eating poop

to my dismay, chico started eating his poop yesterday. I guess it woulnd't be such a big deal if he had a big yard to play in, thus cleaning off his feet and face in the wet grass all the time (as he did in edmonds). Now, though, all he has is the tile courtyard and his litterbox, which means i have to run after him and smell his face, and maybe even give him a bath, which makes him look silly. What fun! Actually, i think he is trying to be helpful; he always sees me pick up his leavings and throw them away as soon as he gifts them to us, and maybe he thinks we are training him to move them himself...i wouldn't put it past him. Anyway, today I tried distracting him by brining him back inside after he did his business, and rewarding him before the poop was removed. This accomplished two things: 1) chico seems to only need to sniff his poop now, albeit extensively, and 2) when you forget about his pee there for several hours, it clumps to the litter much better and i can pick it all up in one clean scoop. If you ever need kitty litter in mexico, i reommend "econo-litter" in the yellow bag from wal-mart. it costs about $1 for 3kg of clumping goodness.