Does anyone know how often a cat normally poops? I just came home from work tonight and the litterbox is filled. I swear, it looks like 5-6 separate sessions in there. I have three cats. Yeah, I know, I'm supposed to have a separate box for each. But I don't have much room inside and they never seemed to mind. In the warmer months, I keep the door open to my enclosed porch with 2 extra boxes out there. But, it's too cold in winter, so I just have the one box that I scoop at least twice a day, usually more. It just seems strange that some days, there is nothing and then suddenly, there is quite a large amount.
So what's the average frequency of bowel movement per feline? Buehler? Buehler? Anybody?
So what's the average frequency of bowel movement per feline? Buehler? Buehler? Anybody?
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Sun, February 3, 2008 - 3:23 PMI've not made a study of the matter, but our three cats seem to go into the litter boxes 3 to 4 times each day each. -
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Sun, February 3, 2008 - 3:44 PMThey go poop that often or just pee? I can't even keep track of the peeing with all of my boys. -
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Sun, February 3, 2008 - 4:43 PMI'm not sure. They go into one of the litter boxes and then I hear them trying to dig to China; then there is 30 seconds to a minute of the boy trying to dig the litter mat into the box.
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Sun, February 3, 2008 - 6:37 PMWell I have two cats and usually find enough poop in the litterbox to account for 2-3 poops apiece. I didn't know each cat was supposed to have their own box. I only have one.
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Sun, February 3, 2008 - 8:22 PMI have three babies and two large boxes. The little freaks pee in one and poo in the other. If I am home, the youngest princess will yowl at me to remove everyone else's business before she goes in to do hers. Other than that, I scoop twice a day and get what I am guessing (hoping) to be two movements per kitty and three or four pees a day per cat. -
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Sun, February 3, 2008 - 9:33 PMYeah, my oldest is a bit fussy like that. Given the chance, he'll pee on the bath mat before using the litter box if it's too dirty - and I totally change the litter at least 2-3 times per week and scoop several times daily. I eventually learned not to let the mat stay on the floor. I just fold it up after my shower and hang it over the tub. He also has a habit of sitting at the porch door and whining until I open it if he wants to use the boxes there. Ugh, cats. Gotta love 'em, but they can be a tad ornery.
But that is funny that your guys use one for pee and the other for poo.
Someone else sent me a PM that it depends on the food. The crappy food with lots of undigestable stuff makes them poop more often, while the better quality food means fewer BMs. Much like what I just learned in maternity nursing. A human baby will poop more often with formula than with breast milk because the breast milk doesn't have any extra crap.
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Tue, February 5, 2008 - 10:00 AMMy one cat goes poop 1-2 times a day. So 5-6 poops for 3 cats sounds about right.
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Fri, February 8, 2008 - 7:16 AMYeah, I shell out $1-1.50 per 5 oz. can for stuff like Felidae, Wellness, Eagle Pack, Inova, and some other brands, and I get 1 poop per cat per day. And I have heard that some cats like to pee in one place and poop in another before. That's one of the reasons why they say it optimal to have litterboxes = number of cats + one.
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Wed, February 13, 2008 - 7:09 PMI have two cats and four litterboxes. They poooo so much, it doesn't matter when I scoop. I'll scoop one box then move to the next and the first box I scoop there's more pooo in there.
I know they do it to piss me off. even when I change the litter, they can't wait until I put the lid on before they are in there scratching around and talking to me. Boys are weird. Eat, Sleep and Shit ahahhahah ;) -
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Thu, February 14, 2008 - 1:49 PMsame here, two cats, four boxes, i have to clean all 4 every night or Shadow starts finding new and interesting places in my apartment in which to pee. -
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Re: weird question - cat poop
Thu, February 14, 2008 - 2:06 PMI just think mine have a weird pattern. Like they wait a day or two and then go a bunch of times as soon as I leave for work or school, so I come home exhausted and have to scrape out the box, ugh.
And isn't it funny how they just love when you change it. I swear, as soon as they hear me dumping to old stuff, they all come running, then there's a fuss until the big guy insists that he's going first and the other two just kind of stand there in line waiting.
It's probably a good thing that they bring us so much joy or we probably wouldn't be so happy to talk about their poop habits!
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