You can always teach your cat to poop in a toilet. This doesn't take much effort to teach them. Remember to leave the toilet seat cover up for them.
Coping with Cats
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#52Sucks that she had problems with the Litter Robot. I love mine, and it's only malfunctioned once in the last several years. And for the fur, just get a Roomba.
How frequently do you clean yours? Not empty the litter or change the tray, but actually clean the inside?
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
> wake up at 2 in the morning to some weird noises I used to have that problem. But I now make sure to exhaust my cat, feed him, and poop him before I sleep. And he no longer wakes me up in the middle of the night. Works like a charm.
>poop him Like... do you hold him over the litter box and squeeze or something?
Bring him to the box, and verbally encourage him. 70% of the time, he'll poop.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
> wake up at 2 in the morning to some weird noises I used to have that problem. But I now make sure to exhaust my cat, feed him, and poop him before I sleep. And he no longer wakes me up in the middle of the night. Works like a charm.
I can understand the exhausting & feed him, but "poop him"? How do you control that?
I obviously can't force him to poop. But I bring him to the box at approximately the same time every day, and he kinda eventually gets it.
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#55"I did not get these cats to have them at less than their maximum softness."
Excellent tip: always know what a win looks like.
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#56Sucks that she had problems with the Litter Robot. I love mine, and it's only malfunctioned once in the last several years. And for the fur, just get a Roomba.
How frequently do you clean yours? Not empty the litter or change the tray, but actually clean the inside?
Not at all often. Once every year or two? For whatever it's worth, I have one of the older models.
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#57Something about the tone of this article rubs me the wrong way and makes the owner appear to see his cats as being solely for his own pleasure rather than for the mutual pleasure of being companions in each others' lives. One example: > [The furminator] was absolutely amazing at removing fur from the cats (on areas broad and unbony enough to support the comb), and they liked it, but it left them less soft. I did not…
Was it not just a bit of a joke? I enjoyed it and it made my partner laugh (I think that's a first for a HN post). And we didn't know about those grooming gloves, they look great.
I've lived with folks who would unironically say "I bought you so you would love me!!!" while pinning the cat down to pet it, while the cat was under obvious duress.
There is definitely a non-negligible fraction of pet owners who do not empathize whatsoever with their pets, treating them instead as playthings for their own amusement.
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#58It's an alright list, but that's some beginner level stuff. Where's things like -cat is obssessed with plastic bags whenever he wants attention and ends up wearing them like a cape trailing it through the house causing havoc. -cat likes to knock over your breakable things just cause it likes to see them smash -wake up at 2 in the morning to some weird noises only to find the cat spiderman-ing up the screen on the win…
My cats get fed when I start making dinner. They're really mellow about feeding time, I think it is that there's only an approximate time and that it is tied to me feeding me, they don't get neurotic about it. The worst stupid cat trick I've put up with was one who would dart outside if he got the chance. Problem was, he had never been an outdoor cat, was pretty dumb, and would immediately panic and hide. Once ended…
"Once ended up talking to the cops about breaking into my own house when someone saw me crawling underneath after spotting his eyes reflecting back at me."
One great thing about pets is the new people you get to meet.
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#59My experience of coping with cats: - Place the litter box in an accessible place - Scoop frequently - Set up routines with the cat - Plenty of toys, and sometimes play YouTube for cat - At least one thing that can be climbed
> Plenty of toys, and sometimes play YouTube for cat Since I started WFH, one of my cats has taken to sitting on my desk and batting at my mouse cursor. Never had a cat do that before.
When my cat is on my desk, I pick her up and put her on my lap. (Getting paid to work while a cat is on your lap? Sweeeeeet.) Of course, she doesn't stay. She climbs back onto the desk. So I put her on my lap again. After about three times, she either stays (yay!) or climbs down onto the floor (bummer, but at least I can work).
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#60Sucks that she had problems with the Litter Robot. I love mine, and it's only malfunctioned once in the last several years. And for the fur, just get a Roomba.
I thought the same thing when I was reading the article. Although I have read about many people having trouble with their littler robot, that’s not something I have experienced frequently. I have the 3rd generation litter robot, and it has malfunctioned exactly twice in three years. I empty it once a week, and my cats love it.