Question of the Day: Why Do Cats Go Completely Bonkers After Pooping? [View all]

[Surya Gayatri]

Here're some theories:

https://www.thedodo.com/why-cats-go-bonkers-after-pooping-1127100220.html

Cat lovers know that their feline family members can have very peculiar bathroom habits.

Arguably, the greatest mystery of these behaviors is when cats LOSE THEIR SH*T, figuratively, after losing their sh*t, literally.



Bolting out of the litter box is a bizarre phenomenon, and the theories aiming to explain it are quite varied.

Some say post-poop freak-outs, or " zoomies," are a carryover survival instinct, so that predators can't trace the smell back to the kitty responsible for it.

It could also be that cats run to cast off any remnants of waste. Or perhaps kitties sprint, some cat lovers speculate, because they can't stand the smell of their own droppings.

http://www.pethealthnetwork.com/cat-health/cat-behavior/why-do-cats-run-litter-box-after-pooping

Dr. Ilona Rodan, a veterinarian and feline specialty behavior consultant, is quoted in an animalplanet.com article as saying that, “she hadn't found evidence that cats run from their waste in the wild.” The same article touches on several additional theories for this behavior, put forward by both Rodon and Carole Wilbourn (cat therapist), including:

Cats just feel better after relieving themselves
Cats are “flaunting” their grown-up independence, because they don’t need mommy to clean them up anymore
Cats want to call attention to their accomplishment
Cats with digestive problems want to get away from the problem as soon as the can

Until cats can explain this phenomenon themselves, I guess we'll just have to keep speculating. LOL!