Cat Catastrophe's
- 1 day ago
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It's no surprise that there are times when I miss the craziness and chaos of 21 cats. It's rare that there's not some noise, mess, or cuteness going on. Sure, I wouldn't mind having less cleaning and litter scooping to do. But I truly do miss the chaos and cuteness that happens. Hearing it secondhand from Gene or Jimmi just isn't the same—yep, I get it, I'm merely writing about things they do for you to read secondhand. How entertaining could it be for you guys to read my incredibly bad storytelling?
I've been house-sitting just a few minutes away for the last two weeks. Most days, I'd stop at home for the usual various chores - making dinner, cleaning, laundry, litter scooping, etc. Home long enough to take care of stuff, but truly miss any of the fun and entertaining things. Being away from the cats makes it hard to write about them, which was kind of the whole point of me starting this blog. Relying on info from Gene to write about them is just not the same as seeing it firsthand. Here's to hoping that I'll catch some fun stuff when I'm home between pet-sitting jobs.
If I haven't mentioned it before, we have a cat wheel (the best Facebook Marketplace purchase ever!). It's hit or miss which cats use it, when they use it, and for how long. There are a few regular users: Dobby, Buddy, Smokey, and some of the kittens. Dobby likes to use it whenever she's feeling neglected. She starts off with a slow walk on the very edge, keeping an eye out for someone to look her way. But if we are watching TV and not paying attention, she runs faster and stares down whoever is in the room. Occasionally, she'll decide to just have a little nap on the wheel—who knows why—it can't be that comfortable.
Smokey uses the wheel - but not as often these days. She was the first one to truly take to it and run like nobody's business. She's always been a tiny girl - petite at under 8 lbs. She doesn't need the exercise - but if she's happy, we're happy. She also used the wheel as a way to get attention. Run = extra pets or treats.
Buddy is another fast wheel runner—still young with lots of energy to burn. I wish more of the younger kids would use the wheel—or even Roughy, who always has some pent-up anger. Buddy runs fast enough that the wheel starts to rock and looks like it's about to launch off the track. That has yet to happen, but I'm not going to be surprised if it does.
At any rate, one day in our group chat we got a picture. This picture was quite... an eye-opener. One of the cats decided to take a poop on the wheel, which is obviously not ideal, but it happens. It could have happened for any reason - full litter box, upset stomach, the sudden onset of a need to poop and not enough time to make it to the box. There's a first time for everything, and this would be the first time someone pooped on the cat wheel. Cats can be assholes, especially in my house. So why would this be any different?
One of the cats decided it would be a great idea to then run on the cat wheel—even though there was poop on it. We've now made a small mess a huge mess. It was spread all over the carpet, the wheel, the walls, the floor. You name it—it needed to be cleaned. It's always hard to determine who did what with so many cats, but even harder when they all go MIA after a major disaster. To this day, we have no idea who pooped or who decided to run after the poop happened.
All the cats are oblivious to the poop mess they left and have carried on with their daily lives as if nothing so ridiculous happened. In the meantime, we humans are left shaking our heads and laughing. Only in our house would this be a thing that happens. I'm hoping that is the first and last time we have that kind of mess to deal with.
That, my friends, is something that was funny after it got cleaned up—was it laugh-worthy as you read this? Probably not, but now you can say you know someone whose cats did the most ridiculous thing ever!
I'm dying to know—what is the most ridiculous thing your pet has done (or child if you don't have pets)? Drop it in the comments for us all to read!
Till our tails cross again,
Melanie
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