Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 13, 2021

I was going to mention the “one box per cat, plus one” earlier this week. When I volunteered at the humane society we would tell cat adopters this.

Not the fridge, though, I would hope!

Litter boxes as far as the eye can see!♥

They might as well live in a desert.

I have 2 cats, 2 boxes. Scooped twice daily, and when I suspect it need it.

No room for more, unless I get a cabinet style – and I doubt either would use that.

By Malvina Reynolds, sung by Pete Seeger: Little Boxes

Litter boxes on the first floor

Litter boxes made out of wood and plastic

Litter boxes on the first floor

Not necessarily the same

There’s a plastic one and a credenza

And a new one and an old fashioned one

And they’re made out of wood or plastic

Not necessarily the same.

…….

And the cats living on the first floor

All like to use different boxes

We know Elvis likes to use the old one

But the boxes aren’t all the same

And there’s Tommy and there’s Sophie

At their home are the credenzas

And they’re made out of wood or plastic

Not necessarily the same.

…….

And each cat has a preference

Of which box they want to use

In boxes made of wood or plastic

And remember to wash their paws

There’s a plastic one and a credenza

And a new one and an old fashioned one

And they’re made out of wood or plastic

Not necessarily the same.

OT: accident

“One day Puck all this will be yours.” “What, the litter boxes?”

For those who missed it yesterday, Catmom says her surgery went well.

Puck’s boxing up the world…

And I came across this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2383ElpU4U

Love the view of the apartment from the top of the Big Red Couch!

Naturally, cats get more bathrooms than people.

Now that the litter box situation is under control, somebody needs to warn the poor innocent plant…

3

2

1

INCOMING!

Why one extra?

Indeed, Puck, indeed.

BOCH alert!

AllishaDawn - how is your Dad doing after his gallbladder surgery?

I have three cats and two litter boxes. It works fine.

I see the tower is still there.

Elvis is jubilant …..Puck is philosophical…..and I am lol!

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10156313221059523

Channeling Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, there, Puckles? “Soon this will all be litter boxes…for me to poop on!”

Dream big, Puck!

Puck you have to leave a little room so you can chase the red dot.

“All your litterbox are belong to us” :)

At some point, it starts to resemble a row of porta-potties… Also, BoCH!!

I wonder if the boy and girl have a sandbox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2iG9NQk9mI

@rs0204 – How is Marie coming along, dear rs? All the best, concerned orbster.

Only Georgia Dunn could write a fascinating story line about cat bathrooms.

Nice artwork in panel 4. Like the perspective.

Nice!

We have four boxes for three cats. Catio, library, living room, and master bath have a box.

Aren’t they too young to be “crazy cat people”?

As a kid our cat was an in and outdoor cat. It rarely used the litterbox we had for it.

So this litter box was purchased for Sophie.

sad news to report today. Liza my kitty of 15 years died today. She was a rescue cat from the shelter. She spent her first 2 years of her life there from kitten to I adopted her.Just a thought when people go out to get a kitten maybe instead get an older cat. They are the most over looked and need homes the most. Liza may not have been a kitten when I got her but she was always very loving and greateful to have a home.

I’m with Elvis. None of this newfangled stuff. ::grumble, grumble, grumble::

Does that mean my one cat should have two litter boxes?

Indeed, I was actually told I should have one box per cat plus one on every floor, making a total of 15. In actuality I had two litter boxes in the basement, and the cats did Just Fine. I suppose it’s different if you have a “difficult” cat or if they don’t get along.

Can’t have that. There’s gotta be room for food bowls. Not to mention some furniture for the People to use to create laps.

On occasion, I have heard our cats say something like, “The world is our Bathroom” .

Our first cat was different. When Salem was a kitten,we were not sure we could have a cat with our Dog, Simba, but our daughter really wanted him.

So we got the kitten, and gave him to Simba to care for as “his” pet. This worked very well, as Simba took good care of Salem, and taught him his own Bathroom habits.

Simba would use the composter for solids, and the shrubs around the back wall for liquids. Salem followed that when he was outside, and used his litter box if we didn’t let him out when he wanted or needed to go.

The composter always had fresh solids from them, and the Possums never ventured beyond the back wall, as the odor “guard” kept them wary. Sadly both Simba and Salem have passed, and the new dogs and cats don’t perform nearly as well at this service. The cats like to use the trees on the perimeter of our property sort of their messaging system. Our recent dogs are all rescues and don’t yet have the discipline that Simba had.

…yay?

Nope. 1 box. 2-3 cats. Never had a problem. I literally haven’t the space or the energy for more than one box, nor the money for all that litter. 1 box, that’s all they get. I scoop 3xdaily.

You can get by with fewer boxes, it just means committing to more frequent/daily scooping. In the office, our ratio nets out to less than one per cat. However, we scoop the boxes at least twice a day. No matter how many boxes you use, the rule is, “keep ‘em clean and keep ‘em convenient.” Except the rare time someone has been ill, we never have incidents, but we are diligent about maintenance morning and evening, and sometimes when it’s obvious it needs a scoop.

Another thing, watch your elder cats if the box is in the basement. Move it to a quiet area on their main floor if you notice them hesitating, or going down the stairs slower. Too many folks think their older cat has “lost their training” when it fact it is just hard for them to navigate the stairs or get there in time.

Another accident mitigation is have a night light in the area. We confuse cat’s excellent “night vision” with “blind vision.” In nature, there is still a lot of ambient light, even from just the stars for cats to see by. Windowless basements and closets can be pitch black. A cat will manage because they have to, but it is more stressful than it needs to be. Help them out. Also, older cats can lose their night vision and it can make them uneasy to go into a dark area.

Finally an unsolicited plug: if anyone needs a rec, the Tidy Cat Slide scoop-able is a game changer for multi cat houses. It costs more, but is 99.99% dust free, the scooping ability lasts much longer, and it doesn’t cement to the box, so you aren’t changing it all out all the time. We actually use less now.

And each cat needs 4 beds.

A Question for Georgia, if you will.

O.T. – the day after

“This used to be wall to wall litterboxes until most of them got harvested. Now that litterboxes are protected and making a comeback, this will once again become a majestic field of boxed litter!”

As they (might) say, …

“What HAPPENS in the Litter Box – STAYS in the Litter Box !!!” …

(That is … Until it needs cleaning !!) … :)

@AlishaDawn, how is your dad after his g.b. surgery? Hope he’s doing well.

I’ve slept a LOT in the last 24 hours, and in the recliner. When I try to lie on the bed, I feel like I can’t breathe, no doubt due to the mass quantity of CO2 gas they pump into your abdominal cavity crowding the lungs. They told me it would take a couple of days to be absorbed, that it cannot be expelled in the “other ways” that gases are disposed of by the body. Dang it! Otherwise, I have four “poke holes” that of course are sore, but still not enough for Percocet, acetaminophen alone did fine for last night. Throat is no longer sore, but I do have a bit of a cough that hopefully won’t last long. Otherwise, as long as I don’t move, I feel pretty normal, minus the nausea that has been ever-present for months. And again, thanks to the Orb for your concern and support—this is the real happiest place on earth!

We did that until we got Litter Robots. Now it’s one LR upstairs, one LR and one old fashioned/regular downstairs. The cats are happy and the Mrs is happy and that’s all that matters.

The lamp in P4 looks like it has eyes, a mouth and an ear.

Only if YOU’LL change the litter pans, Puck.

I’m finding it hard to believe that the little plant has not been destroyed!! Go little plant!

Puck has a vision of the future. Investment opportunities beckon.

I have 2 litterboxes and 2 cats, but even when I had 3 cats, 2 boxes were fine (my Big 3 I had for 10+ years, one for 17). BUT I have always kept my boxes in the bathroom, right by the toilet. I use World’s Best Cat Litter and it clumps really well so even though it is expensive, it lasts a long time till you have to comlpletely clean it out. Because it is flushable it is easy to keep the boxes very clean as I clean it every time I go into the bathroom (ok, let’s be honest, everytime WE, the cats and I, go into the bathroom. We often are all going together and it’s a great way to keep an eye on their digestive health.

OT:ME

OT: R update

Sixty years ago today the world changed, but not just because I was born. A wall in Berlin was begun that would divide the world. I’m glad I got to live long enough to see it torn down.

OT.

Did everyone see this tribute to Bill Jackson that Georgia posted on Facebook (maybe on Instagram, too, but I don’t do Instagram). https://www.facebook.com/100057858737451/posts/258678319404124/

We wouldn’t have space for ‘1 per cat + 1 extra’.

It’s nice to see Elvis happy.