# Post-poo friskiness **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610 "2011-08-13T21:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/1 "2011-08-13T21:21:19Z")
Roomie’s cat gets incredibly frisky after defecating. He runs around the house, pounces on imaginary things, etc. Why? . ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/2 "2011-08-13T21:24:11Z")
Mine do it too, at least the two young enough to be spritely. Also, thank god this wasn’t about you feeling frisky after you pooed, b/c this is the Dope and someone would start that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/3 "2011-08-13T21:52:03Z")
When my Bert does it, he’s usually working **up** a poop, **Johnny**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/4 "2011-08-13T22:42:13Z")
He’s relieved to have empty bowels. Doesn’t a good poop make you feel better? ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/5 "2011-08-13T23:03:16Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > When my Bert does it, he’s usually working **up** a poop, **Johnny**. 🙂 Same with my cat. Pre-poo friskiness. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/6 "2011-08-13T23:25:48Z")
My 'fraidy cat gets friendly after poops or urps. ---
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/7 "2011-08-13T23:55:53Z")
This is the ONLY time my elderly cat gets frisky. I always know when it’s time to scoop the litterbox because she tears around the living room and scratches on her scratching post. After about 45 seconds the zoomies subside and she goes back to her usual sedate self. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/8 "2011-08-14T01:16:10Z")
My cat randomly zooms around before or after. Sometimes both. A good poo does make me feel better, I suppose it has the same effect on the cat, though I don’t zoom around afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/9 "2011-08-14T01:34:24Z")
Wouldn’t you after losing 10-15% of your body weight? (Perhaps that’s just MY cat) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/10 "2011-08-14T01:38:08Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > A good poo does make me feel better It doesn’t make you feel lonely? _Well, I’m sittin’ on the toilet Readin’ the Daily News Well, I’m sittin’ on the toilet Readin’ the Daily News Well, I got… I got nothin’ left to lose! I got those… Empty Rectum Blues_ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/11 "2011-08-14T01:51:17Z")
**John** , what key’s that in? 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/12 "2011-08-14T01:52:22Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > **John** , what key’s that in? 🙂 > > Q Oh, I’d just to a typical Blues progression starting in E. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/13 "2011-08-14T01:53:49Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > **John** , what key’s that in? 🙂 Bm ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/14 "2011-08-14T01:56:00Z")
Better than the [Constipation Blues!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hks_t-HzSc) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/15 "2011-08-14T01:56:58Z")
> [@Garfield226](#): > > Bm :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/16 "2011-08-14T02:01:24Z")
\*\*YEAH, Garfield!!! \*\*. I love it!🙂 **John** , A 12-bar in E. I’ll send it to ya when I get it done. 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/17 "2011-08-14T03:03:28Z")
Mine used to run like hell after laying one, but now he’s 18 and can’t be bothered. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/18 "2011-08-14T05:20:31Z")
All my animals are like this. It’s so cute. Even my 15-year-old dog gets all full of beans after she shits, scratches up the grass and frolics down the street, pulling on her leash. Who knows? I sure don’t feel excited after I poop. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/19 "2011-08-14T13:25:42Z")
Perhaps it’s your diet? Is your coat dull and lackluster or bright and shiny? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610/20 "2011-08-14T17:01:06Z")
The only time one of mine did that, he had a large nugget stuck to his fur, about ping-pong-ball-sized. He was trying to outrun it or something, bucking like a madman… Joe [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-poo-friskiness/592610.md?page=2)