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Can someone who loves cats explain to me how so many cat owners seem okay with letting it walk all over the surfaces they eat from after it walks all over a box
by benihana 12y ago
Can someone who loves cats explain to me how so many cat owners seem okay with letting it walk all over the surfaces they eat from after it walks all over a box of sandy cat piss?
- MikusR 12y agoCats don't walk on piss. You are thinking of humans.
- Floegipoky 12y agoWe don't "let them". Cats do whatever they want, we just have to adjust our lives and living spaces such that they don't have the opportunity to do anything too destructive. But for what it's worth they clean themselves constantly, and cat litter is incredibly absorptive.
- pavel_lishin 12y agoI disagree, cats can be trained; ours no longer jump up on kitchen counters.
- AzAngel 12y agoNot when you are watching. If yours is anything like ours they do so when they know you are not around.
- jimmaswell 12y agoCan someone explain eating directly off of the table to me
- DanBC 12y agoyou clean the surfaces? you use plates and washable food preparation boards (chopping boards etc)?
- sxcurry 12y agoWe have a hard and fast rule in our house: The cats are not allowed on the dining table, unless they really want to be there.
- ScottBurson 12y agoIt's a legitimate question. I have mixed feelings about it myself, but not to the point that I've bothered to train the cats to stay off the counters. Mostly I just avoid putting food directly on the surfaces the cats touch. It's not that hard, really.
- dredmorbius 12y agoI've never cared for that and have negotiated with my cats to not do this (generally carried out with a spray bottle). My most recent cat recognized the concept well enough that when I moved to new places (which happened with some regularity) he recognized the concept of "kitchen counter" as "place I'm not allowed". Similarly dining room table, though he was allowed on my desk.
- jdmichal 12y agoOf course, in actuality the cat possibly learned to not be on the counter or table around you. What they do when you're not around or sleeping is an entirely other question.
- dredmorbius 12y agoI know of one exception -- it involved chicken cold cuts being left out. Other than that, never that I discovered. Though leaving temptations out was also generally avoided. His other behavior suggests he did as expected.
- PhasmaFelis 12y ago(a) Cats are quite fastidious and will avoid stepping on soiled litter. (b) I eat off of a plate, actually. The cats are not allowed to walk on the plates. If you just pour your Cheerios all over the table and then lick them up, yeah, probably not a good idea to own cats.