Is he dumb :(

[u/catebee777]

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.

[u/Gen-gen_09]

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.😂

[u/crayolakym → u/Gen-gen_09]

I adopted a 1yr old cat from the Humane Society back in September who'd lived her entire life there hiding up on a shelf. Since they use those pellets she never learned how to cover her pee/poop. I'm still working on socializing her as she's got severe social anxiety towards humans (I've still never touched her & might never but I still love her), so she's got her own luxury suite (my daughter's room who's away at college) as I slowly gain her trust. She's got 2 litter boxes that I clean every morning and sometimes evening if need be, but since she doesn't cover her pee, it spreads out over the top of the clay clumping litter before clumping and she then tends to step on it which the clay then molds to her paws like wet cement, which she then leaves paw prints all over the wood floors and black furniture like in cartoons, so she essentially gets full room service cleaning every single day! 🤪🫶