Alis girls Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 This weather is playing havoc with my floors! Today I washed my wooden floors only for my 2 cats to poddle all over it wth wet snowy feet. I even put a mat for them to wipe their feet! How anal is that? My OH and kids are just as bad. My tubby tabby gave me a dirty look on route, if she were a human she'd live in Mayfair and be posh!! Aplogies to posh people in Mayfair! Grrr just seen another wet patch i am soooo sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'd give up on the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 It's a losing battle with muddy paws isn't it My cat has a huge bushy tail and she brings half the garden in on it, I'm forever sweeping up twigs, leaves and goodness knows what else Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 We've sort of solved the problem by having the cat flap come in directly to the living room - so by the time our two cats have made it across a 20 foot length of carpet to the kitchen floor their feet are lovely and clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 We have a cat tunnel through the wall, which is lined with carpet. It helps a bit. I only have to clean the floor every other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Mine come into the office and dry their paws on any of my papers that happen to be on the desk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Mine leave a trail of muddy pawprints; 1. across the kitchen counters 2. on our nice, clean duvet cover 3. on the kitchen table 4. on any paperwork in the office I still love them... Saronne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 I cannot believe how many naughty pussies are out there with dirty feet! Our duvet cover (usually clean!) also gets a bashing as does my newspaper which they sit on whilst i read it But they are lovely and so funny, I will excuse the muddy feet - i just love to moan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I had perfect autographed bedding last week, autographed by Scamp's paws, you could have identified every crease in her pads from the prints I have a very posh tabby too, it must be something in the genes, I also have a very dumb black and white cat and I am yet to meet one of those with many brains, but they usually have loads of lovely character, like she does. She talks to me I should have her on youtube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I swear that my cat comes through the cat-flap and hops on one leg across the kitchen floor, through the hall, up the carpeted stairs and into the bedroom. It's the only way to explain the perfect muddy prints on my duvet cover - surely his feet would have dried off on the way up the stairs otherwise? On the other hand, judging by the pawprints on the kitchen floor, I suspect he's got an extra set of feet tucked away somewhere. Either that or he's been practising his tango with a friend - surely one cat can't account for so many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 This weather is playing havoc with my floors! Today I washed my wooden floors only for my 2 cats to poddle all over it wth wet snowy feet. I even put a mat for them to wipe their feet! How anal is that? My OH and kids are just as bad. My tubby tabby gave me a dirty look on route, if she were a human she'd live in Mayfair and be posh!! Aplogies to posh people in Mayfair! Grrr just seen another wet patch i am soooo sad I hate to brag and upset you but my mum has a cat who waits on the mat to be dried when he comes in . He was found in the RSPCA when he was far too young to be away from his mum and the only thing in his cage was a towel. Bacuse of this he loves being wrapped in towels or cuddling towelling dressing gowns. He'll wait on the mat because he knows someone will pick him up in "his", yes he does have his own , towel, and cuddle him and dry him off. He's the only cat I know who does that. He even does it at our house when he stays with us when when my mum and dad are away. It puts my two to shame . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Well all you lovely bods with diddy little kitties....imagine 3 sets of lumping great labs feet to bounce across a newly cleaned floor - I gave up many a year ago! The floor gets done every so often & actually doesn't look any different because the flooring we put down is speckled mud colour deliberately or should that be ?! I can live with footprints on my nice clean kitchen floor, it's bottom prints I can't deal with I think my girls fly when they come in with muddy paws & there's a clean duvet to be franked Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I can live with footprints on my nice clean kitchen floor, it's bottom prints I can't deal with Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana's flock Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ive got two cats and not a single wet paw print in the house. The reason: Dini has become one with the big cushion underneath the kitchen table by the radiator and Cleo will leave my room at regular intervals to use the litter tray (thank goodness for that ). I opened the door inviting them to the garden when they were waiting to be let out at the beginning of the week, they look at the snow, smelled the air, looked at me and walked back into the house with a 'on your wildest dreams woman!' look on their faces. And that's it - they've camped inside and I don't think they'll even attempt to go out until the sun is shining and it's warm in their favourite draught-free spots. Now, sizes 10, 5 and 3 muddy, snowy and wet foot prints... I could give a way in freecycle! (By the way, someone was offering snow on my freecycle yesterday. Anyone could go an help themselves to as much as they wanted from his drive... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I will admit that even Arthur only weighs 8kg, but he has furry feet - FURRY! Do you know how much water they hold? He's mostly norwegian forest, and according to him, snow if his natural habitat. He's been frolicking in it and then leaving soggy wet foot prints EVERYWHERE. Anyone with Maine Coons that go outside will be feeling my pain right now as to the amount of rubbish he trails in on his coat. And that's completely aside from the three mad maus and the bengal cross chasing each other out of the flap, round the garden, through the snow, through the slurry and back into the kitchen. Repeat til mummy gets very cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 My boys are very generous with their muddy paws too and it always amazes me how long a cat's paw cat remain wet/muddy because they can walk right through the house yet still have enough left to sign their names on my bed sheets!! I even bought turtle mats, but I think they must have learned to jump over them as they come in. Håkan decided to play with the ash in the fireplace the other day (it was cold!) and I followed is his little trail through the house before I found him and took him to wash his paws. He really enjoyed this, as you'd expect and I'm hoping to get the stitches out sometime in March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Last time I tried to wash a cat, it ended in tears, snot and blood everywhere. NEVER again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Can you train a cat to wipe it's paws? Probably but they wouldn't on purpose!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Can you train a cat to wipe it's paws? Probably but they wouldn't on purpose!! Perhaps if we used reverse psychology, it would help i.e. tell them that they must never, ever wipe their paws and make sure they tread muddy paw prints everywhere......surely being cats they'd have to do the opposite?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I loved Mostin's story of the rescue cat but it's dirty paws here with my rescued two. My tubby tabby lady Puddy doesn't seem to do dirty paws as much, but my gorgeous gentle Loki boy (also tabby) doesn't seem to do anything but - and manages to get dirty footprints everywhere except on the cover of his favourite chair . It took me ages and lots of patience to persuade Pud to be dried when wet and now she insists on being dried even when only a touch damp . Loki watched her getting attention with a towel and promptly joined the queue, and loves having his head stroked gently with a towel - makes him go all gooey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 I am impressed and dismayed by all these cat stories the one about the cat who waits to be dried is lovely. And yes the amount of water in 1 small paw is amazing like a sponge!! Quadruple it and you have a very wet floor The cuddles you get from the furry fiends outway the wet floors. Ginger boy snuggles into my neck and purrs in my ear, its like being in a beehive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hmm so yours bring in water and mud on their coat and paws. Mine brings in slugs on her lovely soft coat and leaves them ..... laying around. Want a swap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hmm so yours bring in water and mud on their coat and paws. Mine brings in slugs on her lovely soft coat and leaves them ..... laying around. Want a swap? ummmmmmm , no ta! My two don't go out so no muddy paw prints from them - they send the daft dog out to collect their mud for them and he helpfully scatters it around lavishly once back inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyknickers Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 With my old cat (no longer with us) she didnt wipe her own feet but we did train her to allow us to let us wipe all four feet and wait on the mat til we had done it. Bless her she was gorgeous x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Another clever girl. What have I done wrong its the other way round, our cats train us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
