Stable cats peeing in bedding?

[Achinghips]

Any advice please? My cats have started peeing in the stables, little devils. Does this cause problems to horses health, anyone know? Bedding is wood pellets. Two stables being used, three stable cats about and horses in every night ....

 

[Casey76]

Urine is urine - it's all sterile when it comes out.

 

[ExmoorHunter]

We've always had cats in the barn with the horses and, yes, they pee in the stables. So do the dogs and so do I! The horses do too and there are also (inevitably) plenty of rats around. Never had any health problems so I really wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

We've always had cats in the barn with the horses and, yes, they pee in the stables. So do the dogs and so do I! The horses do too and there are also (inevitably) plenty of rats around. Never had any health problems so I really wouldn't worry about it.

yup.

wont cause an issue.

what DOES annoy me is that the (5) cats leave me a row of turds in the menage that i have to keep going and picking up!

 

[Britestar]

yup.


what DOES annoy me is that the (5) cats leave me a row of turds in the menage that i have to keep going and picking up!

This is because its a GIANT litter tray! lol

 

[Ibblebibble]

This is because its a GIANT litter tray! lol

amd woodpellets are also used in litter trays, cats are just being tidy by going in the stable

 

[now_loves_mares]

I've actually just started using my horse bedding as cat litter. No wonder they get confused

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

i actually incorporate it in to my warm up-whilst walking on a long rein we do a 10m circle at each letter and then 10m circles down the centre line playing *cat turd spotting*!!!!

 

[Old Bat]

i actually incorporate it in to my warm up-whilst walking on a long rein we do a 10m circle at each letter and then 10m circles down the centre line playing *cat turd spotting*!!!!

Lol! Likewise and badger turds though they dig deeper little toads!

Ours use the stables as litter trays as well, never harmed the ponies.

 

[PolarSkye]

We don't have yard cats . . . but we have plenty of yard dogs, so I keep my stable door shut otherwise I find little "presents" in the straw (bleugh). Thankfully, the dogs don't "go" in the school . . . but they do go in the hay barn which irritates me a tad . . . but the yard is so lovely otherwise, that I let it go.

P

 

[Abby-Lou]

I have a visiting tom cat thats marking its teritory on my hay Grrr and left a squidgy present on the straw the other day Grr but on a posative note its keeping on top of the mice and is a very beautiful grey cat LOL

 

[ExmoorHunter]

i actually incorporate it in to my warm up-whilst walking on a long rein we do a 10m circle at each letter and then 10m circles down the centre line playing *cat turd spotting*!!!!

Love this!

 

[Tiddlepiddle]

Yes, just how do you stop cats from pooping in your arena! Euwww...

 

[Richie]

It's natural for cats to lay claim to 'their' areas.

Neutering will make cats less territorial - especially males.

There is a product called 'Feliway' which relaxes cats and works for indoor areas. I'm not sure if it would have an effect in your scenario....so neutering is an option if any of the cats are still.

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

ours are all neutered males, i think they just like the easy option-esp when its cold and the ground is frozen the menage is still easy to dig up!

CS patiently follows me from turd to turd whilst i pick them up (in the poo picker i hasten to add).

the little darlings also tend to leave me 1 turd per molehill in the field too, like the cherry on top of the cake!

 

[Tiddlepiddle]

the little darlings also tend to leave me 1 turd per molehill in the field too, like the cherry on top of the cake!

Pmsl!

Much rather ours did that though! And all ours are neutered too

 

[scarymare]

Mine also sleep in the stables with one of the horses in particular. What annoys me is that on days like today (minging) they poop and pee in the tack room and also on my hay grrrrrr. Never noticed poop in the arena though, presumably because my Wiemeramer thinks its a delicacy ewwwww.

 

[ExmoorHunter]

Mine also sleep in the stables with one of the horses in particular. What annoys me is that on days like today (minging) they poop and pee in the tack room and also on my hay grrrrrr. Never noticed poop in the arena though, presumably because my Wiemeramer thinks its a delicacy ewwwww.

I'm so glad this is a "normal" thing. Mine **** in the rug room when the weather is bad but I say nothing and just pick it all up with my (extra thick) rubber gloves on. I hate it when the pee on the rugs though!

So glad I haven't got an arena these days, otherwise I might be doing the 10m circles too!

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

I'm so glad this is a "normal" thing. Mine **** in the rug room when the weather is bad but I say nothing and just pick it all up with my (extra thick) rubber gloves on. I hate it when the pee on the rugs though!

So glad I haven't got an arena these days, otherwise I might be doing the 10m circles too!

would be some smacked pussy cat ass if they did that here! fortunately they are all really good indoors too and only use the litter tray if/when they come in.

have you tried leaving a litter tray in tack room? ours love the gravelly type litter and will go in that over anything else if its to hand.

 

[ExmoorHunter]

Sadly (my) cats don't understand reprimands. That's why they hardly ever come in the house. Only dogs allowed.

They have a litter tray when they are kittens/young and thereafter ignore that for better options. After a few weeks we give up and take the litter tray away. They work out very quickly where to go for their comforts. If cold/frosty/snowy they make a bed in the muck heap but if wet prefer the stables. Both of which are very convenient for their toilet! It's wet today.

 

[Asha]

would be some smacked pussy cat ass if they did that here!

hahhahah, brilliant.

Mine poop and wee in the stables, don't have an arena at the moment, but we used to. We used to find all sorts in the arena, poop ( cat , badger and fox) but the worst was the remains of the cats kill

 

[Highlands]

I've actually just started using my horse bedding as cat litter. No wonder they get confused

I use my horses bedding too in litter tray! My kittens love I and it lasts ages just a quick muck out.

 

[Patterdale]

Urine is urine - it's all sterile when it comes out.

Wrong, urine is not sterile and cat pee is particularly disgusting and carries all sorts of nasties including toxoplasmosis, which is very very dangerous to pregnant women.

 

[Clodagh]

Wrong, urine is not sterile and cat pee is particularly disgusting and carries all sorts of nasties including toxoplasmosis, which is very very dangerous to pregnant women.

Actually I'm pretty sure that is in cat poo not wee. I wouldn't want cat wee or poo on my horse but my lurcher wouldn't like that idea either!

 

[MotherOfChickens]

toxo is shed in faeces, and generally only for a couple of weeks after a cat's first infestation-and then faeces not generally contagious for a couple of days. the faeces then are infectious and contaminate the soil around for a considerable period of time.

urine is sterile when it leaves the bladder (although a study has found bacteria in the bladders of healthy women recently), depending on the individual (in any animal species) it will pick up bacteria on the way out through the urinary system.

 

[Popos]

My cat does this, drives me crazy as cat pee and poo is somehow way worse than horses!

 

[Britestar]

Oh yes the molehill thing. One of mine positions himself very carefully and pees into the hole at the top of the molehill!

 

[Achinghips]

Haha you all have given me a chuckle. Ok good stuff, just concerned about the ammonia smell and wondered whether it would cause an adverse reaction in my two cobfaces ! Lol