My friend's tomcat is an avid gardener. Whatever my friend plants in her patio pots, he digs up, eats or sits on. Fortunately, there are enough edible plants out there that grow back to keep things looking green and attractive. But the problem is that he always seems to have a dirty mouth.

She's given up chasing him with a warm washcloth because he knows the drill and simply shimmies off somewhere out of reach. And being an efficient self-cleaner, he usually manages to make himself respectable again.

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