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What do you clean your cat's litter tray with?

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  • I use cheap disinfectant and boiling hot water and throughly wash it out as well. Then I leave it to dry outside. The cat has 2 trays, so I do one the the other.
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  • I give it a good soapy wash with fairy liquid. Occasionally I'll use an antibacterial kitchen spray but make sure to give it a good hot rinse afterwards.

    The cat doesn't seem to care how I clean it as long as someone does it!
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    I use liners and so only need to clean once in a while, and when ai do, I do it with antibacterial wipes :)
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    Animal safe disinfectant and boiling water.
  • Anti-bac washing up liquid & hot water
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  • Longships wrote: »
    I use litter tray liners, then it rarely needs cleaning. Most of the pound or 99p stores sell boxes of them.
    I tried using litter tray liners, but they just seemed to encourage my cats to dig even more, and they ended up shredded and completely useless :D

    I usually rinse my trays out with hot water, and then use an anti-septic spray and kitchen roll to clean them out.

    Does anyone else find that seconds after you've cleaned the tray and filled it with clean litter, a cat will jump in and use it?
  • Aldeney
    Aldeney Posts: 429 Forumite
    Mine doesn't use his box very often thankfully, he prefers our garden. But if it does need a clean I use an eco friendly multi-purpose cleaner. No masks though but I do hold my breath for as long as possible.
  • Iain_L
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    I tried using litter tray liners, but they just seemed to encourage my cats to dig even more, and they ended up shredded and completely useless :D

    I usually rinse my trays out with hot water, and then use an anti-septic spray and kitchen roll to clean them out.

    Does anyone else find that seconds after you've cleaned the tray and filled it with clean litter, a cat will jump in and use it?

    Yours waits until you've actually finished filling it :rotfl:you don't know how lucky you are.
  • Iain_L
    Iain_L Posts: 151 Forumite
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    I tried using litter tray liners, but they just seemed to encourage my cats to dig even more, and they ended up shredded and completely useless :D

    I usually rinse my trays out with hot water, and then use an anti-septic spray and kitchen roll to clean them out.

    Does anyone else find that seconds after you've cleaned the tray and filled it with clean litter, a cat will jump in and use it?

    Yours waits until you've actually finished filling it :rotfl:you don't know how lucky you are.
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