Question of the Day, Sunday, October 30, 2016

sivyaleah said:

 
Timely question.

Yesterday, we had our landscaper begin working on new paver stairs to match the patio to our back door. The cats sit at the door a lot, it's a good view for them and the bottom of the slider is level with the stair landing.

The old steps were demolished yesterday, and the ground prepped to finish it off tomorrow. So now there's a drop to the ground of about 3'-4' or so.  Both keep looking out there trying to figure out what happened, or that's what it seems like.  

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mickNsnicks2mom said:

 
ahhhh, i'm sure those new paver stairs to match your patio will look very lovely! 

that sounds exactly like the look, the reaction, that our jaspurr had to the empty spaces where the two litter boxes used to be! like he was thinking, 'what has happened here!'  by now, your new paver stairs should have been put in...? any idea as to what your Casper and Cocoabean are making of the new stairs?

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Muffy said:

 
I'm thinking of removing one of the litter boxes. I have 3 boxes and I only have 1 cat left.  She rarely uses the one downstairs or the one in my spare bedroom but she has kidney problems and I'm afraid she might need to get to one in a hurry and it won't be there. She really pees a lot.

I have not made any real changes in years.

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Norachan said:

 
Hmmm. All the recent changes I have made to the house have been for the kitties's benefit. More things to climb on, new scratching posts and new beds placed in front of the heaters now that the weather is getting colder.

They gave it their grudging approval.

Oh, and I put a string of fairy lights around my full-length mirror. They didn't pay any attention to that.

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mickNsnicks2mom said:

 
i understand...

  my little snick

had CKD, and i kept two litter boxes set up for her even though she only ever used one of them. i also had trays (using plastic storage bin lids, turned bottom side up) under her litter boxes, because my girl had arthritis and so could not squat much comfortably to pee -- so 'over the edge' of the litter box peeing happened almost daily. the trays protected the flooring, and also made for easy clean up (i use simple green, which doesn't react to pet urine -- like making fumes).

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betsygee said:

We made cat changes, too. We had their food in the kitchen, and litter boxes in the laundry room. We changed things around so that all the cat paraphernalia is in the laundry room. That was a few weeks ago, and they still go running into the kitchen for food. And Zoe didn't like that the litter box was moved, so she's been spraying the dryer in the laundry room. :frusty:

Hopefully they'll get used to it soon.

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Winchester said:

 
We finished the bedroom, other than new blinds at the windows. Cats didn't care in the slightest. They were all very intrigued by the work that's been going on for the better part of a year, but other than that, they didn't care. 

Our cats don't care much when something's going on. As long as the food is plentiful, they have a place to pee and poop and a comfy place for sleeping, they really don't care. When we do stuff, they like to be right in the middle of things. So when I paint, a cat (or three) will have paint on their fur. I think Mollipop walked around for three days with green paint on her fur from when I did the first coat of paint in the kitchen. She was on the ladder, walked beneath the ladder, went from the ladder to the top of the fridge, tried to dip her paw into the paint. 

Muffin came into the house during our kitchen remodel. She was really curious about stuff, but other than that....nothing. She napped with Tabby on top of the furniture pad that we kept on top of the dishwasher. When we did dishes in tubs in the bathroom (we had no kitchen sink), she'd come in, stand up at the edge of the tub and watch, and then mutter to herself that her new humans were crazy. And walk away. 

When Boo was alive and the step ladder came out, he'd climb up the ladder and sit on the shelf to su-purr-vise whatever was going on. Same thing with the outdoor Christmas lights. Rick would be outside at the living room window arranging lights on the roof and Boo would be all stretched up along the inside of the window, checking things out and making sure it was done properly.

Put the Christmas tree up. Most of the cats will sleep through it. Except for Tabby, who loves playing with the strings of lights. They wake up and it's like, "Oh. It's that dang tree." Yawn.

Nothing phases these guys. Nothing. They "know a thing or two because" they've "seen a thing or two". Esp the old ones.

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jcat said:

DH tore down and rebuilt a wall and replaced the baseboards in the downstairs hallway. For the first couple of days, Mogli sat and watched the new wall. I think what disturbed him the most was that his old wall scratcher was replaced, too.

Not too long ago DH put new shelving in the pantry, and that did bother Mogli, since it's harder for him to get on top of the freezer now.

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Primula said:

Can't think of anything but will be divorced in 2017 & we'll be moving so big changes for them then.

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mickNsnicks2mom said:

so the (big) changes are upcoming! 

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Primula said:

Not really. Husband is dropping the divorce.

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Margd said:

I just saw this news in another thread.  Nothing like putting you through the ringer!   I hope you are doing okay.  

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hbunny said:

 
I moved one of the cat trees this weekend, actually to Wurp's benefit next to the front window, and shifted the couch about 3 feet.  Wurp noticed it immediately.  He does not like things in his territory moved around, and has to investigate anything we place in the floor or something new brought in.  He sat in the floor and studied the couch's new position and the new location of his cat tree for a very long time.  Then he got on the cat tree and was fine.  It's like he was sitting there trying to figure out why I did it.

He usually just looks things over thoroughly, and if it doesn't involve his food, water, or involves keeping him off our bed, he's fine once he gives it a review.  But anything being moved upsets him until he checks it out.  He is my OCD cat.  I think him being deaf causes him to be much more vigilant to his surroundings, because he didn't used to be this bad.  Shortstack doesn't care.  As long as he has a lap and food, his potty and water, he doesn't care.  He will figure it out and move on.

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DreamerRose said:

That's what my two did with the high sided box. They just walked around in it, and dug and sniffed. But no pee or poop.

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mickNsnicks2mom said:

big changes!!!  :nod:

oh wow! how did your bedroom get flooded? was it a roof thing, or a burst water pipe?

and what a good looking boy, your Lucky!  :heart3:

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sivyaleah said:

 
Not sure yet! They finished work today but we can't walk on it for another day.

I have the blinds closed at the moment. We'll see what happens in the next day or so lol.

Actually I suddenly had a great idea that next year when weather gets warmer, that we could concoct some kind of pass through/enclosure for them so they can sit outside safely on that landing

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Muffy said:

 
Thanks for the idea about using a lid from a storage bin for the litter boxes. Muffy has not started sticking her bottom over the edge of the box yet but her 18 year old mother did before she passed away in April. I have carpet under the litter box and it was so hard to clean up after her.

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