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I've spent a lot of money trying to solve this problem.. including buying the $700 litter robot, etc.. (that thing is not worth it at all btw) The best litter

by drooby 1y ago

I've spent a lot of money trying to solve this problem.. including buying the $700 litter robot, etc.. (that thing is not worth it at all btw) The best litter box is the Tidy Cats Breeze (if your cat accepts it) Bad smells (usually) (mostly) come from urine mixing with feces.. this litter box separates urine from feces, and the pellets and pads are engineered to control odors. Plus, the pellets are easier to cleanup than other boxes.. If you use that litter box, and feed your cat foods that it digests well - which in general usually means feeding your cat healthy food.. then cleanup is going to be very easy and painless.

VWWHFSfQ 1y ago
> the $700 litter robot, etc.. (that thing is not worth it at all btw) I can confirm this as well. For one, it doesn't even work that well. You're still doing a lot of manual scraping and cleanup too. The thing also just scares the cat. And if you know anything about cats, they're very particular about their litter box, especially about privacy and a sense of "safety". A motor and loud sounds coming from their litter box at various times throughout the day is not generally something they will feel comfortable with and it's possible that they just won't even use it at all.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 1y ago
  As an opposing anecdote, one of my cats loves watching it when it activates, and will hang out in the thing for fun (not while it's cleaning, of course). But only 1 of the 3 cats wants anything to do with it. We didn't pay $700 for it, though. They had a sale a while ago on the previous model, and it was less than half that price.
- tguvot 1y ago
  zero manual scrapping and cleanup here. secret is in using proper clamping litter
hbarka 1y ago
Bad smell in urine comes from ammonia, nothing to do with mixing. The quality and mechanism of the litter helps to neutralize it. Also I’ll take an automatic machine over manual. The market was junk ten years ago but there’s some good ones out lately, like Petkit, Popur, or Casa Leo.
kjkjadksj 1y ago
Cedar pellets also work a lot better than traditional litter. No fine dust.

by drooby 1y ago

VWWHFSfQ 1y ago

> the $700 litter robot, etc.. (that thing is not worth it at all btw) I can confirm this as well. For one, it doesn't even work that well. You're still doing a lot of manual scraping and cleanup too. The thing also just scares the cat. And if you know anything about cats, they're very particular about their litter box, especially about privacy and a sense of "safety". A motor and loud sounds coming from their litter box at various times throughout the day is not generally something they will feel comfortable with and it's possible that they just won't even use it at all.

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 1y ago
As an opposing anecdote, one of my cats loves watching it when it activates, and will hang out in the thing for fun (not while it's cleaning, of course). But only 1 of the 3 cats wants anything to do with it. We didn't pay $700 for it, though. They had a sale a while ago on the previous model, and it was less than half that price.
tguvot 1y ago
zero manual scrapping and cleanup here. secret is in using proper clamping litter

hbarka 1y ago

Bad smell in urine comes from ammonia, nothing to do with mixing. The quality and mechanism of the litter helps to neutralize it. Also I’ll take an automatic machine over manual. The market was junk ten years ago but there’s some good ones out lately, like Petkit, Popur, or Casa Leo.

kjkjadksj 1y ago

Cedar pellets also work a lot better than traditional litter. No fine dust.