I've had cats since 1982, the first year my dad actually allowed them. But because of the area I lived in until 1997, I never had to deal with cat boxes. You just let the cat out and they meowed or scratched at the door when they wanted back in.
But since 1997 it's been litter boxes. In 2003, with my wife's first pregnancy, the duty to empty the thing became my job in perpetuem. Her second pregnancy made this ironclad. Despite my children now being 18 and a half and almost 14, it is still my job.
I just spent 10 minutes getting cat puke out of the carpet. A regular occurrence because our cat likes to do that I guess. We are down to just the one cat. We got him in around 2010 I think. Some family was moving and they were going door to door trying to get someone to take their cat because they weren't taking him with them. They'd already tried to dump him off in a park and he found his way home.
Due to miscommunication between my wife and I, he became ours. They said he was neutered. My vet bill to get that done said different.
I love cats, always have, always will, especially kittens. But I am done. When this cat finally departs there will be no more. I'm 51 and I refuse to be bending over a litter box when I'm 60, no matter how much I like cats.
Thanks for listening, vent/rant over.
But since 1997 it's been litter boxes. In 2003, with my wife's first pregnancy, the duty to empty the thing became my job in perpetuem. Her second pregnancy made this ironclad. Despite my children now being 18 and a half and almost 14, it is still my job.
I just spent 10 minutes getting cat puke out of the carpet. A regular occurrence because our cat likes to do that I guess. We are down to just the one cat. We got him in around 2010 I think. Some family was moving and they were going door to door trying to get someone to take their cat because they weren't taking him with them. They'd already tried to dump him off in a park and he found his way home.
Due to miscommunication between my wife and I, he became ours. They said he was neutered. My vet bill to get that done said different.
I love cats, always have, always will, especially kittens. But I am done. When this cat finally departs there will be no more. I'm 51 and I refuse to be bending over a litter box when I'm 60, no matter how much I like cats.
Thanks for listening, vent/rant over.