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YouвЂ™ll probably get some sort of interview question about a past mistake or failure, so itвЂ™s a good idea to go into each interview with an example of a mistake in mind. You know that saying about how the minute you discover you canвЂ™t have something you want it even more? A cat probably wrote that about being on the other side of the bathroom door. Have you ever let a begging cat into the screened-in porch with you, only to have her demand almost instantaneously to be let out again? Has she ever whined and meowed incessantly for a treat only to refuse it as soon as you offer one? And because you have it and she does not, she wants it.ДЄnd finally, it could just be cat perversity. (Read вЂњ Do cats get jealous?вЂќ) You have something (access to the bathroom) that she does not have. Or perhaps itвЂ™s a kind of вЂњscarcity of resourcesвЂќ issue. What mysteries are going on behind that closed door? Inquiring cats need to know. Perhaps the cat views the whole household as her territory and is outraged that youвЂ™ve closed off access to an important part of her dominion.

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Until she starts speaking in full sentences, youвЂ™ll never really know. How many times have you shut the bathroom door to find little cat paws sliding underneath at the threshold? Instead, you find yourself enduring endless wailing or scratching on the other side of the door until you open it. You may think that by shutting yourself inside the bathroom alone, youвЂ™re assuring yourself a momentвЂ™s peace on the toilet. Many a cat owner knows that you lock the cat out of the bathroom at your peril. ThereвЂ™s one more reason your cat follows you into the bathroom: he knows youвЂ™re going to close the door in front of her if he doesnвЂ™t scoot in fast enough. Your cat can not be on the other side of a closed door To your cat, all the wonderful, comforting, pleasant things he associates with you is embodied in your scent in your bathroom. For animals, however, scent is loaded with information. When people think about a scent, they evaluate whether the smell is nice or noxious and that's the end of it. Scent means different things to animals than it does to humans. The wet towels smell like you, the robe smells like you, and yes, the toilet has your scent as well. To your cat, the bathroom smells like you. The bathroom has the best cat toys: toilet paper, tissues, towels, and bathmats What is so fun about the bathroom for a cat?

If youвЂ™re going to the bathroom, she wants to join you for all the fun. The bathroom in your house is a cat amusement park. Your cat doesnвЂ™t think you need privacy in the bathroom, however And it has to be private enough that she can relax for a moment while doing her business. Ideally, it has to be easy for the cat to access, but also easy for her to dash out if she needs to make a quick escape. The best place for catвЂ™s litter box is the place the cat wants it to be. WhenВ a cat isВ urinating or defecatingВ heВ feels vulnerable.В Cats seek out private places to do their business so that they donвЂ™t have to worry about someone sneaking up on them. They are very anxious about being caught unawares. We may think of our cats as predators, but given their small size they are also prey and they know it. Most of us arenвЂ™t fully comfortable using public toilets, with their sounds and smells and the presence of other people.Д«ut unlike humans, cats are not squeamish about the act of elimination.

We use euphemisms like вЂњnumber oneвЂќ and вЂњnumber twoвЂќ to avoid talking about it directly. Humans crave privacy when using the toilet because weвЂ™ve been raised with the idea that elimination is taboo.

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