Oh the Humanity! Oh the Poo!

Yet again showing my newbiness and naivete, I did not understand that there are cats out there that for whatever reason do not naturally gravitate to using a litterbox. I'd heard of the occasional tomcat that had not been neutered that would spray but even when my elderly cat had kidney issues, she at least tried to go next to the box. 

So, with my blissful unawareness, I did spend a morning at my cabin curiously trying to figure out and play "where is that smell coming from?!?" 

I looked under beds and in the tub, under the couch and next to the fireplace. 

Well, since these cats both had the runs and most likely parasites, and they'd probably never seen a clean litterbox in their lives, a corner, behind the drapes, seemed like as good of a place as any to relieve themselves. Ack! 

Didn't see that one coming. Luckily, the curtain survived after a couple of washes and soakings and I covered that corner in puppy pads for any additional messes. 

💩Pooping is definitely a defining "theme" of these rescues. 💩More about that later. 💩 But the good news, and what I continually remind myself as my inner Felix Unger loses his mind at the piles of poo on the carpet is that this is temporary and the cats have learned to use the boxes and after their deworming, things have decidedly settled down.