Watertight cat litter trays!

Jemima5317

Hi there.

I have two house cats. They have two litter trays between them, which has never been a problem except.... boycat does not put his bottom down to pee! He just likes to have a bit of a gander at what's occurring outside the confines of the tray whilst liberally spraying the insde. Luckily, the pair of them only seem to use one of their two trays for peeing - I say luckily, because that is the tray located on the ceramic tiled kitchen floor, rather than a carpeted or wood floored surface. Although the litter tray is a covered tray, with a clip down lid, the seal between tray and lid isn't totally watertight, as in bad weeks, pee drips out the join at the back (his favoured area of spraying!).

I'm now looking to get my kitchen done up, and would prefer if I could find a better solution than just disinfecting and clearing up any excess on the floor each time! I use catsan litter (if that helps), and although I've tried the clumping stuff, the issue is more that he pees all over the back of the tray/lid rather than the litter itself. Anyone found a solution to a similar problem? Should add, failure to put bottom down, apparently a breed failing - he is neutered so this isn't "proper" spraying, just he is a ratbag:D!

Thanks a lot,

Jx

Caroline_a

I use a covered litter tray which I think should help this problem. Have to say, though, I have had to sellotape the entrance open otherwise the silly animal doesnt realise it has a door.....:rotfl:

madget_2

My cats won't use a covered litter tray so I managed to stop the standing up and peeing/pooing over the edge by buying high-sided trays. I couldn't find any in the UK, so ended up buying one from the US amazon site! Mine is 11" high. I've just googled "high sided litter tray" and found a Van Ness one on the VETUK site - the extra large is 10" high. Depending on how tall your cat is, that might work? At least there's no join for the spray to leak out through as it's all one piece.

dizziblonde

Could you sit the covered tray in a larger tray so at least the "splashback" gets caught somewhere? Something like an underbed storage box or similar?

Jemima5317

Thanks all.

Alas, he is a tall chap, and stands over a foot high - ginormous! I already use covered trays - it's just his happy "I'm in the right place, so just take aim" attitude that is a bit of a problem (we moved to covered trays when I found him in the living room when I first rehomed him, happily stood in his litter tray peeing into the video on the tv unit :rotfl:good job video was on the way out then...). Much sympathy for taping a tray door open - the non kitchen tray has a door, and he refused to use it for ages - clearly a cat trap! I think the best plan might be to sit the tray in a larger tray to catch the overruns... Thanks for all your help.

Jx

spookylukey

You could use a deep plastic storage tub, it wouldn't have a lid on but he could hop in and then wee standing up to his hearts content!

Another option could be a puppy pad (absorbant pad with plastic backing) under the tray to soak up any leaks, can just be chucked as soon as anything leaks onto it and replaced with another one.

madget_2

Oh dear, he does sound like a character! ;-)

Unfortunately, my boy is lying down and I don't want to disturb him, but he's huge and has long legs. As soon as I'm able, I'll see how tall he is and that might give you some idea as to whether the 10" high sided tray might work. But otherwise, yes, the larger tray surrounding the smaller one sounds as though it would do the trick.

The joys of litter trays, eh?!!! ;-)

susank

What about a top opening litter box!

madget_2

Well, I couldn't measure my boy cat as the big wimp is scared of the tape measure! However, my girl cat is 13" from the floor to the top of her back, and she's the worst one for the standing up in the litter tray mallarkey.

scaredy_cat

i got a cheap plastic storage box from the pound shop and cut an entry way into it for my cat - her excuse is she is blind so she couldn't see the edge!

paddypaws101

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/home_and_garden/list.html?search=recycling&search_term1=recycling&searchType=/sol/shop/home_and_garden/list.html&bmUID=1295619205816

I bought a single one of these and line it with newspaper all up the sides, allowing the paper to lap an inch or two onto the base of the tray ( does that make sense? ) Thus, when cat has been in and sprayed all up the side, the paper can just be pulled out bringing the clump of pee from the base at the same time.
It works well for us!