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| * Intense odour, often musty | | * Intense odour, often musty |
| * Dries to a yellow-brown colour, with a greasy appearance and occasionally containing crystals | | * Dries to a yellow-brown colour, with a greasy appearance and occasionally containing crystals |
− | * Faeces [middening] are of normal appearance | + | * Faeces (middening) are of normal appearance |
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| * Relatively large volumes of normal urine or faeces | | * Relatively large volumes of normal urine or faeces |
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| * Most often urine is placed on vertical surfaces, but occasionally horizontal | | * Most often urine is placed on vertical surfaces, but occasionally horizontal |
| * Urine may be placed high up the vertical object | | * Urine may be placed high up the vertical object |
− | * Objects that heat up and cool down may attract spray marks [heaters, toasters, TV and audio equipment] | + | * Objects that heat up and cool down may attract spray marks (heaters, toasters, TV and audio equipment) |
| * Bags, shoes and other objects that may carry foreign odours into the home may be targetted | | * Bags, shoes and other objects that may carry foreign odours into the home may be targetted |
− | * Faeces [middening] are deposited, unburied, in open spaces where they will be most visible | + | * Faeces (middening) are deposited, unburied, in open spaces where they will be most visible |
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| * Unless a particular location is excessively soiled and becomes objectionable to use, the cat will tend to use only a small number of latrine sites for elimination: one for urine and one for faeces | | * Unless a particular location is excessively soiled and becomes objectionable to use, the cat will tend to use only a small number of latrine sites for elimination: one for urine and one for faeces |