tracking the source
For quite a while now, there has been a rather unpleasant smell in our bathroom. A pissy smell.
I had been blaming it on the husband. Any woman that has lived with an aging husband will know that this is quite a legitimate assumption. Old men can't aim. My grandmother once told me that improving men's aim is a valid argument in favour of circumcision. With the persistence of the stink, I was getting to the stage of booking the surgery.
I had done all the standard things to combat the smell. I'd scrubbed floors, walls and toilet bowls with liberal sploshes of White King. I had put in one of those plug-in anti-stinkerators. I'd bought an Airwick. I'd muttered about pissy old men under my breath and given him dirty looks. You know, the usual stuff.
Last night I discovered the real culprit.
I was cleaning my teeth, ready for bed, when Skank wandered in. She did a few purry-rubby boglaps of my ankles then headed for the corner. She carefully lined her arse up with the bottom of the shower curtain and then sprayed vigorously into the folds.
EWWWW
I yelled (as you do) and she took flight, straight out the back door (which was conveniently open for any pee-needing pets to use).
Needless to say, bed time was delayed. The shower curtain came down and went in the washing machine. The scrubbing brush and bucket came out and more White King was sploshed on walls and floors. There's nothing quite like an anti-catpiss cleaning binge at 1am.
Our bathroom no longer smells like old man. But I am left with questions.
I'm not asking why she chose to pee on the shower curtain. I am not asking why she chose to ignore the nicely open door and the lure of the giant sand tray that is our backyard. She is a cat. Cat's are a law unto themselves. They need no excuses. I'm not even wondering why our dainty little lady backed up to pee like a tomcat. Again, cat = no reasons required.
What I want to know is what could possibly have attracted her to the bloody curtain in the first place. I need to know so we can stop doing it.
8 comments:
maybe there is something in the material of the shower curtain that tells the cat: piss here!! this is funny when i read it, im sorry! maybe there is a cat repellent that you can spray onto the shower curtain?
So what you're telling me is that my husband's aim is NEVER going to get better?? It's only going to get worse from here???
I think I need to start investing in bleach! LOL
the purple chai said
"There's nothing quite like an anti-catpiss cleaning binge at 1am." Been there, done that. As for the husband, so far, so good.
My cat, Spicoli, (we renamed him PISScoli) used to piss on my TOASTER! My toast smelled like a roasting skunk! I had to hide all my kitchen appliances and then finally BAN the cat outside. I paid $300 for the vet to tell me my cat needed kitty prozac!
Skank AND Finlay??!! Is there something in the air???
Teach her to use the toilet.
Tell our husband to pull the skin back when he pees. My aim is fine.
Probably it was random the first time and now it's become a habit.
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