r/PetBehavior

This is going to sound really odd but can cats really projectile shoot their poop at people they don't like?

My partner and I planned on adopting a kitten from my neighbors cat who was only going to have one kitten. He said we could have the kitten four months after the cat gave birth.

Unfortunately, later on, I ended up having to tell him I wasn't sure if I could take in the kitten (as I unexpectedly ended up taking in my former friends cat who passed) and was worried Rotisserie Chicken (not his real name) wasn't in a state to share homes with another animal right now.

But Rotisserie Chicken, turned out to be really good with kittens.

Rotisserie Chicken was really depressed after his owner died and used to be super social. But now he's begun returning to how he used to be.

My neighbor was really happy to hear this and asked me to take the kitten.

Apparently, my neighbor's kitten wasn't taken care of by the mom cat or dad cat at all and is really lonely / miserable. So we are planning on taking in the kitten.

But my neighbor mentioned how both the cat and kitten keep projectile shooting their poop (but not their pee) at him. On his shoes, his pants, his face, his hair, etc...

I originally thought he was joking or exaggerating. Or he just meant that they just pooped super close to him. However he keeps specifying in great detail on how they "aim their darned cute tushes at him, then out their stinkers they fire mercilessly until they're done." They will apparently even chase him around if he tries to leave while they're doing this.

I still want to adopt the kitten and am prepared to arm myself to protect myself from the poop launching but I wanted to know if anyone knows if he's messing with me because it sounds really ridiculous.

I feel very silly for asking this but what if there's some real issues behind this.

If he's not messing with me has anyone else had this problem? If so how did they resolve it? My neighbor took the kitten / cat to the vet and the vet said they didn't have any issues that made them do this.

Edit: I realized I didn't mention this earlier. But the kitten is definitely going to a vet checkup. It was the only kitten when most cats usually have multiple and sometimes issues go unnoticed when only basic tests are done, so I'm taking them to the vet I usually go to so get more thoroughly checked up. My neighbor isn't the best financially and would have done the barest minimum possible for the kittens checkup.

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Thank you and I appreciate your help.