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Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:36 am
Posted by buggsy
Member since Dec 2020
30 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:36 am
My daughter wants a cat. I've never had one. Can they be trained to deficate outdoors?

The thought of keeping a shitebox in the home is repulsive.

1) Cat shits in box, covers the shites with paws, then resumes strolling throughout the home with shite-laden paws.

2) the fricking smell

How do you do it?
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32705 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:38 am to
If you keep the cat outside, it won't have much of an option.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
11214 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:38 am to
quote:

How do you do it?


My dog likes to eat cats. When my wife and I got married she had to leave her cat at her mom's.

quote:

Cat shits in box, covers the shites with paws, then resumes strolling throughout the home with shite-laden paws.


bruh, you ain't lying. It was disgusting when I'd wake up to the cat pawing it's shitbox then feel it jump up on the bed.
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
53390 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:38 am to
Get her a dog.

AA has a cat, it only comes inside when it wants to get rubbed. We have a doggy door in the wall between our garage and laundry room. All the food and shtt box stays in the garage.
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
12616 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:39 am to
Answer:


Don’t get a cat
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71341 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:41 am to
quote:

My daughter wants a cat. I've never had one. Can they be trained to deficate outdoors?

The thought of keeping a shitebox in the home is repulsive.

1) Cat shits in box, covers the shites with paws, then resumes strolling throughout the home with shite-laden paws.

2) the fricking smell

How do you do it?


If your cat is indoors at any time, it will need a litter box. If your cat is an outdoor cat, get ready to explain to your daughter the facts of life when it doesn't make it past 4 years.

As far as your shits on paws theory, cats clean a lot, and yes the box can smell but if you scoop it every day it should be fine. Dogs don't wear shoes and walk around everywhere, so goodness knows what's on their feet too.
Posted by LSUintheNW
At your mom’s house
Member since Aug 2009
35747 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:42 am to
quote:

My daughter wants a cat.


Perfect time to teach her she can't always get what she wants.

Cats live a long time. You could end up saddled with the damn thing.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
22146 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:42 am to
Get a Litter Robot.
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
Member since Feb 2019
4543 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:43 am to
quote:

If your cat is indoors at any time, it will need a litter box. If your cat is an outdoor cat, get ready to explain to your daughter the facts of life when it doesn't make it past 4 years.


or four weeks.
Posted by FenrirTheBeard
NOLA
Member since Jun 2012
6427 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:43 am to
We only have 1 cat and change the box every other day. Absolutely zero smell in the house. If you get multiple cats, I’d imagine there would be a smell.

As for the paws thing, it is what it is. Dogs lick their a-hole and then lick you, but people don’t think of that too much.

All in all, get a kitten, train it to be affectionate, and they are great pets.

Email me @ gmail and I can give you pretty detailed instructions on training
This post was edited on 3/1/22 at 9:47 am
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22890 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:43 am to
Keep the cat outside and it will naturally go outdoors. Super easy low maintenance pet baw. Cats get a bad rep in here but it’s from insecure dog owners who think you have to choose. My dog is much more high maintenance than my cat. Love them both. The cat is chill and likes human interaction.
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13511 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:44 am to
Clean the litter box frequently, like once a day. Cats will clean themselves. It's not that big of a deal.
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
32028 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:45 am to
I bought a litter robot for my guys. No smell and we just have to change out the liner drawer once a week.
Posted by hojo
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2005
1366 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:47 am to
Cats obsessively clean themselves. Ours will spend hours a day doing it, even the paws and between the toes. They don't like the shite smelling paws any more than you do. And as another poster said, scoop the box once a day and you should be good.
Posted by dtett
Jiggacity
Member since Oct 2018
510 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:48 am to
Outdoor cats are trashy. They belong inside.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
64401 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:49 am to
quote:

My daughter wants a cat. I've never had one.


I was in your shoes just over three years ago. I gave in. Save yourself from the unrelenting hell I’ve put myself in. Don’t do it.
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
41072 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:49 am to
My cat comes in at night and is outside all day. No litter box and no bathroom issues although she will occasionally pee on something of my wife's, but that's because she hates her.
Posted by Tvilletiger
PVB
Member since Oct 2015
4762 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:52 am to
Our car just goes to the door when it needs to go out and pee/poop and comes to the door when it wants to come in. It just does that. All my other cats did also.
This post was edited on 3/1/22 at 9:53 am
Posted by jfan244888
Soda City, SC
Member since Jul 2021
834 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:52 am to
We have two kittens. I clean the box in trash day and sprinkle the litter deodorizer throughout the week.

Its not hard.
Posted by FenrirTheBeard
NOLA
Member since Jun 2012
6427 posts
Posted on 3/1/22 at 9:53 am to
quote:

Deodorizer



This.


I use Arm & Hammer carpet deodorizer powder. Super cheap and I just sprinkle a little in there and zero odor.
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