Okay, so I wanted to ask fellow cat owners about their moggies toilet habits
But since this is primarily a photo thread, first a couple of (truly awful) pictures, and a brief description:
Cat #1: Mogsy (terrible picture):
Cat #2: Kitty (this one was named by my Mum, not by me!)
Mogsy is a big bugger - around 6Kg. She's a little overweight, but not as much as she seems, given that she's fluffy. I got her from a shelter aged around 2yrs. She had been straying, and brought up four kittens while out in the street. When she was brought to the shelter she was covered in fleas and close to starvation. These days she only has eyes for food - understandably so when you consider her past. I had no intention of getting a full-grown cat, and certainly not a long-hair, but when I went into the cage to look at her kittens she basically adopted me. She came up fussing, wanting to be picked up, and wouldn't leave me alone... Mogsy is very quiet, and generally doesn't make a sound when she meows (just opens her mouth and air comes out). When she's desparate she might make a little squeak...
Kitty is one of her kittens. She was around three months old when I got her (around two years ago), and she weighs about 2Kg. She's pretty retarded really... A lot more active than Mogsy, loves to run around and play with toys. She doesn't "meow" much, but makes a kind of chirping sound almost constantly as she runs around, and a kind of whine when she's annoyed. Quite expressive really...
Aaanyway. My two cats have quite different approaches to the litter tray. Kitty will carefully sniff around the tray, to find the least be****ted area, carefully dig a hole with her paws, sniff again, then if she's satisfied, she will do her business. Once she's done she will cover it up nicely, sniffing several times until she's satisfied it's buried. Afterwards she will wipe her paws off on the newspaper I have under the tray. This is great, because there is very little smell.
Mogsy, on the other hand, just jumps into the tray, squeezes out a loaf wherever she damn well pleases (which as often as not is down the side of, or partially outside of the tray), then jumps out. The package she leaves behind absolutely stinks... The whole house reeks of crap for a good half hour.
Now, I have read that how thoroughly cats bury their turds can have a lot to do with expressing dominance. In the wild, a small female will usually bury her turds carefully, hiding her smell as much as possible, whereas the dominant Tom of the area will find a local high point, drop his deuce, and walk away without touching it, to make sure that as many of the the local cats as possible can smell his presence.
So... Is my cat trying to dominate me with her turds?
Does anyone else's cat act in this way, or do they all cover it up carefully? How often do your cats dump in the litter tray rather than outside?
video linky below
- eyes STILL not perfect after having cat flu when we first got her, didn't think she'd survive it, but she's going strong and we just need to get her eyes fully cleared up now 
