4 Jan 2008
Shopping List: Drano, a New Jar of Marshmallow Creme, and a Book on Cat Behavior.
There are many ways a cat can express his discontent — my old cat Tom, for example, was fond of spraying — but I have to hand it to Pete. When he is pissed off, he poops in Larry’s tub. Not just in the tub, friends! But in the drain. He aligns his little kitty butt just so and poops into the drain, which means that Larry then flies into a rage and is forced to fish cat turds out of the pipes while I try really hard not to laugh.
Larry has been working on fixing the windowsill in that bathroom (why did the homebuilders of 1947 put windows in the tiled bathtub area, only to rot years later? discuss) so he isn’t showering in there right now. Last night it occured to us that we should put something over the drain so at least if he poops in the tub again at least there will be no fishing expedition. (Admittedly, this thought came to us rather late in the cat-poops-in-drain-repeatedly game.)
So, I ask you: what would you put over the drain to prevent your cat from depositing turds in there?
We used a jar of marshmallow creme.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
We have those same damn windows in our tubs. Bastards!
January 4th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Catnip.
(Just to mess with his head.)
Either that, or dog turds.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I am trying reverse psychology with Pete. I told him last night I wanted him to shit in the tub and not in the toilet. Then I told him I didn’t think he could shit in the toilet. We will see what happens tonight.
As for the windows in showers, It is just not smart. I don’t get it. PVC boards (plastic) is the wave of the future.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I had a windowsill in my shower in my grad school duplex. I had forgotten all about that until you mentioned yours. Moldy wood, drafty window, security risk: Good times.
I have a colleague whose cat pees in the shower when she goes out of town, so when you catsit for her, you have to run the shower to rinse out the tub, else it is pretty rank when she returns. Fortunately, my cat has not learned to do these things, bless her.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Our cat sitter said that while we were away for 8 days Irving barfed so frequently and so projectile-like that she wondered if there was an exorcism going on. I pray for the day that he poops in our tub! Then again, we are the people who once considered converting our tub (separate from our shower) into a large cat box.