I think I'll give him another chance! He has ALWAYS done that... don't know why. If there is a carpet down he uses it instead of the box. No carpet = he uses box. Even if we put towels down instead of the mat, he will use the box. Its frustrating because he somehow knows when a new mat is down. I have put one down and no more than 5 mintues later, there a fresh pile of poo. And it has absolutely nothing to do with how clean the box is. He's just a weird cat.

And tonight was not the night to do that... We had a flood in our basement, right where he laundry is. Whenever the laundry piles up, I'll just throw blankets and towels on the floor and catch up when I can... only with the flood, everything is soaked and rather stinky. I wasn't home much yesterday or today, so things have been fermenting since Friday's heavy rain & flooding. So here I am with fresh, clean, smell-free towels and mat... only to have him create another load of laundry!

PS: no sooner did I hit POST when he came in a bullied the dog out of the bed! She was highly upset about that! Sigh, my big guy has a big personality!