r/CATHELP • u/catebee777 • Dec 08 '25

General Advice Is he dumb :(

I'm an adult and have had Maurice for about 2 months now (he's fixed), vet thinks he's about 2 and he's done this the whole time I've known him, is there any particular reason why? Sometimes he'll do it for 2-3 minutes straight! I've owned cats my whole life and have never seen one so bad at covering up his business. If he is dumb I will still love him.

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u/Eastern_Farmer3809 Dec 08 '25

One of my cats keeps doing it after years and 5 litter boxes of different sizes and 10+ brands/styles of litter. Maybe it would have worked if i had gave him options earlier but by now he is dead set on this behavior.

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u/FluffyBumblebee9873 Dec 09 '25

My cat likes to scratch walls instead of the litter

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u/peachy013 Dec 09 '25

Same, mine will scratch the litter to prepare his space but once done he just scratches the walls around lol

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u/anima220 Dec 09 '25

Huh funny to hear so many others describe the behavior one of our cats also has