My asshole cat keeps shitting on the carpet. I even noticed intentionality to it, one night I let him out to hang out with me on the couch, and managed to stop him from pooping on the floor. I let him out the next morning for 5 minutes before I left for work, and he had held his shit all night to poop in the spot he picked the night before. He's my bathroom cat now, it's big enough that I can fit his litterbox, a small cat tree, toys, his feeder, and a seat in it. We chill together all night after work

Step one, check the litter box. Any cat raised indoors is usually litter trained by their mother, so there could be something about their litter box they aren't liking. (Too clean/dirty, too small, too open/closed, wrong smell, wrong litter, it's a robot that tries to eat them, etc.)

On of my girls prefers to poop on the floor in front of the litter box. We don't know why, but it's like half the time. Asked the vet, but nothing's wrong with her, it's just her preference. Tried changing the litter, giving her a different box, different location. No difference. Half the time in the box, half the time in front of it. No idea. Cat is crazy.

Flattish rocks, as big as you can get into the pot. Enough to mostly cover up the dirt. That keeps my cats out of the flower pots.

You do have a cute little asshole tho.

I bought these spikes that you put in your plants to stop that.

Any indication that it’s just for funsies? Could be an issue with litter or a health concern if little bug is behaving differently in any other ways too.