1 BIG cat = 1 BIG mess

This is Pip. As you can see Pip is one BIG kitty.

I have to share about my morning with Pip because it is too gross to not share. Earlier this morning I was on the phone with my sister when I heard Pip in the other room using his potty. Well after I got off the phone with my sister I went down stairs to eat because I was starving. I thought I smelled poop so I looked over at Pip who was devouring his breakfast. I walked over toward him and I noticed something wet-looking on the floor, so I kneeled down only to realize that it was a poop smudge. Gross. Well it gets better. So I go over and grab the Mr. Clean wipes to clean it up and then I think to myself "maybe I should check Pip's feet to make sure he didn't step in it." So I look at his feet and then I notice that there isn't any on his feet but that there is runny poop and some blood all over his butt. Yuck! So I wiped him down with a Mr. Clean wipe and then a wet paper towel. After cleaning him and the floor I poured my cereal and headed over to the fireplace to enjoy my breakfast. One my way over there I noticed that there was something on the rug by the french doors. So I kneeled down to look at the rug and I almost threw up. There was blood/poop smeared all over the rug in quite a few different places. Yuck Yuck Yuck! So since I hate soggy cereal I sat down to finish my bowl of cereal, trying not to think about the bloody/poopy rug, the whole time I was trying not to lose my stomach and hurl my breakfast back up. Once I was finished I threw all of the rugs in the washing machine and luckily the blood/poop came out!

Since the episode this morning I have been watching Pip to see what his problem is. The theory I have established is that he just isn't good at cleaning himself. It's pretty funny actually because he is so big that when he lifts his leg up and folds himself in half (like all cats do) his weight pulls him backwards and he just ends up rolling over. It's so funny! I think he gets frustrated and so he just decides that he's not going to clean himself. But that doesn't make me happy because now I have to run around the house with my Mr. Clean wipes wiping down his butt! Now there's a visual to make you laugh! Ha!