Pet owner believes globally notorious thief-cat enjoys the attention

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I read an article on this yesterday, the cat apparently started off by bringing dead birds and animals. The owner started giving the cat positive attention when it brought non-animal related gifts so the cat was unwittingly incentivized to steal stuff, still call it a win if its going to leave the local fauna alone.

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Heh- one of mine has had a (bad) habit of not putting their butt down when they pee, and for a while was actively peeing over the sides of even a high wall litterbox. they’ve settled down at least, but they still pee on the side of the litterbox instead of down into the litter.

my furry kids…

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Cute - but, uh, keep your cat indoors. I wonder how many dead birds and snakes it has brought home as well.

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“Klepto Kitty” is a great chyron, although “Klepto Kitteh” might have been even better.

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I have a high-pee cat as well. Solved that by getting a well-designed box with a lid (gotta watch those seams! This one works nicely. Then I leave the hatch flipped open to avoid issue #2: thinking (shitting) outside the box. My picky-ass cat has a very thin margin of ‘shit it will put up with’ and a fully enclosed box and/or marginally used box is TOO FAR.

The other day he ran in there, peed enthusiastically against the inner box wall, jumped out and made a vague ‘cover it up’ paw motion in the middle of the bathroom floor, then victory lapped around the house. Thanks, cat!

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I posted a thread about a similar cat five years ago. here’s her haul:

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The style of the men’s underwear seems to indicate one particular victim.

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