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My cats have a problem distinguishing between my toaster and their litter tray. They haven't yet started making their toast in their latter but they absolutely love pissing in the former. After accidentally leaving it uncovered overnight we've just had to throw away our third in six months.

Anyone else had this problem? Solutions?

jcm

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:
Solutions?

Leave the toaster on when they piss in it? That should stop it, but it depends how much you like your cats...

In reply to johncoxmysteriously: wire it up to be constantly on...... itll solve the problem

In reply to johncoxmysteriously: set it up so the bread pops up just as they start. BAM hot bread in the groin, mind you if the toaster is on when they start pissing then that ought to give them enough of a shock on its own. It would be the last time they piss on the toaster or do anything at all.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

Mount the toaster on a bracket about chest high on a blank wall. This may not solve them trying to piss on it, but may give some great footage for 'You've Been Framed'. Imagine the pie- loving presenter's voice over.

Davie

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

toast the cat then

if not done then stick under the grill to finish

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

That's strange. We had a similar problem when we used to have a cat - it was a pretty foul smell that used to eminate from the toaster in the morning when it should have been the smell of freshly toasted bread! We eventually discovered that an errant tom cat was coming in through the catflap and spraying over the toaster much to the chagrin of our poor little female tabby Are you sure it is YOUR cat that is spraying on your toaster? Just a thought.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

What, you ordinarily cover it to deal with this sort of thing? Your cats are clearly insane, or else you're pulling a weirdly surreal troll. Is the toaster on the floor?

I had a toaster a few years ago that somehow attracted mice. A few of them died in it. Fair enough, I thought. Try and nick my damn toast.

Meantime, I would try feeding the cats and providing a litter tray. If that doesn't work, kick the f*ckers outta the house. Cats are pretty much a waste of space anyway.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

Have you tried beating the shit out of the cat, it may not cure the problem but it will help ease the frustration.

I had a similar problem with other peoples' cats crapping in my garden. A slingshot and some tangerines mid shit helped ease the frustration and as a side effect the cats never came back either.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

I've got a similarly disturbing toast problem. My toaster is a posh Dualit, but it's not by any means this year's colour. It's dark blue, which is pretty uncool as I understand it. Any idea if you can paint these things, or is that just pure chav, a la hand-painting of a Mark 2 Escort?

In reply to Steve Parker:

No, it's on the sideboard. Under the cloth. Damn right we cover it. They jump up, I assume. I've never seen them at it since they don't try it when we're there, but we have a supposedly foreign-tom-proof catflap.

I had thought of wiring it up to be permanently on, but I'm a bit bothered about the electricity bills, and the prospect of burning the house down overnight.

jcm

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

You'll just have to sit watching the toaster, hillbilly style, in your rocking chair with a shotgun balanced across your knees and catch the feckers in the act. Grimy string vest is a must. Baccy-chewing, and duelling banjos are optional extras.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

Cover the toaster in lion shit, available from the local zoo. Aparently cats will give it a wide berth.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously: That is most definitely not a *slightly* bizarre cat problem!

That is totally way out! :oS

It's something to do with the smell... but I dont know what...

What bread do you use? :oS

In reply to Masood:

PMSL

I actually caught the fat fecker that had been sneaking in my house at night and terrorising my cats and eating their food...

I dont think it will be coming back...

In reply to marie:
Hehe I dread to think....

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

If you're prepared to embrace the prospect of killing the cats by 'accidental' electrocution, why not just make the logical and energy-saving jump? Wanna borrow a dedicated cat-garotte?

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:
cut its' legs off

In reply to Masood: I can be very scary

Was quite amusing watching this ginger thing trying to throw itself out of a fixed pane of window glass...

In reply to Steve Parker: What ever became of your cats Steve?

To OP, no solution, but HAHA!!

In reply to marie:

What exactly were you doing to the poor sod???

In reply to Masood: Ummmmm

It involved hissing at it

Chasing it round the house (the whole house)

And water...

In reply to marie:

ROFL! That brings back memories of terrorising the nighbourhood cats with water pistols when we were little...

In reply to lasonj:
Had one killed, as it was pretty much collapsing in upon itself in every way possible. Weird moment - the vet kind of suggested it, and I agreed; then she stuck a needle in its leg, and in about 1 second it was gone. I thought it would take a bit longer and give me time for some affectionate blubbing. I felt strangely bereft and cheated. I even shed a coupla tears, but don't tell anyone!

In reply to johncoxmysteriously: Piss in the cats' dinner. See how they like it.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously: Not a lot of help John, but I have heard of other cats with the same 'habit' so your cat is not the loony others are inplying.

In reply to ICE: Try cleaning the crumbs out of the toaster occaisionally, they could be mistaking them for cat litter.

In reply to Al Evans: Nice, can just picture it, 'he's left this useless litter tray out again, oh well, I'm desperate so I'll have to use it,'

In reply to A O:

"BAM - Hot Bread in the groin"

I swear on all that is holy that this will be my new catch phrase, and that I will name my next new route this. Thank you A O you modern poet.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

SERIOUS ANSWER!

I thought I'd better put that in bold and capitals, so that you might see it amongst all the crap.

Once the cat has sprayed in a particular place, in this case your toaster, the smell will remain (to the cat's nose), even after you wash the area and it will think that the area is the correct place to piss.
What you need to do is to wash the area with soap and water and dry thoroughly. Then, spray the area with surgical spririt and let it dry naturally. Thirdly, get yourself some of this stuff:

http://www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=333

and spray the area with it. What this process does is to remove the smell, even to the cat's nose and the feliway spray mimics a cat's facial pheromones. Cats won't piss where they rub their faces. You might need to repeat this process a few times, but it does work and it's cheaper than constantly buying new toasters.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

We had a similar problem. Nevis used to open the fridge and piss all over my tins of wife beater.

I solved the problem by giving him to Marc C. Apparently he now pisses in Marc's biscuit tin, although Marc is unaware.

hth.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

I'm sorry John, I have a problem with allowing cats access to the house, let alone the kitchen work surfaces, so if this happened to me I'd be looking for a sack and a brick!

In reply to Dave Garnett:

you are a cock of the highest order

In reply to Smitz:

He sounds like a thoroughly sensible chap to me.

In reply to Smitz:


That's been said before, but in a rather different context.

What I mean is, it just wouldn't happen. And before I'm labelled an animal-hater, I'm the one offering to pay the farm cats' vet bills. I usually get a pitying look and an assurance that they will be swiftly and painlessly 'dealt with'.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:


oh, and try covering the toaster in lemon juice, cats hate citrus.

In reply to John Rushby: Mine eats marmalade...

In reply to Dave Garnett: I think he meant 'cook' Dave, obviously you keep your work surfaces spotless!

In reply to Bingly Bong:
Does that make it a marmalade cat?