As profession, I get to clean a lot of kitty litter. Over the years I believe I have become a keen observer of litter boxes, various brands of litter, litter box content, and their feline users. This is my latest thinking, subject to change of course.
Litter Boxes
Folks have come up with quite a number of ways to manage their litter boxes; some effective, many not so much.
In most cases a simple plastic tub with a hole on the end works great. The bottom of the opening needs to be high enough so that kitty scuffles don’t eject contents out the opening. This appears to be World’s Best litter.
This works great. Tall plastic bins with lids designed for kitties to enter and exit. In this case there are two bins for three kitties. The Scoop Away litter is some of the most highly perfumed; the dust gets on my clothes and I can smell it all day after cleaning the litter boxes. Ugh.
Here are three litter boxes for two cats. I don’t know that the lids are strictly necessary and the latches tend to get … sticky. The owners are using better litter now, but the previous litter was highly scented and could be smelled throughout the house.
There are very creative ways to hide the litter box. This table has a nice door on one side. Love it.
Here is another creative way to hide the litter box: into an end table.
This is one of the worst ideas I’ve seen! It is supposed to be self-cleaning (Ha) but appears to just dump the litter and poop onto the floor from the access door when it rotates. Ugh. Fortunately I didn’t have to touch it.
A number of folks use these dogloo-style (catloo?) litter ‘boxes.’ There is a little ramp up into the litter. In this case the owner lines the container with plastic bags to make complete litter replacement somewhat easier. The Arm & Hammer litter is highly scented and gets tracked everywhere. More about that below.
Amazingly, this is a robotic, self cleaning kitty litter system which seems to work! It’s connected to the interwebs and notifies the owners when it needs additional litter, cleaning, etc. Works great in a 4-cat household.
