The cat, who shares our house with us, goes through cat litter at double the rate suggested on the package. I can’t tell you any weights or frequencies of pooping but to us it seems excessive.
He’s an indoor cat, we give him normal portions and he snacks at night on cockroaches and spiders though not that much (one or two each night).
Can any cat owners out there suggest anything (humane) to reduce his excreting? I wonder if the food we give him isn’t up to standard. Do the cockroaches and spiders cause him to deposit more than he should?
Does anyone know where we can buy cat litter crystals in bulk?
Kill these fucking dog lovers, and their mutts for a start. But if that doesn’t owrk, you could try:
Feeding it less.
Giving it a better brand. One of our cats throws up all the time on Whiskas ro generic supermarket rubbish, but they do fine on something called ‘One’ which you might have to look around a few pet stores or vets for.
When I had a cat, I used to collect the crap and dry it out. Once a quarter I used to invite friends round for a BBQ and used the dried cat crap instead of charcoal. Once the smoke dissipates, the smell is not too bad and after twenty minutes the BBQ is nice and hot and one can throw on the sausages. Eco-friendly. More handy hints will be detailed in my forthcoming book How To Get More Out Of Your Cat to be published later in the year.
That’s quite sad, Bob. In my soon to released book Mind Over Matter you will find all the answers you need to deal with problem in the chapter Will My Ring Pop Out? A Do-It-Yourself Guide To Muscle Regulation.
[quote=“BroonAle”]That’s quite sad, Bob. In my soon to released book Mind Over Matter you will find all the answers you need to deal with problem in the chapter Will My Ring Pop Out? A Do-It-Yourself Guide To Muscle Regulation.
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I guess your book is too late for this guy. Note:
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Jeeze, I remember that thread but didnt believe it until I saw it on ‘The World’s Funniest Animals’
I am comtemplating starting the moggie on training but I fear he’ll block up the toilet.
Thanks Brian, that’s exactly what I’m after. We don’t give him Whiskas gruel. My wife did some research on the ingredients and it turns out that anything goes into that food. We’ll look out for ‘One’.
We already have a dog, who curiously doesn’t poo that much. Maybe we need to give the dog the cat’s food and give the cat the dog’s food to equalise the poop production.
I feed Royal Canin. They have a special food for indoor cats that’s supposed to help eliminate smelly poop. It’s a bit pricey compared to the supermarket brands, but you don’t have to feed as much, because they use higher quality ingredients which are more readily digested by the animal. The cheap cat food has a lot of fillers like corn, beet pulp, etc. which makes the stool bulky.
Ok, enough with the poop talk.
Incorrect as some of the input is assimulated into the animal to be used for growth, repair, energy storage among other things. If the animals’ digestive system is functioning normally, and if the input is of no use to the body, then the animal will pass it.
So the output is proportional to quantity/quality of the input and the functionality of the digestive system.