The leading theory is that scooping the litter box throws the smell of feces into the air, which might attract predators (which is the reason they bury their poop, to hide the smell)
Since they think you’re doing something dangerous, they want to keep watch for predators
“I’m gonna make Chevapchichi out of it.”
My cat used to wait for me to clean the litter box. Sometimes she’d look in it and walk away if it had too many clumps, but then use it immediately after I clean it.
I’ve had the same conversation with my dog when I pick up her poop after telling her to leave the Canadian goose poop on the ground.
Source, please?
It is insane to me how allergic to giving credit and sources some corners of Lemmy can be 🤦🏻♂️
holy shit for a moment I thought they meant the source on cats actually thinking this when their caregiver cleans up their poo
It’s often a matter of people re-sharing content from other platforms, where the source had already been stripped…
I know it’s Kasia Babis but not sure where the original is other than, say