Litter box questions

[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.

[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.