12.28.2009

I love my cat. 

I'm sad that she's getting older and sometimes she gets sick and pukes all over or poops right outside of her litter box.  I mean, she never pees outside of her litter box.  Pee is so gross and you can never totally clean it up.  It works its way into the floorboards and every time it rains the smell is reactivated and it permeates all through the house.  Everyone knows that.  When she is constipated (which is why she is pooping outside the box), it's all hard and never smears and you can pick it right up with a tissue.  And when she pukes, sometimes she is super nice about it and eats it so I don't have to clean it up.  The worst is when she pukes on my bed and leaves it there and I don't see it until my foot slides into a cold, lumpy, moist pile of half digested food and hair.

I love my cat.
She's my family.
So I deal with it.

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That is so gross.  I can't believe I feel this way.

Can you imagine if there was a person in my house doing that?

And this post read:

I love my aunt/mother/sister/cousin.
I'm sad that she's getting older and sometimes she gets sick and pukes on the floor or poops right outside of the toilet. I mean, she never pees outside of the toilet. Pee is so gross and you can never totally clean it up. It works its way into the floorboards and every time it rains the smell is reactivated and it permeates all through the house. Everyone knows that. When she is constipated (which is why she is pooping outside the toilet), it's all hard and never smears and you can pick it right up with a tissue. And when she pukes, sometimes she is super nice about it and eats it so I don't have to clean it up.  The worst is when she pukes on my bed and leaves it there and I don't see it until my foot slides into a cold, lumpy, moist pile of half digested food and hair.


I love my aunt/mother/sister/cousin.
She's my family.
So I deal with it.

14 degrees {comments}:

Shelly Overlook said...

OMG, I am laughing my ass off b/c it is SO TRUE. I never exactly thought of it this way before, but if my husband did that to me, he wouldn't be around long. But if it's my cat or one of the dogs, it's totally tolerable. A pain in the ass and often disgusting? Yes, of course, but the puppy (kitty) can't help it. The husband would get the riot act.

kateyleigh said...

i love you, seriously

Rinny said...

but cats are special. Especially our cats.

Lucy said...

The CRAP we put up with from our animals and yet I know my mom/dad/sister/cousin and so on would be in HOME so damn fast, the only FAMILY exception would be my kids!!! Well, maybe my parents (LOL).

Alix said...

"And when she pukes, sometimes she is super nice about it and eats it so I don't have to clean it up."

I know!!!!! Sometimes my dog eats the cat's puke so he and/or she doesn't have to clean it up. Animals are so considerate that way.

You make a strong point even in your randomness. Animals are much more forgiving of their poor hygiene than aunts/mothers/sisters/cousins.

What's up for New Year's Eve? Hangin with Jake and the upchuckers?

Maureen@IslandRoar said...

Oh, I want to laugh and cry. In HS, when I worked in the nursing home and cleaned up people poop ALL THE TIME, my boyfriend said "how can you bear to do that," and I thought, well, if it was MY grandma ( or now, MOM) I'd want someone to do it for them. Right, I mean they're People. ANd that's what it is with your cat, right? God, I love you. And I mean that in the best bloggy way.

Darcy said...

cats are the shit/shits. one of my two likes to carry a piece of his poo around the house and just drop it somewhere. like a little round gift. gross. but seriously, i heart cats, it's sad. i even got a '365 days of living joyfully with your cat' book for xmas. i loved it.

slommler said...

Now that I am sufficiently grossed out! LOL!! But you are so right! LOL! I went "ewwwwwww" and laughed at the same time!
Happy New Year
Hugs
SueAnn

Amanda said...

LMAO so true.

Holli said...

Such a very appropriate post since I just got done cleaning up my 17 year old cat's puke pile and one little poop that must have snuck up on her in the living room.... what are ya gonna do... they can't help it..... :)

My name is PJ. said...

I almost laughed...until I realize that THAT'S exactly how it is to care for elderly people with terminal illness in your home!

With 7 animals (soon to be 8) and 1 elderly person (used to be 2), my life is defined by both halves of your post!!

BTW, "Nature's Miracle" liquid breaks down the proteins in poop, puke and pee residue and does away with the scent. It's available at Petsmart.com...and I buy it by the gallon...and I have porcelain tile floors...

Haley said...

Haha! Laughing so hard fellow co-workers came to read why I was laughing so hard...fellow co-workers laughing very hard as well. You just brightened our day.
and yes, it is only the poop outside the box...what's up with that!?!

Kelly @ Dare to be Domestic said...

You almost made me pee outside the box on this one!

Ugh, our cat is SO good about his box. He could have 2 weeks worth of "I forgot to change the box" liter and he'll still poo and pee in there. God Bless Little Angus, I love him so!

He does occasionally hang his ass a bit too far over the edge and drop a deuce off to the side of the box but like you said... nothing a tissue can't handle. But the smell is a different story.. wow... he can stink up a entire laundry room.

SM said...

I was just talking about this about our cat with my husband the other day - about how we put up with weird stuff that we wouldn't let a human do.

Our cat is sick. Real sick - she has liver disease (apparently she can't stay off the booze...) and for the past few months has been peeing on the dryer. Yup - on the dryer. It's very upsetting. So because we were tired of dealing with the piss and we didn't want our house to smell like piss (much), we started putting these old towels on top. And every day we wash them in hot water and bleach so she can repeat the process each day. We do it because we love her and we know she doesn't have much time left.

I have to say that if my Aunt J peed on my dryer, I wouldn't be as forgiving.