Thread: Cat Poop stuck to fur!!

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!