The Pee Cam Chronicles aka The Pee Sting - Phase II
We're conducting a "Pee Sting" to try to catch our inappropriate peeing cat(s). On Saturday Sept. 14 we set up a motion detecting web cam [the Pee Cam] in the dining room. The Pee Cam is connected to a laptop where all the pictures are stored.
Those little smarty cats were on their best behavior for almost 11 days but on Wed. Sept 24 it changed. Houston, we have a pee! When I got up yesterday morning I found a pee spot. Unfortunately the pee spot was off to the side of the camera so we couldn't see the culprit. :mad: The cats are outwitting me!!! I had to leave for the afternoon but when I got back I rushed to check the pictures on the laptop and Viola! a peeing cat on camera! It was Rocky!!
You'd think problem solved but wait, Rocky has an alibi for the early morning off camera pee. He was out in the garage when that one happened so we still have a mystery to solve and another peeing cat to catch so the Pee Sting continues.
Stay tuned for the continuing saga of Days of our Pee.
Phase II - The Countertop Caper
The Countertop Caper.
We have a Scat Mat which we place on the kitchen counter to keep the cats away. Well a week or so before the Pee Cam was set up someone got on the counter top and peed on the Scat Mat while it was turned off! :mad:
Phase II of the Pee Sting has been implemented. After a little ebay bidding I purchased a wireless web cam. It arrived and after a day or two of struggling with the software we got the wireless cam set up. Since this camera only seems to perform well in bright light it won't be of much use in the dining room so we set it up to the be the new kitchen counter tattletale. This camera will email me five seconds of video every two minutes when motion is detected. Best of all, new gadget is mobile.
Phase II - The Countertop Caper
Day One
Email Log:
10:15 am - One solid gray cat saunters across counter top to sniff the bananas.
11:10 am - One black and white tuxie hops up to inspect kitchen sink - found nothing.
11:50 am - One human prepares luch (yougurt, banana, bran muffin & milk - I skipped breakfast).
11.58 pm - Big fluffy gray tabby drinks from water fountain in background.
This is an example of what we are seeing, lots of naughty kitties getting up on the counter top to "sniff bananas" and have a look around. I never knew we had so many counter top tourist! :eek: