Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:29 am Post subject: ARRGGGHHHH! Eating cat pooh!
I have a new kittie which I housed temporarily in an unused puppy crate. It's worked brilliantly to protect him from the dogs. The cat has a carrying crate for his bed and a litter tray plus food and water. He doesn't really need it now as he gets on fabulously with both dogs.
I need to use the crate need week for my new puppy so the cat will be relegated to the kitchen BUT Coco has taking to going into the crate when it is open and helping herself to the contents of the litter tray - the fresher the better. It's driving MOH insane as her breath smells bl**dy aweful afterwards and she always tries to kiss him ( ).
I am not really that bothered about this, it is fairly natural behaviour I believe and both cat and dogs are regularly wormed etc but I need hints on how to discourage her as next week the litter tray will be even more easily accessible for those little "snackettes".
Bailey has just gone through this stage - he hasnt done it since I caught him - when I did I really shouted NO at him - called him naughty and he was put in his crate (i am not the punisher my OH is so when I tell him off he knows its serious) - i keep an eye out now but he has never done it since.
amber does it too.. well, i think it must be cat poo.. it smells like horse poo, but sooooo much worse.. and she finds it at the bottom of our garden!!! i'm beginning to think i'll never stop her
Awwww dogs do love a nice fresh "Kittie Cookie" don't they .
I've got a littertray with a roof on for my cats, so the dogs can't get to the tasty smackerals quite so easily . I still find it better to make sure that the tray is kept as free of poop as poss (I know no-one has eyes in the back of their heads though) and I put the tray somewhere where it isn't so accessible for the dogs (like the bathroom upstairs).
Whilst out walking in Windsor Great Park yesterday, Harvey started eating horse poo. Don't know why they do it though. The kids screamed at him - they were so horrified that their pup could be so revolting!!
Yep- Piper is the same with sheep poo!! We live in the Derbyshire countryside so he seems to find it everywhere!! And the "leave it" command goes out the window when he is eating a tasty sheep turd!!
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. I still find it better to make sure that the tray is kept as free of poop as poss (I know no-one has eyes in the back of their heads though) and I put the tray somewhere where it isn't so accessible for the dogs (like the bathroom upstairs).
