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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  Clicked on this thread because there is a cat who thinks our doormat is its litter box.  WHY?

Anyways I just got a new doormat and sprinkled it with white pepper and some cayenne pepper (but not too much cayenne because we'll track it onto our carpet).

I truly don't get it.  I think it's neglected and left outside, and my kids have treated it with kindness--maybe it thinks it is part of our family now and so must do the family business as close as possible to where an indoor litter box would be?[/quote]

Are you sure itnis a cat and not some other animal? Cats go where they can bury the evidence.[/quote]

Cats POOP where they can bury. They absolutely will mark for territory or for other reasons.

My parents have an indoor cat, that pees on the front door when they are out of town to be malicious. You can argue all you want that you can't ascribe maliciousness to a cat, but it only does it when my parents have left it for several days, despite arranging care. I have no doubt neighborhood cat has it's reasons for peeing on the mat.
Also, once marked, any other prowling unhomed cat then sees it as a challenge to mark on top of the prior marking on the mat, basically setting off a literal pissing contest.

And for the person who doesn't know what cat urine smells like.. So nice of you to share that with the rest of us, by letting your animal prowl and urinate/defecate all over the neighborhood.[/quote]

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