# My cats and their litter box - weird? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572 "2020-11-02T18:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/1 "2020-11-02T18:57:21Z")
Two cats - male about 15, female about 11. I notice when I scoop their litter box, every other day there’s a particularly substantial offering. It’s as if they only poop on alternate days. They’re strictly indoor cats and they don’t mess anywhere else. They seem perfectly healthy and I’m not worried, just curious. Is this unique to this pair? And anticipating the question, I noticed because since retiring, I tend to be more diligent about daily scooping. I have plenty of time and no place to be. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/2 "2020-11-02T19:03:51Z")
Naw, pooping every couple days is completely normal for cats–I term those mornings Fecalpalooza days and notice they also pee more on their poop days. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/3 "2020-11-02T21:44:02Z")
Fecalpalooza! I love it!!! The younger cat won’t bury her poop, but the old man will do it for her. Our cats are weird in so many ways. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/4 "2020-11-02T22:28:16Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Our cats are weird in so many ways. Actually not. Yours sound normal (and like they have a good thing going and know it). ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/5 "2020-11-02T22:42:25Z")
Both of our cats spend substantial time scratching the side of the box. The cat who started the whole thing is long gone, but it will probably happen as long as we live now (unless we have a catless period). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/6 "2020-11-03T00:22:12Z")
As long as they’re healthy and there isn’t any blood or undue straining, they should be fine. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/7 "2020-11-04T01:19:14Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Naw, pooping every couple days is completely normal for cats–I term those mornings Fecalpalooza days Damn, you’re lucky. Every day is Fecalpalooza in the land of CairoCats. (3 cats, 3 litter boxes, daily cleaning). The only thing that might make an overall difference, I think, is the kind of food they eat. I inherited about 30 lbs of grocery-store kibble (Friskies or Purina, I think) from a friend whose cat went walk-about and never came back, so for quite a while my kittehs ate that mixed with Iams regular. When they went back to straight Iams, I think the poop offerings decreased a little. However, they recently had a bag of hairball control Iams, and if I’m not imagining it the poops increased again. I’m back to the straight-up orange Iams as of tomorrow, so I hope the poop lessens a bit. Three young, healthy cats generate a LOT of waste. Sometimes I wonder how I’m going to manage all that poopery-scoopery when I’m 75. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/8 "2020-11-04T01:32:42Z")
My cats are strictly wet food only due to one of them having the diabeetus so absolutely no free feeding and no dry food because the carb content of that stuff is way too high. Once they got off the dry food not only did their pooping get less frequent, but also less voluminous and about a thousand percent less gaggingly stinky. Yes, feeding wet food is a PITA but it’s definitely worth it and diabeetus kitty is doing really well with twice daily insulin shots and a controlled diet. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/9 "2020-11-04T02:38:14Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Yes, feeding wet food is a PITA but it’s definitely worth it They get wet and dry food both - one cat has gum problems so the vet recommends mostly dry. But I’ll bring it up next time I’m there, which should be fairly soon. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/10 "2020-11-04T11:25:54Z")
My two felines don’t like wet food. I used to give them some - tried several flavors and varieties, and all they’d do is lick up the liquid, leave the meat/fish/whatever, and go back to their dry kibbles. So I quit buying the wet stuff. They seem perfectly happy with Purina, and the vet tells me they’re doing fine. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/11 "2020-11-04T13:47:04Z")
All cat behavior is weird. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-and-their-litter-box-weird/924572/12 "2020-11-04T16:56:46Z")
I have two healthy female cats about 4 years old and three litter boxes cleaned daily. I can find no discernible patterns at all. Definitely can go a day and not see poop.