Because that's definitely the biggest downer to having a cat. The fact that it poops. That cute fluffy, furry, purry stuff....that can easily be forgotten when you're cleaning poop out the litterbox.
I think at its core it's an efficiency problem, and the solution would be tweaking the cat's genes so the cat would use far more of what is input into its digestive system. Poop still has a lot of energy left in it. Just try throwing some into a fire sometime and you'll see.
I think there may be implications here for our dependence on fossil fuels as well. I begin research on my cat Spooky tomorrow.
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Do let us know if you figure out how they manage to turn five pounds of food into fifteen pounds of poop and hair. It's uncanny, really.
Dump the cat and get a small parrot; small poops that are easy to clean up. Plus a parrot is more likely to speak its mind than a cat.
Buy a CatGenie. All you have to do is press a button. It scoops poop, washes the special litter and dries it all in about 45 min.
Best thing since sliced bread.
Kay
Whilst you're at it, can you invent a dog that doesn't pee on the carpets and rugs for me?
Thanks!
I have 2 cats available for research...anything goes...pretty much because they are both my wife's cats, not mine...the Dog is mine...mainly because she poops outside!
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You think cat poop's bad? Try cleaning up after a Rottweiler! Seriously, though - get a self cleaning litter box -they're worth their weight in gold. You just empty the receptacle every few days, and some even come with deodorizer packs that fit in the lid of the waste area... It would be easier than reinventing the cat...
aww i miss hearing about spooky! more spooky!!!
You can train your cat(s) to poop in the toilet. Training kits are available online, are reusable (for multiple cats), and are cheaper than self-cleaning litterboxes.
Cat poop is like candy to golden retrievers. Seriously, if he sees a cat dropping a deuce he goes wild until that tasty morsel is squeezed out. He digs it out of the flower bed and front lawn. For a special treat he digs in the litter box for a candy coated log. He also likes to lick the mailman's face. I haven't the heart to tell the guy...
Whatever you do, DO NOT BUY A CAT GENIE!!! It was the WORST POS PURCHASE OF MY LIFE! I had poop-soup waaayyyyy to many times. That thing got returned, and I bought a tidy cat breeze. The tidy cat breeze was the best 40 buck I ever spent and it changed my life!!! Where was this thing 10 years ago?!
I agree, get a bird. They're smarter than dogs, nicer than cats, and their shit could get 5" deep before you'd even start to smell it. They'll chew anything that doesn't bite back or run away, but they're never going to completely destroy a shoe or a sofa. (Unless you get a huge macaw or something.) They even like being scratched behind the ears.
Spooky Dooky
Spooky Dooky
Try using a higher quality cat food, for a few reasons. Cats naturally eat until their nutritional needs have been met. If you buy a better quality food that their body is more efficient at processing, they will eat less of the food and poop less of it out. The poop also doesn't smell as bad. The food does cost more but because the cat gets its needs met sooner, it eats less (this may take a week or two for the cat to realize). It's kind of like how human babies react to food. If you give a baby formula its poop is awful and you have to give it a lot more than with breast milk. If you give it just breast milk the poop isn't that bad (it does still stink, just not as bad).
I use Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul brand. Some others are Blue Buffalo (this should be in some chain pet stores, most of the others are in specialty pet stores), California Natural, Solid Gold...if you look up cat food on about.com there is a ton of info and brands.
(I got one of the super expensive Litter Maids for christmas of '06 and it broke a year and a half later. There is no way to get replacement parts and I honestly didn't really like it anyway. It flung litter all over the place.)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/11/sewage.energy.ap/index.html
should have patented that poop idea!~
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