Changing subjects once again as we near the end of my storytelling about my species, I imagine that most all humans are impressed by our very polite and socially correct means of the handling of our bathroom duties. Maybe you yourself are one of our admirers.
To my knowledge, we’re one of the few mammals that have this advanced and refined tendency to not leave the bad smelling stuff lying out there in the open. Instead, we carefully and thoroughly bury all remains so we can maintain our living area nice looking and sweet-smelling at all times.
Even more incredible than that, there’s little or no effort required on your part from the moment we go to the bathroom for the first time since we are apparently born with this formal and proper etiquette as a part of our species’ instincts!
You can confirm what I’m saying, right? Just plop a little kitty in a litter box with some of that special sand, and miraculously, he or she automatically knows what it’s for and how to use it!
By contrast, I’ve seen one of the neighbors put up with this long and tiring paper training exercise with the new puppy they brought home one day. From what I heard from a cat friend of mine, it took them more than a month to get that little creature to stop stinking up the whole house several times a day!
As if that weren’t enough, even when these puppies finally realize that they need to do their thing outside of the house, they happily drop their remains wherever they please and wet on anything that might happen to be in their path. They never even consider the possibility of covering everything up and leaving a pleasant, orderly trail behind them. What kind of upbringing is that, huh!
Well, that’s the way it goes and I’ve got nothing against the puppies, but at least give us cats a little credit once in a while for our good manners and respectable behavior, okay? We not only take pride in our appearance through our constant self-bathing and grooming on a daily basis, but we are also sensitive to some of the more delicate aspects of our body’s natural functions and do the best we can to not offend the eyes or nose of anyone in that regard.
Just one favor though if you wouldn’t mind. You could lend us a big hand by keeping our litter box scooped out every day and change the whole contents periodically too. In that way, we can avoid diseases and not mess up our paws so much when involved in our bathroom activities. Fair enough?