Moms with Cats

funny bunny

I have a TMI question. My kitty got to a plastic bag last night and chewed it for a good 20 mins (before I noticed and snatched it). Today we are dealing with pieces of the bag passing through him... yup you guessed it.. my poor kitty has it hanging out of his butt and I am running after him with paper towels and disinfectant to deal with it. This made me think of what would happen with LO around. How do you moms handle it with LO around? How do you ensure you get to poop (or other yucky things) before they do? How do u keep them out of the litter box?  And to amuse you, here's a pic of the culprit

BlondeBeachBride08

I honestly haven't thought about how to keep LO away from the litter box... I have some time to figure that one out but I'm guessing a baby gate will be involved...

Is the bag stuck in his butt or are bits falling out around the house? I'm pretty sure my cats wouldn't let my kid catch them, let alone get close to their butts enough to touch errant poop. If it's falling out, I'd just have to be vigilant about the situation. 

Ashleysred

My cat box is in the garage with a cat door and she doesn't even use it since she is an outdoor/indoor cat.  She has the wilderness for her bathroom.  So once Kiki gets big we might just remove it completely and put it out when we are out of town.

My cat sleeps in KiKi's room but that's it.  When K is awake, Trixee Paws wants nothing to do with her.  I doubt that she would ever let K catch her.

Butterflie6381

I don't have a cat, but just wanted to say that I have more than once had this problem with Penny -- where something was caught and I had to aid in its removal.  And she is a big dog   so I know what you are dealing with today Fanny!

Kahtie41

I saw someone on D&R who made a litterbox like this one: 

 

It's a wooden chest to hide all of it (there's a lid with a hinge that covers it) and this girl also put some indoor/outdoor carpeting in the smaller section to catch any last bits of litter before the cats leaves the box.  

I don't even have kids but I hate, hate, HATE cat litter so I was thinking of making one of these anyway.  

The picture is from the site www.lovethatcat.com so you can buy one if you have the cash and aren't very handy either.   

Kahtie41

I saw someone on D&R who made a litterbox like this one: 

 

It's a wooden chest to hide all of it (there's a lid with a hinge that covers it) and this girl also put some indoor/outdoor carpeting in the smaller section to catch any last bits of litter before the cats leaves the box.  

I don't even have kids but I hate, hate, HATE cat litter so I was thinking of making one of these anyway.  

The picture is from the site www.lovethatcat.com so you can buy one if you have the cash and aren't very handy either.   

MrsBlayne

We have a baby gate on the room that the cats use. It is to keep the dog away as well as the baby (in the future). I also feel your pain on the pet passing foreign bodies... We had an incident with the dog and a rope..,