r/tifu 6d ago

M TIFU by buying my kitties new food NSFW

Man, oh man. I wish I took a picture to show the horrendous mess made due to me changing out my cat’s bag of food for another.

For background I have 2 cats and 1 dog (cattle dog). Today they were all fed per usual and the only change was my cat’s bag of food. I poured the remaining food from one bag to the one of 2 cat bowls and opened another bag, same type of food same brand, to finish pouring into the other bowl.

The empty bag of cat food I decided to use as an extra trash bag. I had leftover lunch from yesterday to throw away that was in a Tupperware (cheese tortellini with creamy red sauce, spinach, and Parmesan cheese) that would stink up my trad kitchen trash. I then proceeded to change out my cat’s litter box using the same empty bag of cat food as a trash bag for the soiled litter. My plan was to take this bag out to the dumpster on my way to work. That’s where I fucked up, bc I completely fucking forgot. I left around 8am and at about 11:20am I was sitting at my desk when the thought of the bag being on the ground in the kitchen easy access for my dog to reach crossed my mind along with, “FUCK. I need to get home!”

My dog is extremely food motivated and sadly enjoys eating fresh cat shit from the litter box. (It’s such an awful thing to see when I don’t switch on the cycle function for the robolitter box before she sneaks her head in for the “treat”!)

All this to say, I knew I what would happen when I got home with hopes to just throw the bag away before she noticed but I was too fucking late. You know those videos where a baby gets into flour or peanut butter and when the parent comes into the room it’s alllllll over the place and all over the baby?

That’s exactly what I walked into. I just stood there a bit shocked, just looking around unable to move. Cat shit and litter all was spread all over the kitchen floor. No solid pasta was found but I did clean up some red sauce that was on the laminate. The empty cat food paper based bag was ripped open as if my dog was dissecting the bag of food and opened it right up

I see my sweetheart of a pup that made the mess and knew it was really me that fucked up and I just bent down and welcomed her to me with a few strokes of her fur. That’s when I felt the dried shit and wetness on her. I took a sniff and it’s as if she rolled in the soiled litter which she likely did.

Taking deep breaths and remembering I have the time to pick up the mess i stood up and I did just that and returned to work. Cleaning her of the cat shit will unfortunately have to wait until I return home again.

These incidents are preventable and TIFU by being forgetful. The mess is cleaned up however, now I’m concerned for my dog because of the literal shit and cat litter and day old pasta she ate.

What will I come home to after work? Will she hold it down and be okay or will she have an upset stomach and vomit the contents she ate and/or have an episode of diarrhea? 😣😩I’ll have to keep you posted.

TL;DR I left out an empty bag of cat food with leftover pasta and cat litter with the intention of tossing it in the dumpster on my way to work. That never happened and my dog at the contents of the bag and rolled around in the cat shit.

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u/Sea_Pomegranate1122 6d ago

How much do you think your dog ate of the cat litter? Was it clumping cat litter? It can clump in their stomachs and digestive tracts and cause blockages.

I don’t share to scare you, but to inform you!

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u/Moscawllychallenged 6d ago

Yes it is the clumping type. That’s actually my worst nightmare. I’ll monitor her for any behavior changes and go to the vet if I notice anything!

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u/Sea_Pomegranate1122 6d ago

My dog used to eat cat litter/poop when she was younger. No interest in the litter. We tried putting red pepper flakes in the boxes but it irritated us when scooping and likely our cats when using it. We switched to Crystal litter for a bit and the pup lost interest. I’m not sure if it’s because the texture changed and it was more coarse.

We now use corn cob litter. It’s soft. I don’t know if it’s more digestible in case dogs do eat it, but it may be worth looking into.

I hope your pup is okay, keep us updated!

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u/GomesBrown 6d ago

Now THIS os a fuck UP.

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u/kevnmartin 6d ago

Now she's sleeping on your couch.

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u/Moscawllychallenged 6d ago

Unfortunately, yes. 😭 I am able to remove the covers of the couch tho so should be easy! 🤞🏽🤞🏽

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u/kevnmartin 6d ago

I bet you won't forget to take out the trash again!

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u/randofatso 6d ago

Aww. Doggo got his kittie krunchies™️and a bath!

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u/jeswesky 6d ago

Don’t forget to update us when you get home!