One of my cats has had diarrhea for more than a week now, and every time he goes out of the litter box we need to clean his ass. Otherwise we get poop all over the house. This may and does happen at 3AM, 4AM or 5AM. And he sometimes steps on the poop itself, so then we also need to clean his paw, which is way more difficult and gross. And he hates every second of this process. Probably even more than we do, which is a whole lot. And we're extremely tired.