Cat litter - merged

rita-rabbit

charliefarlie1307 wrote: »

Cant cope with cat litter! My cat goes out and only has litter when we go away. When ever we come back its all kicked out all over the floor! Kick um out!

so if I had a garden I would :eek:

nothavingfun..

i use value litter from wherever i do my shopping, and have found tesco's to be the best. morrisons is awful - don't go there!

agree that a covered litter tray is the best thing - they like the privacy and it keeps the smell out (in?)

also, i have read that for multicat households you should always have multiple litter trays - the no of cats + 1, so for a 2 cat house 3 trays etc

tried the wood based litter when i was feeling rich once, and it is far superior to the value stuff, but i just couldn't afford it lol!

Mustang

My cat litter tray (rubbermaid crate) is in the living room, but no-one knows it is there unless I point it out. No smells, no tracked litter. How?

I got a nice antique sideboard (French burr wood, 19th C, with feet and removed the internal shelves. I also removed a small part of the base. Inside, I put a low, flat wooden container that holds the spare cat litter (loads of it). On top of this goes the cat litter 'crate'. The cats go under the sideboard, up through the hole, and onto the container inside. They can then get into their cat litter tray. On the way out, they have to walk over a cat litter tracking mat which removes any litter attached to their paws. Then they simply come back out through the same gap as they entered.

And how do they see inside? Well, I put a small motion detector inside, pointed at the gap in the base. When it detects movement, a couple of small lights come on, so they can see what they are doing. After all, no-one likes to go to the loo in the dark, eh!

So, to all intents and purposes, it is a really nice, small sideboard. But my cats, I and now you, all know it's the cat toilet.

Notsosharp

Mustang wrote: »

So, to all intents and purposes, it is a really nice, small sideboard. But my cats, I and now you, all know it's the cat toilet.

LMAO, thats so funny and clever, I would do something like that but I don't think my Mum would like it if I started cutting out holes in her Grandmas Ercol Cabinet - Its a family Heirloom apparently - to me its just a B***** great lump of furniture that gets in the way!

I have found that Pets at Home do a woodbased cat litter for £1.99. Its only a small bag but tbh my cats don't use it that much. I have tried all sorts of cat litter including some right expensive stuff (Bob Martins) but I always come back to the wood pellets. They hardly smell and are so easy to clean out of the tray because they don't stick. I don't really find it that expensive, usually about £4 a bag but it does last.

Gunna

wow lol Mustang very very posh for your kitties

You dont fancy making me one of those do you lol, it sounds ideal for multi cat households where whiffs can be a problem or friends not liking the site of a litter tray covered or not.

Jellybubble i got my chick crumbs of a robbing bloke on ebay(he charged double plus vat for a sack grrrr)wherever he had them i guess they managed to get the mites and multiply by the time i got them and gave them some nice heat lol they bred in their millions, as i said layers pellets/chick crumbs are a fab litter but i didnt like the branny smell or lol the mites

Milford_Cubicle

I've gone back to fuller's earth. After trying and not liking others, I've gone with what I know. Tesco do a version with an air freshner in built and I've had no pongy problems. Win!

nothavingfun..

Mustang wrote: »

My cat litter tray (rubbermaid crate) is in the living room, but no-one knows it is there unless I point it out. No smells, no tracked litter. How?

I got a nice antique sideboard (French burr wood, 19th C, with feet and removed the internal shelves. I also removed a small part of the base. Inside, I put a low, flat wooden container that holds the spare cat litter (loads of it). On top of this goes the cat litter 'crate'. The cats go under the sideboard, up through the hole, and onto the container inside. They can then get into their cat litter tray. On the way out, they have to walk over a cat litter tracking mat which removes any litter attached to their paws. Then they simply come back out through the same gap as they entered.

And how do they see inside? Well, I put a small motion detector inside, pointed at the gap in the base. When it detects movement, a couple of small lights come on, so they can see what they are doing. After all, no-one likes to go to the loo in the dark, eh!

So, to all intents and purposes, it is a really nice, small sideboard. But my cats, I and now you, all know it's the cat toilet.

WOW!

That is admirable! I love it! :T

Mine have to wee and poo in the hallway litter tray like mere mortals :D

LittleMissAspie

rita-rabbit wrote: »

Truthfully I find the idea of flushing cats litter abhorrent personally - our tap water is recycled three times (including waste water) - I cannot afford to drink bottled water. Logic would indicate that composting suitable litter is far better for human health!

Huh? Cat poo is more disgusting than human poo? Not to mention periods and sick and whatever else goes down there. Don't get your reasoning there.

I use Cat's Best Oko Plus. I thought the best litter was the World's Best one but Cat's Best is pretty similar and about £4 cheaper per bag. I will only use flushable ones, couldn't stand messing around with bags.

Only thing is that the small bits get stuck in the cat's bum fur - she's very longhaired. So we have to trim her fur every few months. And the small bits are very easily tracked out into the hallway. Cat's Best Nature Gold was better for both these points, but it wasn't as good at odour control.

Buttonmoons

My lovely cat has peed all over the carpet in her litter room, I noticed it the day after she had done it (obviously done during the night!) I must of washed the carpet about 10times by now, and STILL the stink won't go! I've used hot soapy water, flash, cif, bio washing powder! I don't care about ruining the carpet as no-one sees in there, and the carpets are old anyways, I just want the smell to go. I can't get into town right now so does anyone know something to be found in the house that will get rid of the smell? It's super whiffy

Badger_Lady

The only thing I've found that works is this: http://www.natural-alternative-products.co.uk/austin-rose-pet-air-aroma-therapeutic-odour-eliminator-p-1372.html

A couple of tiny sprays replaces the smell with a strong licquorice one for about half an hour, then it's gone.

But don't know about anything household, sorry