Most of us have done it, stepped in cat vomit in the kitchen while rushing to get ready in the morning, skidded on it, knocked the food or water dish over, startled the cats into being annoyed with each other, etc. It's part of our lives, skirting around, cleaning up, dealing with various cat messes. Dealing with a disabled cat multiplies the messes, naturally, because you are dealing with a cat who poops and pees randomly.
I thought I had Zazesh (progressive neurological disorder of unknown origin) figured out well by now. Hold him in one arm in the morning to give him a gentle rinse under the tap before diapering him. If I keep an eye on his behind it's obvious when he's going to poop so I have time to swing him over to the litter box area, lay him on the newspapered floor and wait. Cats have a way of knowing when you think you have them figured out and then hit you with a zinger.
On Monday evening, Zazesh had pooped in his diaper so I removed it over the box before swinging over to the sink to wash him. Bad move! He was still pooping as I realized when I heard them drop to the floor and one hit the sink. I swung him back to the box trying to make sure I didn't step in any. Using one hand to hold him (as he squirmed and swore at me loudly) and one hand and a knee to grab toilet tissue, I scooped poop from the sink. Washed him, moved over to the tub and stepped in with him (use this method to contain and control him for diapering because he's a biter.) As I leaned over I saw I'd stepped in some poop and it's all over the towel on the tub floor. Finish diapering him, stepped over poops on floor and put him down in the bedroom. Only as I lean down to start cleaning the floor do I realize I have one large and rather wet poop on my shoe, just as it meets my sock and large enough for the hem of my pj pants to hit.
On Tuesday morning, while my indoor shoe is still marinating in a cleaning and deodorizing solution, I remove Zazesh's diaper and he begins to pee. I move him over the box area as the stream arches out and away and think I've done okay. Until I glance at my other pair of indoor shoes and realize there is a small stream running across the front and onto my sock.
So, please, make me feel better and tell us all your stories of cat messes you didn't expect.
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I immediately moved him to the litter box and I had to rewash a few pieces of clothes. Last night I caught him peeine on an empty canvas bag I had left by the front door.
Old age ain't pretty for cats.
Originally Posted by maid25cats
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