🐾 Caturday: Help! My Cat Peed in My Trash Can… and I Accidentally Performed a Science Experiment
Some cats knock things off counters. Some cats steal food. Mine? Mine sneaks into the trash can when the cleaner isn’t looking and leaves a surprise that could peel paint. Naturally, I grabbed what I thought was vinegar to cut the smell, added hot water, and created a dramatic cloud of steam worthy of a Victorian ghost story. Spoiler: it wasn’t vinegar. It was bleach. The good news: • The cat is fine. • I am fine. • The trash can is now clean enough to perform surgery in. The lesson: Cats will pee anywhere. Humans will grab the wrong bottle. And bleach plus hot water makes a very theatrical fog machine. Happy Caturday from my household to yours — may your trash cans stay dry and your cleaning products stay correctly labeled. Learn more about cats. See our many Caturday posts. Be entertained. See all our posts about cats . Be inspired. See posts by and about Sula , parish cat, and her books. Have a chuckle. Read posts by and about Jeremy Feig's award-winn...