Why do cats go in a litter box?

[fluffernutter]

I mean, I was just scooping my cats' litter boxes and it made me think. They shit and piss like all other living things. Dogs don't go in a box (at least I don't think so). I have heard of training the cat to go outside or even on a toilet.

But why in the litter box?

Is there something historical to this or was it made up somewhere in time?

Did someone see a cat pissing on a beach somewhere and it just worked out that way?

Are the cats attracted to the sand?

Am I thinking about too much here?

I hope Too Cute grabs a hold of this one because with my other cat questions, TC answers were very helpful.

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[TheMojoPin]

To piss roommates like ME the FUCK OFF.

I live with people who have two cats. No problem in and of itself, but the second litterbox is in the walk-in FUCKING pantry with the goddamn FOOD and washing machine and it's FUCKING UNCOVERED.

There's always sand all over the floor and stench and it's DRIVING ME MAD.

That ultimatum has been set.

If they don't get a cover for that beeeyatch by the end of this month, that thing is GONE.

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If they don't get a cover for that beeeyatch by the end of this month, that thing is GONE.


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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

To piss roommates like ME the FUCK OFF.


Actually, no. If they wanted to piss you off, they'd piss on your stuff and NOT the litterbox.

Cats are fastidious creatures of habit, as they have been for centuries. They like their poo and pee in one place, as their mums taught them. Cats/kittens take to litter boxes quite easily.

If their owners are slack with cleaning litterbox, then the cat will tend to pee and poo willy nilly.

And cats will never pee where they sleep. So, if your cat sleeps in your bed and he/she pees in it, well, then your his/her bitch.

Been there, done that!

I'm SO lucky-- I have THREE cats and ONE litterbox. And all is a-ok!

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[fluffernutter]

The thing that gets me is the times I am at other peoples hopuses and it looks like they have not scooped the box in DAYS! I try and think of it like this:

1). The sanitary issue. How can you deal with smelling the cat piss and shit for an extended amount of time.

2). How do you like it when you go to a toilet (be it public or private) and there has been shit or piss or sometimes the lovely mixture of both all over the seat. That is fucking nasty. I think of what goes throught he cats mind when they go to their box and have to step in and dig through their waste. The poor things.

I scoop my box at least once daily. I have one big one and one small one. I paniced the other day when I was away overnight and I was fearing a LOADED box and a gift on my bed. I get home and nothing, not even visible waste on top of the box. GOOD CATS!

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[DJEvelEd]

My cats hang them over the side sometimes. Kinda gross especially if it's diarrea. I tried to toilet train them but they kept falling in or pissing on the seat.

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[sr71blackbird]

There's always sand all over the floor and stench and it's DRIVING ME MAD.


Could always bury a few mousetraps in the sand...


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[TheMojoPin]

Could always bury a few mousetraps in the sand...

Don't tempt me.

Like everyone's saying, you should scoop it once a day...and that's with one cats! Here's two cats, and their box gets scooped every third day at BEST. I usually end up doing it just so there's no smell, and the beasts aren't even MINE.

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[fluffernutter]

Here's two cats, and their box gets scooped every third day at BEST.


If you are not going to be responsible you have no right owning pets. Every 3 days? EECH!

Oh the humanity!

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[carguy]

I was doing a job at some guy's house. He had a couple of cats. I had to go down to the basement to check something. The floor was covered in cat shit. I couldn't see the floor, there was so much shit. I damn near puked. There was a littler box, looked like no one cleaned it twenty years, but there was a litter box.

The funny thing is that the guy wanted me to take off my boots so I wouldn't bring dirt into his basement. That didn't happen.

[high fly]

Litter boxes are a subtle way of exposing which cat owners don't know what the fuck they're doing.
The smell is part of the punishment for being so daft.

Cats are ANIMALS!!!!

ANIMALS SHOULD SHIT & PISS OUTDOORS AS NATURE INTENDED!!!

Of course my cat is trained to do so.

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This message was edited by high fly on 8-24-03 @ 5:04 PM

[canofsoup15]

High fly, your nuts. Moving on...


The sanitary issue. How can you deal with smelling the cat piss and shit for an extended amount of time.


We've gone on vacations and left multiple boxes, and there is alot of shit but no smell, either cause you get used to it, or because after awhile it just stops smelling, only the fresh ones smell. We do clean it once a day though.


How do you like it when you go to a toilet (be it public or private) and there has been shit or piss or sometimes the lovely mixture of both all over the seat. That is fucking nasty. I think of what goes throught he cats mind when they go to their box and have to step in and dig through their waste. The poor things.


They stand up when they take a dump, and theres plenty of room for them to, and besides they bury it under loads of kitty litter anyway.

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[high fly]

CAN----you have cat shit in your house, and even encourage it.

I have none in mine.



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...and that's with one cats!


I know it's a typo, but ha-ha!

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[hyperspace]

they don't use the toilet because they lack the aposeable thumbs Foucker!!!

[kmco2]

Cats will piss where they sleep if they are mad enough, and have some place else to sleep.&nbsp; My cat Scoochie pissed on my head one morning while I was just waking up, he pissed on the bag of cat food last week.&nbsp; Scoochie gets jealous of the other cats, and if I don't clean their litterboxes for a day or two.&nbsp; I have eleven cats and four litter&nbsp;boxes, Scoochie is the oldest, hes the father of two of my cats and the grandfather of five of the cats we have.&nbsp; The other three are adopted from a boat and the streets.&nbsp; Scoochie will pee on anything, and his grandson litter larry will go and pee just to compete with Scoochie their both fixed though.&nbsp; So cats are never predictable.&nbsp; But I would like to know how we started having cats use litterboxes, dogs go outside why don't cats?

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[Mike Teacher]

<p>More then 2? Definitely a sickness.</p><p>Fastidious? Neat? Shit in the same place? BS.</p>

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[TooCute]

Hamsters like using litter boxes too.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

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[Jennitalia]

i have 2 cats, one litter box.&nbsp; they have their own private &quot;bathroom&quot; in my apartment.&nbsp; and their poopies dont smell, either.&nbsp; I'm such a proud mommy.

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[angrymissy]

<p>3 Cats and just recently went up from 2 litterboxes to 3.&nbsp; Covered boxes though, so I don't have to look at their poo and they get some privacy.</p><p>The most annoying thing for me is that my retard cats don't know how to cover their shit properly.&nbsp; They go in the box then spend about 15 minutes scratching the side of the box, the mat under the box, everything but the litter to try and cover their shit.</p>

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<p>Cat's are very clean, but vain animals. I have two cats that have never had a problem. A cat's natural instinct is to bury their crap. My cat's would have gone to the bathroom anywhere if I didn't rub their paws in the litter when they were kittens. I don't know why, but that told them that is where they should shit... </p><p>I had a dog before that and he went all over the house. Every corner smelled like urine. I'd rather clean out an ammonia smelling box twice a week then scrub dog shit out of a rug every other day...&nbsp;</p>

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[cougarjake13]

<p>after reading through the thread I see no one has yet answered the question of</p><p>where we began having cats use litterboxes and I am curious to know the answer</p><p>if anyone knows it</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>I have the best answer. Get a dog and a cat. The dog will eat the
cat poop out of the litter box, so you wont have to clean it out much.
My Uncle tells me about this all the time. <br />
</p><p>My Uncle has 3 dogs and two cats. And none of his dogs gets to kiss me. Blech!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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[FallenStar]

I have one cat and live in a two bedroom apartment by myself. She has the whole second bedroom all for herself. I scoop every single day so it's not really all that bad. Except for the little fucker feels the need to fling cat litter ALL OVER the place and I can't get her to stop. Thank God I have hardwood floors.

[FallenStar]

<p>&quot;</p><p>I have the best answer. Get a dog and a cat. The dog will eat the cat poop out of the litter box, so you wont have to clean it out much. My Uncle tells me about this all the time. <br /></p><p>My Uncle has 3 dogs and two cats. And none of his dogs gets to kiss me. Blech!&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That so reminds me of when I used to live with my folk's. Three dogs and three cats. It was all even.</p>

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[curtoid]

<p>My cat always cracked me up - after he dropped a deuce, he'd run as fast as he could to the other part of the apartment/house. </p><p>Why do cats go in a litter box?</p><p>Because, without thumbs, they can't open the cereal box.</p>

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<p>I used to have one cat that would be outside playing, and then he'd come inside through the cat door to use the litter box. When he was finished, he'd run back outside. He also sat on my lap once while I was peeing and peed all over me. I miss my li'l Pepperoni.</p>

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