Litter box questions

[cassiesmom]

Dominick's supermarket had a bargain on Yesterday's News litter, so I went for it. $7.69 on sale for $5, and the bag had a coupon on it for $2 off ... so I got 14 pounds of Yesterday's News for three bucks. (For comparison, a 10-lb bag of clay litter costs $2.49.) We've never used it before; Cassie is a trouper and doesn't mind when I switch litter types on her. I threw a little pine over top of the Yesterday's News. Here is my question: do I change Yesterday's News every week, like clay; or every 3-4 weeks, like clumping?

Thanks,
Elyse

[katladyd]

I use regular litter boxes and clumping litter. I have always liked the clumping litter because it is easy to clean and it keeps the smell to the nonexistent point. What's funny is that Ming is a very large cat, over 20 pounds (his nickname is Waddles). Mac is on the small side, around 7 pounds. Neither of them has a problem fitting into the box in the kitchen, no litter is scattered and they never "thinks outside the box". In my son's room, we have a different story altogether. The litter is scattered everywhere. I put down an old bed sheet and they still kick litter outside of that. Plus, I find tootsie rolls on the sheet all the time. Go figure.

[allmycats]

I have used the plastic storage boxes like in your picture for litter pans, for years, actually the ones I use are a little longer. they take more litter, but for several cats , seems to work out well. Actually I just bought a regular sized litter box at the grocery store for only $3.49, at petsmart the same size is around $10.00. I am going to see how it goes, I still have some of the other ones around.

I use Tidy cats litter.

[K2QC]

My daughter uses storage containers for her two rescue cats (they are both adults) and use the same litter box.

She cuts a hole in the TOP of the container lid.

We all know how cats love to climb so it is no problem with them figuring out the opening leads to the litter box. When they're getting out, any litter stuck in between their toes usually winds up on the "lid" of the container, resulting in very little litter on the floor.

[jenluckenbach]

Here is my question: do I change Yesterday's News every week, like clay; or every 3-4 weeks, like clumping?

Thanks,
Elyse

It will be more like clay than scooping. The pee will not clump, it "dissolves the pellets". You scoop out the poop regularly and dump when it gets low on pellets (or it smells, whichever comes first.)

[Cataholic]

EmeraldGreen, you and your husband are genuis'!!! I have plastic garbage bags taped to the box on 3 sides and then taped to the wall (box is in closet) to keep the over achiever pee'rs from perfecting their craft! I will get those large storage containers and leave the lids off of them. I might have to build something to have the kittens step up on temporarily.

What a great thread I stumbled into.