting outside....
Adopted world's most frightened cat
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Well, he can go outside during the daytime when he wants. So maybe he will get in the habit of toileting outside....
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
It's great living in back to back houses with high walls though as you've no idea whose garden your cat pees in and they've no idea who the cat belongs to
i'mnotsofast
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Well yes, I thought you meant put the litter outside which seems pointless.
Maybe imnotsofast isn't doing that yet as the cat needs settling in before being able to go out and disappear and put him in a panic
Actually he's great at coming back when we goes outside. The longest he'll be off for is an hour or two.
Apart from that time at the start of the thread when he went missing for two weeks, but that was before he knew he lived here...
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
But if you get him into the habit of dumping in the house won't he think that's normal and keep doing it?
Why would he go out in the cold or rain when he has a nice comfy indoor crapper that you keep cleaning for him???
We had cats when I was a kid. They got put out in the evening and let in when they miowed a bit later. What is it with all these pampered pussies?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Lots of people keep their cats in the house for 12 weeks until they've had all their jabs. Just because this cat's older, doesn't mean it won't eventually discover the delights of crapping over someone's newly flowered garden
spring-peeper
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My kitten meows to come in to use her litter box.
It's a bit strange, because we found her in the forest....
It's a bit strange, because we found her in the forest....
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
We had to keep our cat in for months last year for various reasons. Now she's back to being allowed outside she always prefers to go to outside. She hates going in her litter tray and only goes if she has to.
It's got nothing to do with being pampered, sometimes cats need to be kept in for a while for their safety and health.
i'mnotsofast
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Well, he's already once taken a dump on the conservatory floor. I worry he would do it a lot more if we took away his litter tray!
shakespearegirl
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Ours prefer pooing in the neighbours garden than the tray. We still have it, but it's only been used once recently, when they got freaked out one morning when there was a strange cat in the garden and one had a 'panic poo'. But at least it wasn't on the floor.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Taking "not shitting on your own doorstep" a bit far then eh? What's wrong with your garden?
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
We had wondered where they were depositing their crap. Mr shakes spotted stinky doing a big steamy dump next door from the bathroom window last week.
But some other cat got revenge by burying a huge crap in our garden which I discovered while gardening, as I squelched it up in my hand. Puke
But some other cat got revenge by burying a huge crap in our garden which I discovered while gardening, as I squelched it up in my hand. Puke
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Next door neighbour cats obviously also know the rule about not shitting on their own doorstep
Glad I only have a container garden
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
That is EXACTLY what one of ours would do! I know that without even trying to move the litter tray.
spring-peeper
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Guineveretoo
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I would normally do it the other way round and put the litter on the garden, so that outside smells right for them to shit there.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
well I (or rather my family) have only had two cats, and they were very quickly trained to go outdoors by putting soil in the tray rather than cat litter, and there were no problems after they were trained. I'm sure that different cats need different approaches though!
i'mnotsofast
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I did three bad things. In order of seriousness, with the least serious first:
1. I changed the cat's name. He is now called Vincent. This name means more to me, as it reminds me of the person who inspired me to get a cat. His previous name, Haruki, was picked by my housemate and meant nothing to me. And I take more care of the cat than he does.
Vincent doesn't know he's now called Vincent, just as he didn't know when he was called Haruki. He's had several owners and I don't think responds to any name. I'll try to teach him his now, if it's possible with a cat aged one year or older.
1. I changed the cat's name. He is now called Vincent. This name means more to me, as it reminds me of the person who inspired me to get a cat. His previous name, Haruki, was picked by my housemate and meant nothing to me. And I take more care of the cat than he does.
Vincent doesn't know he's now called Vincent, just as he didn't know when he was called Haruki. He's had several owners and I don't think responds to any name. I'll try to teach him his now, if it's possible with a cat aged one year or older.
Schmetterling
I saw something nasty in the woodshed!
Yeah? What's number two and three?
i'mnotsofast
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2. I've twice let my friend bring round her kitten, Kevin, despite knowing it's bad to let another cat into your cat's home.
Vincent is very curious about this small fluffy interloper and takes the occasional swipe, while Kevin is mostly submissive, rolling on his belly or hiding. But sometimes when Vincent is not looking he will get in a little swipe of his own.
Vincent is very curious about this small fluffy interloper and takes the occasional swipe, while Kevin is mostly submissive, rolling on his belly or hiding. But sometimes when Vincent is not looking he will get in a little swipe of his own.
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
This is not a bad thing, you can call your cat whatever you want. 
i'mnotsofast
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Okay, I promise the third thing is a bad thing!
5t3IIa
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I used to dress my cat up in doll's clothes. Bonnets and everything.
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
What is it!?
Vincent doesn't look all that bothered by the kitten, though it may not go down so well as it gets older.
WTF have you done - bar bathing him?
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
i'mnotsofast
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3. Meet Norah. She is staying here for the next 10 days!:
