So Spot is pretty good about not pooping when he is running around but in the evening shortly after dark he will sit on our family room carpet and I will see him (I think) eating his cecotropes as he reaches down then I see his mouth going like he is chewing. The problem is when he does decide to move he starts pooping all over the place. They are normal single dry poops but he does a bunch at once. Well he will leave like a loose pile of 5 (they are not connected), then hop and leave another 2, then a few more hops and out pops another few, etc. Normally I just walk around and sweep them all up before my husband sees them and within 5minutes he has stopped and is back to his poop free self. The problem is tonight my husband walked into the room just as he was going to hop away and all I heard from the family room was a frantic voice saying "This thing is pooping all over the place!" I run in and first thing out of his mouth is "He is not allowed in here anymore!". Grrrrr, if he only knew how many I pick up without him even noticing!
Anyway, this got me thinking. I know his poops are dry and I don't think anything really about just sweeping them off the carpet and throwing them back in the litter box. I do use my carpet cleaner on the rugs pretty frequently (maybe every 2 weeks) because of the poops but I wonder if I should be spot cleaning the carpet when picking them up?
I have been looking to find information to see if the poops actually leave anything behind but cannot find any info. I just wanted to know if the poops are actually leaving behind a residue that I should be cleaning? I tried explaining to my hubby that they are dry and basically it's just munched hay but he did not seem too thrilled....
Anyway, this got me thinking. I know his poops are dry and I don't think anything really about just sweeping them off the carpet and throwing them back in the litter box. I do use my carpet cleaner on the rugs pretty frequently (maybe every 2 weeks) because of the poops but I wonder if I should be spot cleaning the carpet when picking them up?
I have been looking to find information to see if the poops actually leave anything behind but cannot find any info. I just wanted to know if the poops are actually leaving behind a residue that I should be cleaning? I tried explaining to my hubby that they are dry and basically it's just munched hay but he did not seem too thrilled....