Litter Revolution

When I started this blog I had all these great ideas about posting cartoons and photos extra. So far I haven’t managed any of that. It’s not that I don’t have the time, it’s more the fact that I procrastinate something chronic. Who was it that said why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? I have a friend that manages to fit so much into just one day and I am left wondering how she does it. I’d get off my arse and do something about it, but I just can’t be bothered. I’ll do it tomorrow!

But you don’t want to hear about me do you. You want to know how the ever-increasingly hansom Kidd is doing. Very well is the answer.

We’ve had something of a revolution in this house. (Hell I don’t know if that is even the right word. But I guess some one will tell me if it isn’t.) For some time now we have had a persistent pee-er in our house and it wasn’t one of the humans! The problem has been getting progressively worse to that extent that no bed or abandoned clothing was safe. Now it wasn’t the fact that we didn’t have enough litter trays in the house.

We have two cats and four trays, so more than enough to go around. They are also cleaned out on a regular basis, at least three times a day if not more when I am around.
As a result of this problem all bedrooms were closed off during the day and all clothing put out of harms way. The real problem came at night. I have always shared my bed with the resident cat/s. As a busy workingwoman sharing her life with demanding affectionate Orientals and or Siamese, I want to spend as much time with them as possible giving them all the attention that they need and deserve. Not have to come home form work spend a few hours with them and then disappear off to bed. But with little miss pee pee that was becoming a huge problem. Either they were both shut out and I got a good nights sleep, but Kidd became very clingy. Or I shut her out and shut him in with me, but then got woken up when ever he wanted to be let out. The other option was to let them both in and risk being woken in the middle of the night with a wet bed!!!!
Any way to cut a very long storey short. At a visit to a cat show at the weekend, my mother was talking to the lady on the R & L Pet Products stall. She explained to the woman the problem and she suggested using a new litter called Cat Attract. It is a specially formulated litter for cats with litter tray issues. It has in it an herb that attracts the cat, hence the name. The stuff is fantastic. Within minutes of filling a tray Kyla was in and using it. We have not looked back since. Admittedly it is only three days now. But she was inappropriately urinating on daily basis before. Today being one of my days off I decided to really put things to the test. My bedroom door was left open all day. Both cats were allowed to come and go as they pleased. And whilst I’ve been scooping litter trays all days, everywhere else has remained pee free.
This is such a big deal for us. For the first time in years both cats will be allowed total free rain of the house. We don’t have a big house so the more rooms open to them the better. Kyla will be able to get away from young Kidd when she needs to and the boy himself will be able to let off some steam by running from room to room at full speed no doubt. What destruction he will know be able to cause as he plays unsupervised through out our humble abode remains to be seen.