#also the cats in the gross apartment were super skittish.l

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Ya know it’s interesting how one negative experience can really change an opinion on something

I’ve never owned a cat and figured I would one day once I had my own apartment/house since I’m surrounded by (let’s be honest) obnoxious cat owners.

That is until I had to cat sit a friend’s apartment. Holy, literal, shit.

There was feces scattered all over the apartment along with litter. Wet cat food smashed into the carpeting, which dried there. The entire place smelled musky and like cat pee. Cat hair everywhere since they were long-haired cats. Toys and dry food scattered everywhere too with no rhyme or reason. Two different water bowls on carpeting that the cats would slosh water out of. Oh and half the dry food bowl was caked in old food like it was never cleaned.

It disgusted me so much that I can’t even stomach thinking about getting a cat anymore. Just thinking about getting litter everywhere and having paws that tramp in a litter box all over counters and places I make food or eat physically makes me ill. Say what you want about dogs but they won’t be jumping on my counters after running around in litter that’s soaked in feces and urine.

What’s funny is that I’ve been to plenty of cat owners places where it’s perfectly clean. The cats don’t jump where people eat. They’re friendly and will let you pet them.

But that one experience just. Ruins everything else for me. I know I’ll eventually have a cat in my household as my partner is a cat lover and has wanted a kitten for a long time. But I wanna teach it to use the toilet if at all possible ‘cause yeesh