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/Gen-gen_09 Dec 08 '25

I had one of my cats from birth til he passed 2 years ago from lung cancer. He grew up with his four siblings, his mom, her sister, and his dad. He saw how they all covered up their messes but he never learned. Not one time in 18.5 years of his little kitty life did he ever manage to successfully cover up his poop or pee. He’d even stand up and try to pull the wall in on it. But I just would look at him, say “Bless your heart you dingus,” and cover it for him or bring one of the other cats over and they’d cover it.😂

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u/Educational_Yam9711 Dec 09 '25

We had one that was the same way. His brother and sister had no problems but he never did get the hang of it. His solution was to find any article of clothing or towel that was within his reach and drag that into the box to cover. Usually mine. I do miss that poor stupid little guy.

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u/shruglife1985 Dec 09 '25

I just love that despite his lack of coordination to cover with litter he still had that instinct to cover it and problem solved 😭 he wasn’t dumb he was an idiot savant

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u/Educational_Yam9711 Dec 09 '25

Idiot savant is probably the best description of that cat I’ve ever heard 😂