How often should you replace litterboxes??

[ChrisH]

Being as the topic is to do with litterboxes.....(Please try not to laugh too much at my ignorance as you read the question! )
Do all cats `bury` their urine in the cat litter as well as the other stuff?

[AmberLee]

Well, mine usually bury their liquid deposits as well as their solids, unless they're on a tight schedule. (No, I have no idea what constitutes a busy schedule for them, just trying to accurately report what goes on here... )

[shais_mom]

I have only had one kitty and I had a large square litter box with a cover that had a broken latch when I got it. I got Kylie in June of 2001 and I just replaced it with a new one this Dec. I got a booda one but It isn't like the one shown it is simply a round pan with a cover. She has plenty of room, and took to it right away. I saw them first in www.drsfostersmith.com but they didn't have the covers for them and where I have her box a cover is a MUST!!! Its in my closet and if my clothes fall off the hangers boom, its right in there!! YUCK! I found one with a cover at www.petsuppliesplus.com and I have been using the liners that come with it so that should make it last longer too. I really like using the liners, makes cleanup so much better!!
AND
I completely change the litter once a week. It just works out that way!!! And I scoop it it gets stinky if not just once a week!

[shais_mom]

OH and sometimes Kylie doesn't even bury the solid waste!!! That is when It is STINKY!!!

[wayne0214]

I keep 8 litter boxes and litter tubs around the houe, all made of plastic. They get scooped cleaned at least once every two days. Also, the contents gets changed about once every 3 days or so. It depends on how much they use it. Some boxes and tubs are used more than others. I never replace any litter material in the tubs and boxes unless first they are thoroughly washed out in the bathtub with dish detergent and a plastic bristled broom. Then they get new litter replacement material. So, far, I havn't had any problems with odors nor any of my furkids not wanting to use them. BTW, the old litter is dumped in the back yard so that my truck tires will grab on to the rock material -to keep them from sliding around when it rains here. Kitty urine is also burried more often than their poops, and it take its toll on cat litter (that is, it contaminates) more so than poops. When their boxes begin to smell like amonia, the I know that kitty urine has reached the saturation point, and the material needs to be changed, regardless if it is visible or not. Generally it is buried deep within the box.

......wayne

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Originally posted by AmberLee
Well, mine usually bury their liquid deposits as well as their solids, unless they're on a tight schedule. (No, I have no idea what constitutes a busy schedule for them, just trying to accurately report what goes on here... )

Too funny!! and too true!! Mine's just lazy; he rarely buries either one. I guess he's not worried about being found out by other animals in his little "wilderness". I don't think he received proper litterbox training in his mysterious formative years, either, because he just doesn't get the concept of "dig the hole, then turn around over it". He digs a hole, and then stares at the hole while doing his business wherever he happens to be, even if that's at the very edge of the box!

[AmberLee]

Originally posted by All Creatures Great And Small
... he just doesn't get the concept of "dig the hole, then turn around over it". He digs a hole, and then stares at the hole while doing his business wherever he happens to be, ...

Too funny!! Unfortunately I read this while eating lunch at my desk. It's going to take a while to get all the rice I just laughed out out of my keyboard!!!

Aren't they wonderful, albeit odd, little precious companions?!

[Cataholic]

Originally posted by All Creatures Great And Small
Too funny!! and too true!! Mine's just lazy; he rarely buries either one. I guess he's not worried about being found out by other animals in his little "wilderness". I don't think he received proper litterbox training in his mysterious formative years, either, because he just doesn't get the concept of "dig the hole, then turn around over it". He digs a hole, and then stares at the hole while doing his business wherever he happens to be, even if that's at the very edge of the box!

GOODNESS, that is FUNNY AS HECKLES!!!

Are you guys all telling me that you CHANGE OUT COMPLETELY THE LITTER MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE A MONTH? What are you, a bunch of cleanaholics? With six cats and six boxes (thanks to JLB, I think) I scoop at least once (though normally, just once) a day, and switch out ALL litter no more often than once every four months or so..AND NO MY HOUSE DOESN'T SMELL LIKE A KITTIES PRIVATE PARTS!!!!!

[shais_mom]

Johanna, you are too funny!!
My brother in laws mom has about 15 - 20 cats. (Some indoors and some outdoors ALL have been spayed/neutered/microchipped/ and are current on their shots, she takes 3 to the vet a month!!! )
She scoops 3 times a day!!! Once in the morning, comes home on her lunch and scoops and in the evening!!!! Now that is a clean-a-holic!!!