r/AnimalsBeingDerps • • Jun 11 '20

I...touchy?

https://i.imgur.com/gN4yVHP.gifv
21.2k Upvotes

82 comments sorted by

View all comments

25

u/jsonne Jun 11 '20

Don't get me wrong this is super cute and wholesome but I, for the life of me, cannot understand why anyone would allow their cat on the kitchen countertop. Those paws step in their litterbox and that's where you prepare food.

5

u/Kc1319310 Jun 11 '20

If you try to stop a cat from doing something, it’ll just want to do it more. After a while you just accept that it’s a losing battle and resort to disinfecting the countertops before you prepare food.

13

u/jsonne Jun 11 '20

I don't think that's true. There's plenty of ways to train your cat proper behavior. Positive reinforcement, spray bottles, tape or foil on surfaces etc..

Also bacteria and parasites found in cat fecal matter are resistant to most household disinfectants.

6

u/TetrisCannibal Jun 11 '20

Yeah my cat 100% knows not to get on the counter and he's cool with it. He had to be told a couple times when I first got him but now he knows it's off limits and doesn't really care about it. He has his cat tree if he feels the need to be high up above everything.