Re: Gravity is increasing

On 3/29/2025 7:15 PM, Carol wrote:

Jill McQuown wrote:
 

On 3/22/2025 10:14 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

Cleaning the cat poop box everyday was a bit of a
challenge however taking advantage of a pre-Black
Friday sale I bought a self-cleaning litterbox.
Great decision!  And Amazon doesn't always have the
best price.

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Is it noisy?  I think one of those self-cleaning litter boxes would
scare the crap (pun intended) out of my 8 month old kitten, Cleo.  Is
the one you got a covered litter box?  I doubt she'd be comfortable
using one of those.  She shies away from enclosed spaces.
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I do agree, Amazon doesn't always have the best price.  I see an
automatic uncovered litter box on chewy.com for $170 but it seems to
require buying disposable litter trays containing crystal-type cat
litter.  Seems like constantly buying new litter trays would wind up
being expensive.  Since I'll likely be out of work come July, that's
something I have to take into consideration.  That, and the fact that
the litter box is in the (spacious) water closet area of the bathroom
(tub & toilet) but there are no electrical outlets in that space.
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Jill

 Good points.  One of my cats (Mona, terminal cancer when I adopted her
but wanted to be placed with her brother Luko), loved it (Mona).  Luko
ran from it.  Luko apparently had some urinary infections and blamed
cat litter.  He stopped using litter boxes when his sister died.  We
converted to washable cat pads ontop of gorilla mats (a sticky non-slip
web-like web you can cut to fit).
 

It sounds like Luko got depressed at the loss of his sister. :( I'm sorry to hear it.  Cats also sometimes act out in that manner if they have bladder infections.

If your curry furry friend likes cat litter, that's cheapest probably
but next up is my setup.  These pads have over 500 washings now and
other than the occasionally damp paper liner between pad/gorilla mat,
we just wash them for pennies.

Thanks for that, but Cleo has no problem using her litter box.  I won't be purchasing a self-cleaning litter box.  Don't have a need for cat pee pads, either.  I will add, I never buy *scented* kitty litter.  That's for the benefit of humans.  Cats have a highly developed sense of smell.   The last thing they need is to smell perfume when trying to do their business.  It's akin to getting into an elevator with someone who used scented soap/body wash then doused themself in cologne.  Ugh!  Just keep the box clean and washed and use fresh unscented litter.  Oh, and don't fill the litter box to the top.  That's a mistake some people make. Cats don't need to dig through the Sahara to bury their droppings.  A one inch layer of cat litter is fine.
Jill