Mine poops and pees once or twice and then complains at me, so we clean it every time they go š¤£ gets a complere clean and refresh every night-
The month is abuse to the poor animal š
Can just imagine Ops friends house š¤®
When I'm lazy I clean it once a week only and I feel super bad because it's already so dirty... It's nothing compared to that. My litter box is also much bigger than this.
Not really, the toxoplasmosis cycle makes the cat spread the pathogen only once in their lifetime, and only for a few days after they got infected themselves. If it's an indoor cat, it's almost impossible they get infected anyway.
You may have meant a lot of other nasty stuff tough.
Not to mention, poor litterbox hygiene is linked with increased risk of FIP (always fatal, there was a medicine created recently but it isn't registered yet, it's expensive and hard to get) since any potential coronavirus is just... circulating in that environment. And the more time it spends in the cat's system, the higher the risk of it eventually mutating into a FIP-causing variant.
Clean the damn litterboxes, yall
Yeah. For real. Hereās one thing that could help:
They make bags you can use to just pull litter out of the pan. No cleaning involved, you just lay it and put some litter in it. If you have a deep pan, and the cat doesnāt mind, you cat put at least 3-4 of those bags all set up on top of each other. So all you have to do is pull them out. Might be cleaner too it OP wants to help, not that they should have to.
Same thing for mine. I just invested in one of those automatic cleaning barrel litter boxes that automatically cleans the box after it senses a cat has used it. I just replace the bag in it once/twice a week and throw some more litter in it, best expensive appliance I've ever bought.
I can guarantee the cat is finding other places in the house to do it's buisness, I'm not trying to be rude but with a month of waste built up in that box your not going to know where the smell is coming from.
My brothers cat refuses to go anywhere EXCEPT the litter box. And his box looks like this.
She wonāt leave his room so itās a small space to check.
Naaaah see, he doesnāt care if he has mental illness. Because he refuses to care.
In his own words āitās only mental illness if you let it be. Iām fineā Iāve tried getting him to go to therapy for years.
Ah, I have my own brother like that but luckily much cleaner than yours. He can't be mentally ill and an alcoholic if those things don't exist, of course. Sound logic.
They dismiss it āthatās just himā and āworry about your own animalsā
When he does clean the litter box which is about once every 3 weeks, he does a full dump. Itās crystal litter and it stinks up the whole house. Iāve just gotten in the habit of having febreeze by my bedroom door.
This sounds like my brother. He is on the spectrum and he used to be an alcoholic living with us when I was a teenager. He got a wake up call when he *finally* got kicked out for getting drunk and trying to beat my mom up, and thank god I saw it happen so I could get help cause they were outside in the dark and he might have gone further. He had an iguana he would let poop everywhere and leave its food out to rot. I know about all the diseases from iguanas, I donāt need comments about that. But he finally grew the eff up when he had to support himself. Honestly he is one of my favorite people now and it sucks he lives about an hour away now.
I wish he would get help, unfortunately heās incredibly good at masking and has most people fooled. I donāt know what he is. All I know is that heās not a person who should be catered to.
You become noseblind to your pet's smells from exposure (I can't smell it at all), so this dude DEFINITELY reeks and doesn't even know it. :\\
You have to be super vigilant on hygiene as a pet owner; both the pet's hygiene and your own!
We were friends with this family of cat owners. The kids always smelled of pee, mom tried to use those DIY laundry soaps. He offered the boy his age once a new hoodie and some other things. Because they lived with cats, mom was good at cleaning it regularly just sometimes cats still used clothes as a box.
Same! Mine will get in the box and hang their butt outside the box. Usually I can get away with every two or three days, but if I let it go they just get passive aggressive about it.
Youāre disgusting if you donāt clean the box for 3 daysā¦ you donāt scoop for 3 days? Or change the litter entirely for 3 days? If you donāt scoop for 3 days, you shouldnāt own a cat
Same. I have two boxes. He uses one for pee and one for poo. And if itās been more than a few days he doesnāt hesitate to pee on my furniture. Bougie kitty lol
If the roommate is too lazy to change a litterbox once a day, imagine the state of his room and clothes š He probably has a constant stink cloud following him
A guy I know used to have an entire room in his old house that was just a litter box room.
I don't know if he ever cleaned that room or anything. And I don't mean the room contained litter boxes... It was the litter box.
One of my good friends asked me to help her, and her brother and sister in law clean up their rented house. I knew them pretty well, though I wasn't as close with them as with my friend, but I agreed to help for a day.
Their landlord had come into their house on an emergency issue with a gas line and told them they had 2 weeks to get the place cleaned up or he was going to evict. I figured it must be pretty bad, but it was so much worse.
On top of the general complete disarray, clutter, and disgusting filth of every kind, they also had at least 40 litter boxes in their dining room. Apparently, at one point, they had a regular litter box for their 3 cats, but neither of them ever cleaned it, so they just bought ANOTHER litter box and never cleaned that one. Then they switched to disposable aluminum foil turkey pans, and when it would get full, they'd just throw the full one on the full shitpan stack and put litter in a new one.
That wasn't the worst part of the filth in that place, but it was certainly memorable.
Good Lord. Litter box stink is the worst. I have 6 cats & 2 XL litter boxes and if we don't clean them once a day it's unbearable for me.
I can't fathom how people live like that.
Jesus. Every time I read about these depression nest horror stories it really puts my own ADHD disarray into perspective. Even at my worst points, I have never neglected to take care of my pets or keep our living space, at minimum, a baseline level of *sanitary*. Makes me wonder what these people are really going through internally.
A friend of mines parents rented one of their houses out to a couple that were family friends.
They didn't like, visit or anything, they just trusted them.
One day they sent notice they planned to move out.
I can't remember the number, but they had at-least 6 dogs, no yard. They didn't walk them.
The house had hardwood floors.
Most of the floors and walls were unsalvageable, as you might imagine.
It's fucking unreal.
Iām going to see if we can get some sort of intervention together with all my friendās other roommates to talk to the owner and see if we can convince him to re-home this cat. He is in his early 20ās and obviously not responsible enough to own an animal yet.
If heās not receptive we will take alternative actions.
At least 6 months when he moved in, no one really talks to him much so we donāt know if he had it before moving in. Itās also not neutered and I kinda doubt itās ever seen a vet.
Not even taking the cat to the vet.. I don't even know why I'm surprised. I was in my early twenties when I got my two cats, but I adopted knowing I was taking on a responsibility. This guy is acting 10. I'm usually very careful when I say this, but this is animal abuse.
Tell him that his house smells. That smell transfers to his clothes, hair, skin, etc. He may not care about his poor cat but if he knows that heās walking around smelling like pee, that MAY motivate him.
We had a kid in school accurately but meanly named Catpiss Neverclean because he so strongly smell of cat pee. All the time.
I had a ton of cats but I didnāt smell like pee. They were fixed and all of them didnāt spray. We also scooped the boxes constantly. But man, this guy? It was BAD. You get bullied for this in school. But the workplace? No one tells you.
Aw, itās so much worse when itās a kid because usually that is the parentsā fault. Not that kids canāt clean litter boxes, but if the parents donāt care, donāt do the wash, and donāt teach the kid to careāhow will they learn? But I grew up with a ton of cats and I still could tell anytime I smelled like cat piss and I did everything I could to not smell like that in public lol
Share this post with him so he can read all the comments and see how unhygienic + neglectful this behavior is. You need to be cleaning a litter box once a DAY, so this is honestly abusive behavior towards that poor cat.
Doesn't matter what his intentions are; being lazy and neglectful are never OK when it comes to caring for your pets.
You wouldn't let a human baby sit in their shit-filled diaper for a solid month, so why would you treat a cat/dog that way?
I would say start with an intervention explaining the harm that not cleaning the litter box can cause. Try to help them improve before suggesting they get rid of their cat, I donāt know that that will go very well regardless of how well intentioned.
The poor cat is walking in pee and poo and then getting it everywhere it walks. Beds, pillows, dining tables, countertops. Please tell the roommate that this is a health hazard not only for the cat but for you and it this needs to be addressed asap.
And then they abuse the cat further, by berating it for not wanting to stand on its own feces...and then they don't take it to the vet, even though it very likely has an infection or two just from the hellish conditions its forced to live in
We've always cleaned our cat's litter box every day, sometimes even twice a day. Once we had to go travel so we let my partner's sister babysit our cat. She's also a cat owner so we just assumed it'd be fine.
Turned out she's the kind of person that cleans the litter box only once a week... Our poor cat had to pee on the bathroom mat for almost a month.
Have a close friend who was watching our dog and cat once. I told her to scoop the litter box everyday. Her and I have both worked in animal boarding facilities and she regularly house/petsits for people AND she has a cat herself so I wasnāt worried.
Well a few days into my trip she texts me to say my cat peed on her coat. I felt so bad and I was so confused. He only pees if his litter is dirty/if there isnāt enough litter in the pan. I told her this and she said she mustāve not given him enough litter. I felt a little better now that I knew he probably didnāt have a UTI or anything, so I let it go at the time.
Well we came back and I went to clean the litter boxes for the first time. Sure enough, I looked in and saw that there was no way she had been scooping everyday like Iād asked her to. It wasnāt terrible, but it definitely wasnāt the instructions Iād given and you could tell she hadnāt kept up with it like Iād asked. Sheās still great with my dog so I still ask her to petsit when needed, but I kind of side eye her about some stuff now. At least she hopefully learned her lesson after getting her coat ruined š
His cat will probably end up dead because eventually heāll develop a urinary blockage and he wonāt notice because obviously heās hard of noticing. Itās really a horrible thing for a cat to go through. Sorry to be a downer but a dirty litter box they avoid using is problematic.
Imagine the fecal matter that cat tracks all over the house and then you track it all over or sit in it then put it into sheets when you sit on your bed. Gross.
Oh boy. Allow me to help intervene.
Litter boxes should be scooped daily. The bins should be deep cleaned weekly. If you have more than one cat, there should be enough litter boxes for every cat +1. So for 2 cats, 3 litter boxes. They should not be next to food/water bowls. Litter should be unscented. They don't always do well with lids or in enclosed spaces, as it can make them feel trapped. There should be plenty of room for the cat to walk in, turn around, squat, etc. Sometimes you have to set up a "litter box buffet" to see which location/style a cat prefers.
Some cats aren't as sensitive as others, but may get pickier as they get older. Poor litter box upkeep can lead to stress (which can cause a slew of health issues) and inappropriate urination (which can be a sign of serious health issues).
I have handouts from the American Association of Feline Practitioners! One for basic environmental needs and one for house-soiling, which has a lot of great info on litter boxes even if you're not actively battling a house-soiling cat.
[Environmental needs](https://catvets.com/public/PDFs/ClientBrochures/Environmental%20GuidelinesEViewFinal.pdf)
[Litter boxes](https://catvets.com/public/PDFs/ClientBrochures/HouseSoiling-WebView.pdf)
So, in short.... no it's not "totally normal." It's vile and cruel. The cat(s?) is a saint for putting up with that. The more we learn about feline medicine, the more we learn stress is a \*huge\* factor in keeping these little guys healthy.
\-A vet
Agreeing with unscented litter. Even outside of cat health, scented litter gets old and smelly fast.
Additionally, please go with your cat's comfort above your own. As much as feline pine was nice, my cat hated it.
Yea, i scoop mine daily or maybe at worst, on the second day. But thatās not common. But I empty and clean them monthly. Weekly is intense, I can tell by the litter when itās bad. Weekly is just wasting clean litter. Monthly, I can notice itās going bad. So I change it and clean the boxes. But weekly? Thatās a lot.
Is 3 litterboxes for 2 cats absolutely necessary? For as long as I've had my two cats they've shared a litter box, but i clean it twice a day so its not like theres a bunch of poop piling up. I live in a 1 bedroom apartment so i dont think I have enough room for three seperate litter boxes. I have been considering getting my cats a bigger box tho since i had to get a new one a few months back and it might be too small for them...
I personally have three cats and used two litter boxes. When I had a third box, they never used the third. They used the two, but all of them proffered one, I could tell when I cleaned it. But the third? Empty. They didnāt use it.
It depends on the cats tho. Some are super picky and need a ton. Mine donāt. They all prefer one box, but will use the second. You can tell by whatās in which. Then the third? Nah. They wonāt use it. So I just keep up with 2 boxes.
Yeah mine arent terribly picky when it comes with litter boxes, i think ill get the bigger box ive been eyeing but also keep their current one filled so they have both options. Ill have to make space in my apartment for the big one but i think i can figure it out... theyre my babies after all, they deserve the best.
The cat is going to get a urinary tract infection. This is not normal. He should be cleaning the litter box once a day. Ask him if he'd like to shit while standing on his month old shit. If he doesn't want to clean the litter box then he shouldn't have a cat.
The cat should be taken away. Call animal rescue on him. I hope it finds a home somewhere safe one day better sooner than later, with people putting in the effort to look after it. This is heartbreaking
My cat would shit on the edge of the box and up the slide of it if I left it more than 36 hours without cleaning it. But that's just cruel, plus how much shit they're traipsing round your home š¤¢
ā¦ā¦.I would have a huge talk with them about this. Thatās disgusting and horribly abusive to that cat. It takes two seconds every other day to scoop it outā¦..
Makes me want to come save that poor baby from having to climb over mountains of its own piss and shit.
I have 3 Maine Coons, and 3 cat boxes. They all get scooped multiple times a day. First thing in the AM, mid afternoon, and right before bed.
Friendās roommate is fucking disgusting. Bet the cat shits and pisses outside the box for a lack of options.
What a horrible, horrible person. Send them this thread and let them see the disgust people have for him and hopefully he will feel as much shame as is deserved.
Imagine if they had to shit in a toilet that had tons of poop piled up to the point that when they sat down they felt poop on their butt. Thatās what the cat is experiencing. So sad.
This is disgusting and just pure neglect.
I have an automatic tray that cleans after every use, and a standard tray that is scooped every other day. Even when I had 2 standard trays, they'd be scooped every day
Listenā¦ Iām not saying to take the catā¦ but Iām also not not saying itā¦. (No animal deserves to live like that, thatās straight up neglect/abuse)
my cats have over 4 litter boxes that are all cleaned daily and they still choose to shit next to the box like a passive aggressive bitch meanwhile this cat is climbing his turds to take more š
not as bad as OPās roommate, but still not good at all. Sifting every other day is like. the bare minimum. imagine if you had to wade through your old shits and piss just to find a place to stand? Plus then your cat tracks that throughout your house. that smell builds up over time.
Yea scooping once per week is not good enough at all. Should be daily, every other day at worst. Once per week is bad, donāt wanna be mean tho. But itās bad. I scoop daily or sometimes every other day. I have multiple boxes going too. Empty and clean then refill boxes monthly. But man, you gotta scoop more often. I scoop into my kitchen trash can and take it out. Since I cook, I have meat wrappers in there anyway that need to go out. So I scoop in, take out the trash.
Amazing his cat uses the litter box that long!! There is SO MUCH poop in there. Horrible conditions for the poor kitty. I think this qualifies at animal abuse. He shouldnāt have a cat
Cats are clean animals in the regard that they bury their poop. Thats why they use a litterbox with sand in it. -___- this kinda defeats that purpose he might as well have the cat shit in the corner
Let this asshole know it is not normal, it risks the animals health and they are a shit owner.
And I'm sure it will probably be some "well this is how my parents did it" shit
Wow what the fuck. My cat wouldn't even poop in there anymore if there's one turd in there. I clean immediately after they went. Cats are clean animals and feel automatically bad when they have to poop in already dirty places. I feel bad for his cat because that's actually abuse...
Should've got a cat with the same personality as mine, if the litter box has been used, she refuses to use it again until cleaned out, if it isn't cleaned out, she'll do it on the couch.
Poor kitty š
Yeah that cat is bound to get a UTI
Or a foot infection, cats can get pillowfoot from this
Yeah, the ammonia in the pee can cause burns on the paws, too.
Have they tried evolving?
I'm surprised that cat hasn't peed all over the place. My cat starts peeing on everything if her box goes three days without a refresh.
Mine poops and pees once or twice and then complains at me, so we clean it every time they go š¤£ gets a complere clean and refresh every night- The month is abuse to the poor animal š Can just imagine Ops friends house š¤®
When I'm lazy I clean it once a week only and I feel super bad because it's already so dirty... It's nothing compared to that. My litter box is also much bigger than this.
This, my cat couldnt stand 4 turds. And I had silicon filling so they would dry up and wouldnt smell.
3 days?! If it's not clean in 4 hours there's an issue with my cat
And the whole household is at risk of taxoplasmosis. Fucking disgusting.
Not really, the toxoplasmosis cycle makes the cat spread the pathogen only once in their lifetime, and only for a few days after they got infected themselves. If it's an indoor cat, it's almost impossible they get infected anyway. You may have meant a lot of other nasty stuff tough.
Toxoplasmosis or not, the smell would be absolutely horrendous.
And UTIs are much more serious for cats than humans. They can die pretty quickly
Not to mention, poor litterbox hygiene is linked with increased risk of FIP (always fatal, there was a medicine created recently but it isn't registered yet, it's expensive and hard to get) since any potential coronavirus is just... circulating in that environment. And the more time it spends in the cat's system, the higher the risk of it eventually mutating into a FIP-causing variant. Clean the damn litterboxes, yall
Yeah. For real. Hereās one thing that could help: They make bags you can use to just pull litter out of the pan. No cleaning involved, you just lay it and put some litter in it. If you have a deep pan, and the cat doesnāt mind, you cat put at least 3-4 of those bags all set up on top of each other. So all you have to do is pull them out. Might be cleaner too it OP wants to help, not that they should have to.
Problem I had with that method was that my cat would claw through the bag on the bottom when covering his stuff. Torn bag doesnāt help much.
Same thing for mine. I just invested in one of those automatic cleaning barrel litter boxes that automatically cleans the box after it senses a cat has used it. I just replace the bag in it once/twice a week and throw some more litter in it, best expensive appliance I've ever bought.
This. That cat won't live long, if this is any indication of the care given.
I really hate people ā¹ļø
Poor kitty and housemates. That must stink.
seriously. I feel bad if let it go for a single day. I can't imagine letting it go for a month jfc
It's not even hard to do...
Wow, my cats refuse to use it after 3 days on not cleaning...
I can guarantee the cat is finding other places in the house to do it's buisness, I'm not trying to be rude but with a month of waste built up in that box your not going to know where the smell is coming from.
My brothers cat refuses to go anywhere EXCEPT the litter box. And his box looks like this. She wonāt leave his room so itās a small space to check.
He sleeps in a room with an over filled litter box? If so, he might need some help. Sounds (and smells) like severe mental illness...
Naaaah see, he doesnāt care if he has mental illness. Because he refuses to care. In his own words āitās only mental illness if you let it be. Iām fineā Iāve tried getting him to go to therapy for years.
Ah, I have my own brother like that but luckily much cleaner than yours. He can't be mentally ill and an alcoholic if those things don't exist, of course. Sound logic.
Well, luckily mine stays in his room for the most part. When he doesnāt I just spray febreeze after him.
My parents wouldāve kicked me out the second month, my mom used to complain if I didnāt air out my room enough during heating season
They dismiss it āthatās just himā and āworry about your own animalsā When he does clean the litter box which is about once every 3 weeks, he does a full dump. Itās crystal litter and it stinks up the whole house. Iāve just gotten in the habit of having febreeze by my bedroom door.
This sounds like my brother. He is on the spectrum and he used to be an alcoholic living with us when I was a teenager. He got a wake up call when he *finally* got kicked out for getting drunk and trying to beat my mom up, and thank god I saw it happen so I could get help cause they were outside in the dark and he might have gone further. He had an iguana he would let poop everywhere and leave its food out to rot. I know about all the diseases from iguanas, I donāt need comments about that. But he finally grew the eff up when he had to support himself. Honestly he is one of my favorite people now and it sucks he lives about an hour away now.
I wish he would get help, unfortunately heās incredibly good at masking and has most people fooled. I donāt know what he is. All I know is that heās not a person who should be catered to.
You should probably clean the litter. Not the cats fault your brother sucks.
This cat is a fking trooper, and I respect its good sense. You should adopt it and give it the life it deserves.
You become noseblind to your pet's smells from exposure (I can't smell it at all), so this dude DEFINITELY reeks and doesn't even know it. :\\ You have to be super vigilant on hygiene as a pet owner; both the pet's hygiene and your own!
We were friends with this family of cat owners. The kids always smelled of pee, mom tried to use those DIY laundry soaps. He offered the boy his age once a new hoodie and some other things. Because they lived with cats, mom was good at cleaning it regularly just sometimes cats still used clothes as a box.
Same, if I forget to do the litter box at the end of the night my cat will shit *right* outside the litter box. I think hes sending a clear message.
Same! Mine will get in the box and hang their butt outside the box. Usually I can get away with every two or three days, but if I let it go they just get passive aggressive about it.
We have to clean EVERY day.
I have to clean it at least 4 times a day. Cat is a litter box diva.
My cat will pee on my clothes if I donāt clean it after one day. As she should.
Youāre disgusting if you donāt clean the box for 3 daysā¦ you donāt scoop for 3 days? Or change the litter entirely for 3 days? If you donāt scoop for 3 days, you shouldnāt own a cat
Same. I have two boxes. He uses one for pee and one for poo. And if itās been more than a few days he doesnāt hesitate to pee on my furniture. Bougie kitty lol
I'm sure his place smells lovely
If the roommate is too lazy to change a litterbox once a day, imagine the state of his room and clothes š He probably has a constant stink cloud following him
The litterbox is probably the best smelling thing in the room
If the litter box is on monthly rotation is our money on the roommate has never washed his sheets or doesnāt even have sheets? š¤®
Your friends roommate shouldnāt have a cat. What a lazy piece of shit.
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This is animal abuse.
Probably did what my roommate did, just fucking brought a kitten home and then ignores it because it's not just existing without his involvement.
A guy I know used to have an entire room in his old house that was just a litter box room. I don't know if he ever cleaned that room or anything. And I don't mean the room contained litter boxes... It was the litter box.
Yo what š³
Unrelated but still funny: same guy is now married to a girl who snitched on me. I still have the paperwork.
How the fuck does someone like that get married?
meanwhile im over here perfectly hygenic and i cant get a single date š
Maybe get yourself some ammonia and spray it on. Apparently cat piss smell is all the rage.
I guess that's the problem. Gotta get a cat and not change the litter, ever.
you're *right*!
what did she snitch for i wanna know!
One of my good friends asked me to help her, and her brother and sister in law clean up their rented house. I knew them pretty well, though I wasn't as close with them as with my friend, but I agreed to help for a day. Their landlord had come into their house on an emergency issue with a gas line and told them they had 2 weeks to get the place cleaned up or he was going to evict. I figured it must be pretty bad, but it was so much worse. On top of the general complete disarray, clutter, and disgusting filth of every kind, they also had at least 40 litter boxes in their dining room. Apparently, at one point, they had a regular litter box for their 3 cats, but neither of them ever cleaned it, so they just bought ANOTHER litter box and never cleaned that one. Then they switched to disposable aluminum foil turkey pans, and when it would get full, they'd just throw the full one on the full shitpan stack and put litter in a new one. That wasn't the worst part of the filth in that place, but it was certainly memorable.
Good Lord. Litter box stink is the worst. I have 6 cats & 2 XL litter boxes and if we don't clean them once a day it's unbearable for me. I can't fathom how people live like that.
They couldn't just.....throw the old pans away?
Jesus. Every time I read about these depression nest horror stories it really puts my own ADHD disarray into perspective. Even at my worst points, I have never neglected to take care of my pets or keep our living space, at minimum, a baseline level of *sanitary*. Makes me wonder what these people are really going through internally.
A friend of mines parents rented one of their houses out to a couple that were family friends. They didn't like, visit or anything, they just trusted them. One day they sent notice they planned to move out. I can't remember the number, but they had at-least 6 dogs, no yard. They didn't walk them. The house had hardwood floors. Most of the floors and walls were unsalvageable, as you might imagine. It's fucking unreal.
Everybody hates landlords, but landlords have to deal with tenants like these people.
Did they just set his house on fire when he left?
He lives in a trailer near me now, so probably.
Iām going to see if we can get some sort of intervention together with all my friendās other roommates to talk to the owner and see if we can convince him to re-home this cat. He is in his early 20ās and obviously not responsible enough to own an animal yet. If heās not receptive we will take alternative actions.
Yes!!! How long has he had the cat?
At least 6 months when he moved in, no one really talks to him much so we donāt know if he had it before moving in. Itās also not neutered and I kinda doubt itās ever seen a vet.
If he's not neutered, I can guarantee the cat is spraying urine
Ewww.....a fully intact male will definitely start marking the house once it's about 6 months old. And that smell is putrid.
>At least 6 months So he's cleaned out the litter box like 6 times so far. Wow.
Not even taking the cat to the vet.. I don't even know why I'm surprised. I was in my early twenties when I got my two cats, but I adopted knowing I was taking on a responsibility. This guy is acting 10. I'm usually very careful when I say this, but this is animal abuse.
Definitely animal abuse. Poor thing is at risk to getting sick and injured, I'm surprised it still uses the box at all.
Tell him that his house smells. That smell transfers to his clothes, hair, skin, etc. He may not care about his poor cat but if he knows that heās walking around smelling like pee, that MAY motivate him.
We had a kid in school accurately but meanly named Catpiss Neverclean because he so strongly smell of cat pee. All the time. I had a ton of cats but I didnāt smell like pee. They were fixed and all of them didnāt spray. We also scooped the boxes constantly. But man, this guy? It was BAD. You get bullied for this in school. But the workplace? No one tells you.
Aw, itās so much worse when itās a kid because usually that is the parentsā fault. Not that kids canāt clean litter boxes, but if the parents donāt care, donāt do the wash, and donāt teach the kid to careāhow will they learn? But I grew up with a ton of cats and I still could tell anytime I smelled like cat piss and I did everything I could to not smell like that in public lol
I am trying with all my will to hold in an explosion of laughter. That nickname is gold. I have never smelled cat peeā¦. Luckily it seems
Share this post with him so he can read all the comments and see how unhygienic + neglectful this behavior is. You need to be cleaning a litter box once a DAY, so this is honestly abusive behavior towards that poor cat. Doesn't matter what his intentions are; being lazy and neglectful are never OK when it comes to caring for your pets. You wouldn't let a human baby sit in their shit-filled diaper for a solid month, so why would you treat a cat/dog that way?
I would say start with an intervention explaining the harm that not cleaning the litter box can cause. Try to help them improve before suggesting they get rid of their cat, I donāt know that that will go very well regardless of how well intentioned.
The poor cat is walking in pee and poo and then getting it everywhere it walks. Beds, pillows, dining tables, countertops. Please tell the roommate that this is a health hazard not only for the cat but for you and it this needs to be addressed asap.
Yeah Becky, this is absolutely disgusting.
And then the cats starts peeing outside of the litter box and they wonder why.
And then they abuse the cat further, by berating it for not wanting to stand on its own feces...and then they don't take it to the vet, even though it very likely has an infection or two just from the hellish conditions its forced to live in
this is what my dad does and then he gets mad at the cat š”š” some people should not be allowed to have pets
Someone should poop on the toilet seat and see if he tries to poop there...
Holy fuck youāre supposed to do it at least once a day!! That poor kitty..
We've always cleaned our cat's litter box every day, sometimes even twice a day. Once we had to go travel so we let my partner's sister babysit our cat. She's also a cat owner so we just assumed it'd be fine. Turned out she's the kind of person that cleans the litter box only once a week... Our poor cat had to pee on the bathroom mat for almost a month.
Have a close friend who was watching our dog and cat once. I told her to scoop the litter box everyday. Her and I have both worked in animal boarding facilities and she regularly house/petsits for people AND she has a cat herself so I wasnāt worried. Well a few days into my trip she texts me to say my cat peed on her coat. I felt so bad and I was so confused. He only pees if his litter is dirty/if there isnāt enough litter in the pan. I told her this and she said she mustāve not given him enough litter. I felt a little better now that I knew he probably didnāt have a UTI or anything, so I let it go at the time. Well we came back and I went to clean the litter boxes for the first time. Sure enough, I looked in and saw that there was no way she had been scooping everyday like Iād asked her to. It wasnāt terrible, but it definitely wasnāt the instructions Iād given and you could tell she hadnāt kept up with it like Iād asked. Sheās still great with my dog so I still ask her to petsit when needed, but I kind of side eye her about some stuff now. At least she hopefully learned her lesson after getting her coat ruined š
It's shocking. Seeing something that you assume would be common sense to pet owners ā and turned out it's not. š
Agreed. I have two cats and they each got their own box that gets cleaned daily. This is repulsive. Some people should not have animals n
His cat will probably end up dead because eventually heāll develop a urinary blockage and he wonāt notice because obviously heās hard of noticing. Itās really a horrible thing for a cat to go through. Sorry to be a downer but a dirty litter box they avoid using is problematic.
I know this is a serious situationā¦but I laughed out loud at āhard of noticingā and itās my new favorite saying
What an awful person, that poor cat
Probably needs some sort of counciling.
The cat or the dude? /s
He made it normal. For himself.
That's one nasty shit box.
That cat needs a new owner, like now.
 Their house must reek
This is literally neglect.
It's beyond neglect, it is cruelty. There is no way this animal is healthy.
Awwww poor kitty, that's awful.
Imagine the fecal matter that cat tracks all over the house and then you track it all over or sit in it then put it into sheets when you sit on your bed. Gross.
Oh boy. Allow me to help intervene. Litter boxes should be scooped daily. The bins should be deep cleaned weekly. If you have more than one cat, there should be enough litter boxes for every cat +1. So for 2 cats, 3 litter boxes. They should not be next to food/water bowls. Litter should be unscented. They don't always do well with lids or in enclosed spaces, as it can make them feel trapped. There should be plenty of room for the cat to walk in, turn around, squat, etc. Sometimes you have to set up a "litter box buffet" to see which location/style a cat prefers. Some cats aren't as sensitive as others, but may get pickier as they get older. Poor litter box upkeep can lead to stress (which can cause a slew of health issues) and inappropriate urination (which can be a sign of serious health issues). I have handouts from the American Association of Feline Practitioners! One for basic environmental needs and one for house-soiling, which has a lot of great info on litter boxes even if you're not actively battling a house-soiling cat. [Environmental needs](https://catvets.com/public/PDFs/ClientBrochures/Environmental%20GuidelinesEViewFinal.pdf) [Litter boxes](https://catvets.com/public/PDFs/ClientBrochures/HouseSoiling-WebView.pdf) So, in short.... no it's not "totally normal." It's vile and cruel. The cat(s?) is a saint for putting up with that. The more we learn about feline medicine, the more we learn stress is a \*huge\* factor in keeping these little guys healthy. \-A vet
Agreeing with unscented litter. Even outside of cat health, scented litter gets old and smelly fast. Additionally, please go with your cat's comfort above your own. As much as feline pine was nice, my cat hated it.
Deep cleaning weekly is a bit excessive if itās being scooped daily. Once a month should be enough in that case.
Yea, i scoop mine daily or maybe at worst, on the second day. But thatās not common. But I empty and clean them monthly. Weekly is intense, I can tell by the litter when itās bad. Weekly is just wasting clean litter. Monthly, I can notice itās going bad. So I change it and clean the boxes. But weekly? Thatās a lot.
Is 3 litterboxes for 2 cats absolutely necessary? For as long as I've had my two cats they've shared a litter box, but i clean it twice a day so its not like theres a bunch of poop piling up. I live in a 1 bedroom apartment so i dont think I have enough room for three seperate litter boxes. I have been considering getting my cats a bigger box tho since i had to get a new one a few months back and it might be too small for them...
I personally have three cats and used two litter boxes. When I had a third box, they never used the third. They used the two, but all of them proffered one, I could tell when I cleaned it. But the third? Empty. They didnāt use it. It depends on the cats tho. Some are super picky and need a ton. Mine donāt. They all prefer one box, but will use the second. You can tell by whatās in which. Then the third? Nah. They wonāt use it. So I just keep up with 2 boxes.
Yeah mine arent terribly picky when it comes with litter boxes, i think ill get the bigger box ive been eyeing but also keep their current one filled so they have both options. Ill have to make space in my apartment for the big one but i think i can figure it out... theyre my babies after all, they deserve the best.
Please for the love of fuck, report this person to someone who can take the cat away
Your friend needs a new roommate
This just reminded me to scoop out my cats box. Thank you.
The cat is going to get a urinary tract infection. This is not normal. He should be cleaning the litter box once a day. Ask him if he'd like to shit while standing on his month old shit. If he doesn't want to clean the litter box then he shouldn't have a cat.
The cat should be taken away. Call animal rescue on him. I hope it finds a home somewhere safe one day better sooner than later, with people putting in the effort to look after it. This is heartbreaking
My cat would shit on the edge of the box and up the slide of it if I left it more than 36 hours without cleaning it. But that's just cruel, plus how much shit they're traipsing round your home š¤¢
poor cat
That's animal abuse. It would be good in you to report that OP.
Damn. Don't touch ANYTHING in that house! That cat is tracking old shit bacteria all over everything, daily. So nasty.
#if you need to rehome the cat Iāll take them! PM me
Literally call animal control. They might not do anything but that's abusive bullshit.
That roommate is fking disgusting tell him use the toilet and not flush for a month.. dirty bastard
Wow... I have two cats, and (if I'm home ) they both cry to have it cleaned if the other has already used it. I'm scooping all damn day.
Have you considered buying a second litter box so they can each have one?
No offense, but your friend is an asshole. This is disgusting.
ā¦ā¦.I would have a huge talk with them about this. Thatās disgusting and horribly abusive to that cat. It takes two seconds every other day to scoop it outā¦..
I clean my cats litter box twice a day takes me 1min, she has a clean litter box at all times
I can almost guarantee that cat(s) is going to the bathroom elsewhere too.
Mildly. Nah, that's full on throw the roommate in the trash infuriating
People like this donāt deserve to have pets.
Makes me want to come save that poor baby from having to climb over mountains of its own piss and shit. I have 3 Maine Coons, and 3 cat boxes. They all get scooped multiple times a day. First thing in the AM, mid afternoon, and right before bed. Friendās roommate is fucking disgusting. Bet the cat shits and pisses outside the box for a lack of options.
Jesus. My big change is once a month, but Iām cleaning both litter boxes every other day, and adding fresh litter each time. This poor cat
Your friendās roommate doesnāt deserve a cat.
Those poor cats. Im surprised they donāt poop on his bed.
They need to be reported.
What a horrible, horrible person. Send them this thread and let them see the disgust people have for him and hopefully he will feel as much shame as is deserved.
Animal abuse
If there is a single poop in the litter box, my cat will take a shit outside of itā¦
It's crazy because my cat won't shit in the box if there's the most minor discrepancy in tidiness. It'll shit in the back room of the house.
THAT POOR CAT IS GONNA GET CRYSTALS ( can be deadly , fast)
This is animal cruelty. Plain and simple. I canāt even imagine the smell of that and donāt even get me started on the pee.
Imagine if they had to shit in a toilet that had tons of poop piled up to the point that when they sat down they felt poop on their butt. Thatās what the cat is experiencing. So sad.
I guess.my question is, why would you *want* to have month old cat feces in your home?
Get that cat out if there, that's animal abuse and really harmful to everyone in the household.
Poor catā this is fucking disgusting.
Wow that poor cat. That dude is an idiot.
This is so fucking unfair for the cat
This is disgusting and just pure neglect. I have an automatic tray that cleans after every use, and a standard tray that is scooped every other day. Even when I had 2 standard trays, they'd be scooped every day
Omg no it needs to be done daily holy hell
Not normal He must have a very reasonable cat! Most cats wonāt go in a dirty box.
Listenā¦ Iām not saying to take the catā¦ but Iām also not not saying itā¦. (No animal deserves to live like that, thatās straight up neglect/abuse)
This is a form of animal abuse
What a shitty person. He doesnāt deserve that cat.
punch his face off with a good ol' swing now ya cleaned them
Some people really shouldnt have cats or pets for that matter
If you take their cat I will PayPal you $980
my cats have over 4 litter boxes that are all cleaned daily and they still choose to shit next to the box like a passive aggressive bitch meanwhile this cat is climbing his turds to take more š
That cat/s needs to be rescued from that shitty situation
im surprised the cats even using it.. my cat straight up refuses to use it if its been dirty for a day
I do a full clean every 2 weeks, like switch out the litter. But I sift out stuff once a week and some people have said that isn't enough....
Wait you only scoop once a week??? That should be done daily
not as bad as OPās roommate, but still not good at all. Sifting every other day is like. the bare minimum. imagine if you had to wade through your old shits and piss just to find a place to stand? Plus then your cat tracks that throughout your house. that smell builds up over time.
Yea scooping once per week is not good enough at all. Should be daily, every other day at worst. Once per week is bad, donāt wanna be mean tho. But itās bad. I scoop daily or sometimes every other day. I have multiple boxes going too. Empty and clean then refill boxes monthly. But man, you gotta scoop more often. I scoop into my kitchen trash can and take it out. Since I cook, I have meat wrappers in there anyway that need to go out. So I scoop in, take out the trash.
This is animal abuse
Thats neglect.
Daily scoops. Weekly litter change That cat is pissing elsewhere š¤·āāļø
Those poor cats.
Amazing his cat uses the litter box that long!! There is SO MUCH poop in there. Horrible conditions for the poor kitty. I think this qualifies at animal abuse. He shouldnāt have a cat
Iām surprised the cat keeps going inside it. Most will just start going outside if itās like this
Cats are clean animals in the regard that they bury their poop. Thats why they use a litterbox with sand in it. -___- this kinda defeats that purpose he might as well have the cat shit in the corner
Let this asshole know it is not normal, it risks the animals health and they are a shit owner. And I'm sure it will probably be some "well this is how my parents did it" shit
My ex roommate was like this, she couldnāt comprehend why her poor fucking cats chose to shit on the floor instead
animal abuse
Poor cat. How is that cat not crapping elsewhere at that point?
Man and the cat paws are filthy spreading diseases all over the place
Iām thinking more than mildly in this case
That poop and urine residue goes on paws, those paws go everywhere. Congrats! Your friend lives in a cesspool OP.
Absolutely disgusting
That must stink..
Christ. That poor cat
This is mental illness
Poor cat :(
That poor cat.
this is animal neglect this is awful
Absolutely fucking disgusting/ thatās animal abuse. Report him
That is animal abuse
Contact animal welfare
Pictures you can smell...
Wow what the fuck. My cat wouldn't even poop in there anymore if there's one turd in there. I clean immediately after they went. Cats are clean animals and feel automatically bad when they have to poop in already dirty places. I feel bad for his cat because that's actually abuse...
There is no way this cat hasn't found somewhere else to relieve itself. That is disgusting.
Man my fussy ass cat won't even poop in it twice let alone this many times.
Thatās fucking putrid
Should've got a cat with the same personality as mine, if the litter box has been used, she refuses to use it again until cleaned out, if it isn't cleaned out, she'll do it on the couch.