Thread: Cat Poop stuck to fur!!

Originally Posted by NCarver

We find you need to clip only right around the anal opening and immediately below; you do not have to do way out to the sides. Also, you do not have to trim too much--just make certain there isn't hair covering the opening nor sticking way out right below.

Wow.......we're impressed! I've just been reading this thread out to my husband - and he wants to know:

1. What sort of protective gear do you wear for this?
2. Do you hypnotise the cat in some way, so you can clip round its bum without it suddenly developing sixteen paws all armed with claws and whirling like furry helicopter blades?

Seriously, though - Hobbes is HOPELESS when it comes to stepping on his offerings in the litter tray. It is like his paws are magnetically attracted to the poo. He just can't help standing in it while he tries to bury it and we have four Really Huge Trays too.

As to the bum thing, we only have a real problem if he has eaten a particularly laxative bug that has incautiously wandered into the cat run - then we take an end each (flipping coins to see who gets the business end) and then try to soak this with as much warm water as possible, followed by a good rub with a moist grooming cloth. This is then followed by a stiff drink (for us, not Hobbes).

Hobbes always looks so offended afterwards!

Originally Posted by Menolly

Wow.......we're impressed! I've just been reading this thread out to my husband - and he wants to know:

1. What sort of protective gear do you wear for this?
2. Do you hypnotise the cat in some way, so you can clip round its bum without it suddenly developing sixteen paws all armed with claws and whirling like furry helicopter blades?

It does usually take two people (one to hold and one to trim), though with the two males you can nearly always do it when they are lying down and resting (the two girls will get up and run away). Only our more dominant female is ever a problem with swatting if you keep at it too long. Doesn't take long to do--just a couple of snips.

Zack has finally had over a week now without stepping in his poo - it is a very exciting time for me!!!!

If I get home tonight and he has stepped in it I will scream!!!!!

Freyja also seems to have gotten the hang of not stepping in her deposits, so I share your joy. Having taken NCarver's excellent advice and trimming around the 'business end', and getting a much larger, deeper litter tray, the problem I seem to have with her now is the transit of said deposit as gravity takes it from her her bum to the litter below; it seems to catch the fluffy bits on her inner pantaloons, especially around the knee joint. Mercifully less frequent than it used to be, we only have to wrestle her into a half-nelson and squirt her legs with water-less shampoo about once a week now. I'm optimistic that by the time she's 4 years old, we might only have to do it once a fortnight... Of course, by the time she's 4 we'll probably need chain mail body armour to get into the half-nelson!

To be fair to her, she doesn't actually get aggressive, just bloody indignant and tries to wriggle away to regain some dignity and dry her bum off.

This thread gets more interesting to read,I can imagine MC owners everywhere short strawing to see who does what,indignant cats parading round telling everyone who will listen about what their owners put them through & sales of spirits rocketing ...
Luv it as I can still sit here quite smug,only one small mishap last week Wellynton Boots caught & ate one huge bluebottle & sure enough next day slight upset stomach but that was ok, he is hubbys cat,sooooo,guess who had to deal with it....

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Luv it as I can still sit here quite smug,only one small mishap last week Wellynton Boots caught & ate one huge bluebottle & sure enough next day slight upset stomach but that was ok, he is hubbys cat,sooooo,guess who had to deal with it....

So THAT's where I'm going wrong... sneaky, I like it!