WTF? Cat Spray

[mattp]

I packed up a bunch of stuff -- well, more accurately I "pre-packed" it. My heap of nylon and wool clothing, slings, etc. along with the ice screws, carabiners and tools drew the attention of our favorite cat.

 

The stuff wasn't on my basement floor for more than an hour before the little ba#%ard got to it.

 

Why does he do this? Is climbing gear better than kitty litter?

 

[hey_wtf]

Rather novel way of marking gear, dontcha think?

[G-spotter]

CAT PEE DESTROYS NYLON!!!

 

omg that stuff is dangerous now. toss it out

[kevbone]

Lame.

[TREETOAD]

I have a cat that does that as well. If you leave anything different laying around, he needs to piss on it. He sprayed my partners pack one night just before a five day trip, if he wasn't so cute I would introduce him to the exhaust pipe of my jeep. I have three cats and the others don't do it. I kind of enjoy the odour.

[catbirdseat]

I saw an article in the Los Angeles Times the other day about Puppy Prozac. There was a cat that was cured of spraying by putting it on a tricyclic antidepressant, etc.

 

Check this out.

[sexual_chocolate]

I packed up a bunch of stuff -- well, more accurately I "pre-packed" it. My heap of nylon and wool clothing, slings, etc. along with the ice screws, carabiners and tools drew the attention of our favorite cat.

 

The stuff wasn't on my basement floor for more than an hour before the little ba#%ard got to it.

 

Why does he do this? Is climbing gear better than kitty litter?

 

maybe he knows you're leaving him and he's pissed? a friend's cat will piss on her bed when she leaves him for more than a day, then ignore her for a day when she comes home....

[TREETOAD]

Cats, the other white meat.

[JayB]

I packed up a bunch of stuff -- well, more accurately I "pre-packed" it. My heap of nylon and wool clothing, slings, etc. along with the ice screws, carabiners and tools drew the attention of our favorite cat.

 

The stuff wasn't on my basement floor for more than an hour before the little ba#%ard got to it.

 

Why does he do this? Is climbing gear better than kitty litter?

 

Since sweat and urine aren't all that different from one another, I suspect that you cat caught a whiff of the residual sweat on the gear and either figured it was cool to let fly, or got idea that some other animal had marked its territory on its home turf and let fly-with some return fire.

 

The next time that you get some new gear put it in the same room with the old gear and perform a controlled experiment.

[G-spotter]

The old rec.climbing joke about marking your rope middle with cat pee has finally been scientifically tested:

 

http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/scene/beta/qc_kp.php

 

Note however that this test used human urine. Cat urine is significantly harder on a rope according to unverified sources.

[mattp]

The good news is that my buddies still let me tag along.

 

 

Our darling little kitty has claimed another route and, although the woods were full of animal tracks, we didn't see any critters. Apparently, the cat pee scared them off.

[counterfeitfake]

Why do you guys allow these couch-shredding allergen-generating urine sprayers in your homes?

[Weekend_Climberz]

That's funny Matt, the cat I have that looks exactly like yours does the same thing to my gear. I have since learned and now have a dedicated room with a door for all my gear. :tup:

 

They are cute, but sometimes I seriously think about kicking a field goal with the little fur balls.