Re: He used the litterbox!

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 04:13:01 -0500, "philo"
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>"Marek Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> I have been adopting Old George, a longtime stray in the neighborhood.
>> When I first met him he wouldn't let anyone near him, was almost
>> feral. He has spent all his life living on handouts. I'm guessing he's
>> about ten years old.
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>> He was a wreck at first. Clumps of matted hair on his back so thick it
>> had to be cut off. Runny eyes, body just skin and bones. Well, hair
>> also. Come to think of it, way more hair than cat. It has taken me
>> about three months, but he now loves to be petted, likes to come
>> inside, and really appreciates having a home.
>>
>> But having lived all his life outdoors as a stray, it does not occur
>> to him that he can't just go wherever he happens to be when nature
>> calls. He spends most of his time outdoors (he's learned about his
>> kitty door), so the accidents in the house are not constant. Still,
>> I've had to clean up an average of once a day. Unfortunately, I've
>> never been able to catch him in the act, which makes disciplining him
>> pretty hard.
>>
>> I got some Cat Attract litter about ten days ago. He has ignored it,
>> just as he has ignored all the previous litterboxes. But I formed a
>> new plan that may be starting to work. My computer room is in the
>> front of the house, and the kitchen is in the back. There is a natural
>> walkway through the living room and dining room between the two. This
>> walkway (mostly the living room part)  is the area he always poops and
>> pees in, never anyplace else in the house. So I made up four
>> litterboxes out of lids from cartons that paper came in (11 by 17 inch
>> lids). I filled each with Cat Attract and used them to block the
>> doorway from the dining room into the living room. He either has to
>> leap over them or walk through them to get into the living room. For
>> the past several days I have been watching him leap over them. But
>> tonight there was a big wet clump in one of the boxes. He actually
>> peed in one of them!
>>
>> Well, I praised him and petted him and all that stuff, but I'm sure he
>> has no idea what all the fuss was about -- it was too long since he
>> did it. He's pretty smart about things like figuring out where his
>> dinner is, but I don't think his furry little brain can stretch to
>> abstract thoughts about elimination.
>>
>> I can't believe I'm actually excited about cat pee.
>>
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>well my cat is used to "going" outside
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>but i thought it a good idea to keep a litter box in the basement...
>just incase...
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>and he knew what it was...
>so there he was standing in the middle of the box...just like he was
>supposed to...but peeing over the edge!!!!
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>(he seems to have the hang of it now)
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Does he have a little costume for Halloween?   MLB