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Indoor cats traipse around in dirty litter boxes, then get on counters,

Posted: Oct 5, 2010

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That's part of pet ownership. Get used to it. - NM

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I dont have to get used to it. I have sense not to have indoor cat. - MY table, desk, etc dont have cat poop germs. nm

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I have cats - RLee

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My cats unfortunately get on the counter to look out the kitchen window. I cannot stop them, but try to curb them from going any further than that one spot. I use a water squirt gun if they go any further, and go through a lot of antibacterial kitchen spray needless to say. They are both indoor/outdoor cats, but are "pampered" cats and do not go out in bad weather and living in Maine that is an extended period of time in the winter. I hear what you are saying it is "yuck."

Boy, Ms. Germophobe....sound like my MIL - sm - ECMT

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We (my DH and I ) screw with her as she just does not like pets, too dirty, shed, lick you, cats walk on the counter or table (when my DH was a child he had a cat, miracle in itself that she let him have it, one day it jumped on the kitchen counter, the next day she got rid of it, COLD, COLD, COLD). So sometimes just to tick her off when they are visiting we let the dogs in (3) for a short while (we put them out normally since she hates dogs (all animals actually), and we then put the cat food on the kitchen table so the cat will jump up there (our cat never goes on the counters, and rarely ever on the kitchen table, only does so to get a good vantage point to watch the hamster who is out by the table). MIL generally does not say anything (has brought up the story of DHs cat on the counter in the past though and how she got rid of it because of that, which he has never really forgiven her for) but we know it kills her. My girls kiss the dogs on their noses, pet the cat, play with their hamster and rabbits....I am sure all the animals here drive her nuts as well as my lack of Sally homeaker cleanliness (her house is spotless, then then again no pets or kids though I am sure it was spotless when she had kids too). My DH actually has her germophobia and need for clean but luckily he lives with it being generally clean and presentable, not spotless and sterile as her house is. More important things in life than having a spotless house, if you don't want pets fine then but don't put down others because we love our pets. I'd rather have a cat walk on a counter then go to a resturant and be served by someone who did not wash their hands after going to the bathroom...your cat is much less likely to have hepatitis (if they can ever get that)!

That waiter cant give you cat scratch fever. - nm

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Germaphobe cause I dont want cats walking in poopy litter box to get - on table? No, just normal cleanliness. NM

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It's fairly easy to train them to not do this SM - anon

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Use double-sided tape on the edges of counters, tables, desks, etc. Cats do not like the feel of sticky tape on their paws. They will soon learn not to jump on these places and the tape can be removed. Do, however, have a designated place for them to look out a window. One special table they can lay on is enough, but this is vital.

Ummmm.....don\'t get cats then, geesh - MT4Eight

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I dont have cats. Just making an observation. - OP NM

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And a catty one at that....LOL - nm - :-)

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cats, cleanliness, etc. - ntla10

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Some people just do not like animals. Fine--Then they should not have animals. But as an animal lover who has had cats (and dogs) all my life and caught no cat-scratch fever or gotten sick from them, it's sometimes a matter of perspective. People do gross, unclean things all the time that animals do not do. (Now, posters will get on here claiming they have never stuck their finger in their ear, nose, scratched their scalp or their rear withOUT running and washing their hands each and every time---Baloney.) Also, many people are smokers--a very dirty habit. I would rather eat a meal in a nonsmoker, animal-lover's house, than in a smoker's house where a smoker who doesnt wash hands yet handles the food, smoke/ashes get in the food, ashtrays are washed in the same sink as dishes, etc. Some people just make too much of animals supposed uncleanliness. But certainly if one does not like animals, they should not have them.

How about this one! - Silly Girl

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My cat eats and drinks with his paws - yep, piece by piece and slurp by slurp. It didn't take us long to walk in on him dipping his paws into my husband's cup for a "drink". Yep - little pieces of cat litter! yuck!! Now we have to keep all cups at the kitchen counter unless we are sitting right beside them (my cat doesn't jump on the counters - too overweight).

I had a cat who did that! - Kittymama

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I had a cat who would eat and drink with her paws. Didn't go into the cups though, but she used to drag the feather toys next to the water bowl and chew on them in between licking the water off her paw. Never understood why, crazy cat. I miss her, Daisy.

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