Our Anti-Cat Urination Defense has been Breached
You may recall a recent post on The Supreme Aglet in which my wife had successfully constructed a barrier with the express purpose of preventing one of our elderly cats from urinating near the tub in the master bathroom.
This was a valiant and promising effort, but it proved insufficient to solve the problem completely. We had operated under the assumption that we could remove the baby gate at certain times of the day when we were in close proximity to the tub. After all, as shy and fearful as our cats are, they would surely not attempt to urinate in such an open space when there were people around.
This was an erroneous assumption, as the problem animal defiantly and shamelessly chose to deposit her waste near the tub within full view of The Supreme Aglet.
As previously mentioned, there is a short hallway connecting the master bedroom to the master bathroom, with one closet on each side of the hallway. As these closets are of the sizable walk-in persuasion, my wife--originator of the original anti-urination defense plan--suggested a new plan altogether.
Specifically, she suggested taking advantage of the fact that there is much more closet space than there are clothes and other closet-dwelling items. She suggested combining my closet with hers, moving the cat boxes from the master toilet room to my closet, and confining the cats to that area when not supervised. To provide lighting for the animals (who technically don't need it, but it is our custom to engage in anthropomorphism), we could leave the closet light on during the evening, and otherwise use the baby gate to block entry or exit from the closet during daylight hours or whenever necessary otherwise.
This plan not only seemed like a better way to confine the cats in closer proximity to their cat boxes (or, confine any accidents to a single space), but it had the added advantage of removing the cat boxes from the toilet room, effectively making that room more accessible for people who wish to use it. (To clarify, it was accessible with the cat boxes in it, but not a pleasant place to deposit one's waste.)
Thus far, this plan has worked well. All human-, animal-, and fish-residents at the home of The Supreme Aglet are functioning harmoniously with respect to waste deposits, and the world of the Supreme Aglet is once again in perfect balance.
This was a valiant and promising effort, but it proved insufficient to solve the problem completely. We had operated under the assumption that we could remove the baby gate at certain times of the day when we were in close proximity to the tub. After all, as shy and fearful as our cats are, they would surely not attempt to urinate in such an open space when there were people around.
This was an erroneous assumption, as the problem animal defiantly and shamelessly chose to deposit her waste near the tub within full view of The Supreme Aglet.
As previously mentioned, there is a short hallway connecting the master bedroom to the master bathroom, with one closet on each side of the hallway. As these closets are of the sizable walk-in persuasion, my wife--originator of the original anti-urination defense plan--suggested a new plan altogether.
Specifically, she suggested taking advantage of the fact that there is much more closet space than there are clothes and other closet-dwelling items. She suggested combining my closet with hers, moving the cat boxes from the master toilet room to my closet, and confining the cats to that area when not supervised. To provide lighting for the animals (who technically don't need it, but it is our custom to engage in anthropomorphism), we could leave the closet light on during the evening, and otherwise use the baby gate to block entry or exit from the closet during daylight hours or whenever necessary otherwise.
This plan not only seemed like a better way to confine the cats in closer proximity to their cat boxes (or, confine any accidents to a single space), but it had the added advantage of removing the cat boxes from the toilet room, effectively making that room more accessible for people who wish to use it. (To clarify, it was accessible with the cat boxes in it, but not a pleasant place to deposit one's waste.)
Thus far, this plan has worked well. All human-, animal-, and fish-residents at the home of The Supreme Aglet are functioning harmoniously with respect to waste deposits, and the world of the Supreme Aglet is once again in perfect balance.
posted by The Supreme Aglet at 7:00 AM
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