Friday, April 27, 2007

The trajectory of smell

It's downright amazing to me, and a little horrifying, the things smell can do. For instance: In my apartment of kitty fun and happy good times, the litter boxes are in what is socially termed the guest bathroom. And way in the back of it, in the tub. Make a good hard U-turn through the apartment from there, and you end up where I sleep. You also are following the exact path the potent smell of cat poo takes through the place.

I really don't know how it does it. I do know a few other things: that 60%-80% of Cree family cats prefer not to bury their poo; that they go in cycles, sometimes pooping during the night, sometimes during the day
; that the vectored odor comes in waves and lasts for a good 20-30 minutes; that slightly to the left or right of my usual sleeping spot, the smell is diminished or nonexistent. Last night was just intolerable, and I would have closed my door or buried the turds myself had I not been pinned down by two fuzzy gray things. All bets are off when the gray things are involved. Or the black moof. Also the B&Ws. See how things get complicated. (Clearly I did just barely tolerate it till the waning, but not without thrashing and cussing at the gods.)

They eat a coupla different dry foods, and one, which is the super duper healthy made-from-raw-food kind, just ignites that smell right up. Some of you have experienced it your own selves (J&M). I'd keep that bathroom door mostly closed, but someone peed behind it the last time I did. (Not J&M.)


2 comments:

Elly said...

Things and moofs and bws!!!!

I have heard that healthy foods are prone to more smellage ...

Anonymous said...

maybe if you had coyote noises in the background 100% of the cree family cats would bury

no, i don't wish for them to live in fear

and have not been able to do that to my neighbor's cats-they have a product of dried coyote pee or some such thing that keeps cats out of one's yard