How To Do Just About Everything
By eHow Pets Editor
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Most cats are extremely fussy about cleanliness. Get your cat a good litter box - along with the right accessories to keep it fresh. You'll both be happy.
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Comments
kalyhi said
on 1/4/2008 Regarding scoopable litter: having read the Sunday, October 28, 2007, "Cancer in cats" blog post at http://www.jandys-home.blogspot.com/ and having recently lost a much beloved cat to cancer that invaded her intestines, I now use Swheat Scoop.
Goat333 said
on 5/29/2007 I spoke with a student who is going to school to be a Vet. She told me that I shouldn't use scoopable litter anymore, as the tiny particals get lodged between the pads on the cat's paws and when they clean themselves, they get sick. Any comments? I like the scoopable as it's very fast and easy to keep clean. My cats seem fine.
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 I've had numerous issues with the Littermaid box; the worst being is that clumps of waste will get catapulted outside of the box and land on the floor. This has happened on two different machines after a period of 6 months. The plastic warps slightly and the teeth on the rake catch the lip of the box and create enough tension to toss it's contents up and over the waste container.
Additionally, even though the unit is electronic, it is not completely hands-off. In time (about a month) the box will get really dirty and unsightly, mostly in the openings where the wheels of the rake run. Litter will also clump to the bottom of the box and must be manually raked from time to time with the supplied hand device.
I've tried other brands of kitty litter and have had the most success with the Littermaid brand, although I am currently getting satisfactory results with Premium Fresh Step Scoopable.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 I have used the Littermaid Mega and I am going to get a Performa. The Littermaid was great, it's just made for one cat though. I have 5 and it fills up quick. It never gave me any issues unless I overfilled it. To much litter will drive it nuts. I am going to replace it with the Performa because of the bag feature. Those little pails work great for one or 2 cats, but it's just not big enough for several cats. The bag would be much better for that.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Please, whatever you do, do NOT purchase either the Littermaid or Purrforma electronic litterboxes. I've had 3 of the Littermaid Mega's, and after about 6 months, they all either stopped working completely, or, kept running continuously - very irritating. As for the new Purrforma, which I just purchased and returned, I had to "assist" the box each and every time that it turned itself on to rake the litter. And somehow, it got clumps of litter behind the rake, so that it wouldn't move all of the way, so I'd have to scoop it out by hand each time. Why can't someone make a WORKING electronic litterbox? I'd be willing to pay more if one just worked.