# My cat took a deuce---WHERE IS IT???? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336 "2010-01-25T05:22:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/21 "2010-01-25T20:08:34Z")
Well, you could post a layout of your room on a website, and we could print it and dowse for the doodie. Other than that, we’re not likely to be of any help. You have my sympathy, though. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/22 "2010-01-25T21:05:10Z")
> [@St.Anger](#): > > He walked in, mowed, and left That cat’s a keeper. He fertilizes, he mows; train him to trim the hedges and you can fire the gardener. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/23 "2010-01-25T23:58:12Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:17, topic:526336”] [MOD NOTE] Approximately 47 million people have now reported this thread, asking that it be moved out of GQ. It is, indeed, a general question with a specific answer, but nobody can be expected to actually answer that question. The problem is, I can’t think of another forum that fits it any better, so we’ll just let it hang out here until it either fades away or degenerates into something that belongs in a different forum. Thanks, folks, for keeping an eye on things and reporting the thread, but you can stop now 🙂 [/MOD NOTE] [/QUOTE] It seems to me that there is, in fact, a general GQ (general General Question?) here: Is there a way (method, device, etc.) to locate the source of a particular odor? Judging by the answers so far, it seems that many people just assume that the answer is obviously “no”, but that doesn’t make it an invalid question. To me, it’s not at all obvious that there couldn’t be, at least in theory, some sort of a device that detected some (settable?) particular odor molecules and computed their relative concentration in the air, and gave feedback when that concentration was going up or down as the user moved it around. Sure, with the air being moved about by the very act of moving the device, it probably would be far from exact, but is there some reason that it would work at all? That it couldn’t give at least some general idea of where the source is, at least giving the user reasonable cause to focus on one area of the room first? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/24 "2010-01-26T00:03:36Z")
Is there upholstered furniture in the room? The kind with dust fabric underneath it? The kind of dust fabric that cats love to tear a hole in so they can climb up inside? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/25 "2010-01-26T00:08:04Z")
lieu, when it comes to shit threads, you are once and always the master. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/26 "2010-01-26T00:26:06Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Since you locked him in your office all afternoon, with no litter box available, you **deserve** just what you got. I think the OP locked the cat in by accident. You know how cats are- they’re always getting themselves into impossible places, and you close the door without realizing there’s a kitty in your closet. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/27 "2010-01-26T00:36:44Z")
Check the top of the ceiling fan…those frackers can jump and are quite devious… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/28 "2010-01-26T01:41:44Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Check the top of the ceiling fan…those frackers can jump and are quite devious… And if it is there, you’d really want to find it before turning the fan on. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/29 "2010-01-26T01:49:10Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I think the OP locked the cat in by accident. You know how cats are- they’re always getting themselves into impossible places, and you close the door without realizing there’s a kitty in your closet. I have a cat who closes doors on the other cats for fun. Seriously. And then they shit under the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/30 "2010-01-26T04:14:02Z")
Figure out what the most important, hard-to-replace paper or object in the room is, and then look there. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/31 "2010-01-26T04:18:51Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Do you have a dog? Borrow a dog. Dog will also remove offending cat shit. Hmmm…way to make a guy feel invisible. (See post #5) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/32 "2010-01-26T04:33:00Z")
I agree with the dog idea. One of my cats dropped one in my home office with a bunch a papers lying around and whatnot. There’s no way I could find it quickly and it smelled horrible. The dog came in and sniffed it out instantly. Done deal. This thread sounds like an IMHO thread… What’s the Best Way to Find a Hidden Cat Turd? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/33 "2010-01-26T06:03:44Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Don’t you mean “where the deuce is it?” Nono, the perfect word play is, “Where (the deuce) is it?” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/34 "2010-01-26T16:18:18Z")
You should even check the drawers, one of my cats is able to open my dresser drawers and every once in a while they close the drawer, too. I wouldn’t even have known it had been opened if not for all my clean socks on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/35 "2010-01-26T16:28:50Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > You should even check the drawers, one of my cats is able to open my dresser drawers and every once in a while they close the drawer, too. I wouldn’t even have known it had been opened if not for all my clean socks on the floor. In a home office… I’m picturing the cat standing on a file drawer’s edges just to drop one down in/inbetween some files, then shutting the drawer behind him. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/36 "2010-01-26T17:17:09Z")
My parents had a cat that had diarrhea behind a desk once, on all the computer cables. Cleaning cat shit off a surge protector is not awesome. Dogs are probably the best way. Lacking that, I’d start in order of hard to clean places, then move toward more convenient ones. ---
**Author:** ![JerseyFrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/37 "2010-01-26T18:16:17Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > That cat’s a keeper. He fertilizes, he mows; train him to trim the hedges and you can fire the gardener. Then who’s going to f\*\*\* my wife? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/38 "2010-01-26T18:26:14Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > In a home office… I’m picturing the cat standing on a file drawer’s edges just to drop one down in/inbetween some files, then shutting the drawer behind him. :eek: But would he have filed under T for turd, or D for deuce? ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/39 "2010-01-26T20:47:35Z")
Do you have any shoes laying around? Check in them. Growing up, my dad was always paranoid about the cat taking a shit in his shoes for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336/40 "2010-01-26T20:49:32Z")
> [@Mooch](#): > > Do you have any shoes laying around? Check in them. > > Growing up, my dad was always paranoid about the cat taking a shit in his shoes for some reason. That sounds like learned behaviour. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-took-a-deuce-where-is-it/526336.md?page=3)