Cleaning litterbox

[Former User]

How often do you do it? How many cats you have and how many litterboxes?

We take the poop out every evening, and wash the litterbox once a week. It's funny, when it is clean, Casper and Kitty go there and lay down, as to say thanx, nice that it's clean! It's hard to get them out there then
Few times when we have almost done the litterbox, when there's only a little layer of litter, they go and do some poop already....



And as you guessed (if you didn't know by now ) we have two cats and they both use the same litterbox, and they are brother and sister.

Kitty's example:


[ October 17, 2001: Message edited by: Casper & Kitty ]

[Uniqueviking]

I have a litterbox just like yours for my babies, BUT I had to take the top of coz Beans (the oldest) didn't like it too much...smell got too strong inside.

I clean itat least 3-4 times a day, because I have 3 cats that use the same litter box. I did have 2, but they never used the other one so I got rid of it.

[Pam]

I have two cats and two litter boxes. They are both in the basement and the cats get there through a flap in the kitchen door. I scoop every morning and occasionally if I find myself in the basement later in the day I will scoop again. I caught a cute commercial on TV last night. I am not even sure of the brand of litter it was selling but it has "diamonds" in the litter (according to one of the cats ). Anyone see that one? It was so cute!!! As with all commercials about pets, I get so involved in watching the pet I hardly ever remember the product! Not exactly what the producers have in mind!

[cr7clark]

I have one cat and one litter box. It is a LitterMaid, scoops the litter automatically whenever Bo does "her business" in the box. It is large, covered, and the only maintenance I have to do is to empty the solid waste receptacle every 4 days and add litter when needed.

[thelmalu99]

I have two cats and I scoop twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening when I get home from work. (but sometimes when I get lazy I only scoop once )

Pam, lol! That's such a cute commercial. "There are diamonds in the litter!"

[ October 17, 2001: Message edited by: thelmalu99 ]

[Kirsten]

I have one cat and two litterboxes, and I clean them twice a day! When Luna was 6 months old, she decided that one litter box wasn't enough for her, so she started using my bed as a toilet instead! Needless to say that I wasn't too happy about it. When I bought a second litterbox, the problem immediately stopped.
But each time I forget to clean her boxes, she starts scratching on the bed as a reminder!

Kirsten

Kirsten

[tmckay]

I have 2 kitties and 1 litter box. I clean it once a day. If I am gone longer than overnight, I have a 2nd litter box I put out. And when we go on vacation or are gone longer than a weekend, I have someone come in and clean them daily.

[AvaJoy]

As a rule of thumb, "they" say we should have 1 more litterbox than number of cats, just to be on the safe side. I concur, and presently have 3 cats and 4 boxes. Meeshe (FeLV+) is kept separate, so really he has his own. Lily and Debra have 3 between them, but Debra is a new rescue and the two girls are not free to interact with each other just yet. So Lily has her one, and Debra has two because she is just a baby girl.

I maintain about 4 inches of scoopable litter in each deep box, and NEVER have to completely change the litter; I just add a mug-full as needed. I always scoop morning and evening, because a clean box is a useful box, whereas a dirty box is . . . well . . . only inviting the cat to find another toilet!