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We have three cats. Two of them are piggies in fur coats when it comes to using the litter box. One of our cats is a main coon, so he's just plan big, and would kick a lot of litter out, and sometimes drop a poo or two off the back of the box. Our other messy one is mentally challenged or something, (for a variety of reasons, not just because she can't properly use the litter box). She will put her PAWS in the box, but a lot of times her butt wouldn't be in it all the way, and she would pee over the sides. The hooded litter box has really helped her. Our third cat will use the hooded box, but he is older, and the higher front makes it more difficult to get in and out of. He actually has his own normal litter box in a seperate room, and he sits on the rug outside of the door to the room when he needs to use it. :)
We have three cats, all strays that we've adopted. I'm not sure what they used before, but since we've had them we hve always had the hooded litter boxes. They are all older cats (8 years and up) and have no trouble with them.
start with one lidded and one flat pan to ease them into it. Most cats prefer privacy when using the potty so they appreciate the hooded pans.
good luck!
We have a gigantic, XL kitty box with really high sides so when they kick, it just stays in there. However, they do still track some.
I use that "World's Best Kitty Litter" corn type stuff though and it doesn't track like regular clay litter, nor does it get smushy or gross in my carpets.
Aww, your cats are adorable. We use one with a hood that has an open door, no flap. Your cats will be confused at first, but it won't take them very long to figure it out.
We have two litter pans with tops and no flap, the flaps just get disgusting after a while, so I say take them off. Our cats still have problems bringing litter out with them somehow and it's all over the floor. Thankfully their pans are in the basement, so it doesn't go all over the house.
Our cat goes outside - thank goodness, I can't deal with a stinky litter box. He has a little door we installed in a piece of wood that fits in a window, so he can come and go as he pleases.
My cats have never had a litter box--they go outside. I love not having to clean a nasty kitty box.
Our cat has a litter box that is taller on one side than the other. Most of the time she is very good and only kicks out a little bit. We keep it in the upstairs bathroom. We use a more expensive litter and clean it every time we go in there, so it doesn't smell most of the time. The only time it smells is when the litter box is really low of litter. Scooping the pee into the trash and flushing the other also keeps the smell down. Our cat is an indoor cat. The only time she goes outside is if I put her on a leash.
We just got a great pan that has half walls. We couldn't fit a hooded on into our closet anymore (tiny apartment!) so the half walls work great. They stop the litter from coming out the sides and back, and the cats like it a little more. It still comes out the front a little, but that happened with our hooded litter box as well.
she goes outside, she has a kitty door. the day we threw out her litter box was the best day ever!
we use hooded with no flap for our two cats. We used to have the flapped ones but they never worked- the flaps would get stuck and the cats couldn't get in.
We have a top entry box and it's the best thing ever. It has grooves in the lid part so it catches all of the loose litter when they jump out. We also use flushable pine litter so there's no clay bits or anything to throw away. We just scoop the poops right into the toilet and change the whole box once a week!
We used a hooded litter box for years, which was especially useful in some of the smaller places I have rented. We removed the hood just a few months ago because he had a few "accidents" (I'm pretty sure they were on purpose, little darling likes to make his opinions known) and I wondered if the problem might be that the hood was concentrating the urine smell too much and he didn't like that. No problems since then, but yes he does kick the litter everywhere. I'm so glad we have a separate laundry room to keep it in, as opposed to the litter flying all over the bathroom or the hallway like in other places I've lived. I have to make a habit of keeping the laundry room swept most days.
I originally bought the hooded with a flap but my cats seemed too confused on how to get in or out. So I just took the flap off and they are fine. Having the hood really cuts down on litter spillage. Also having some sort of mat in front of the box can help reduce the amount of litter on the carpet.
@Nexus-6 - hubby caught me reading and ask "What the heck is that?!" When he saw your litter box picture. I told him, and he was like, "My cat isn't smart enough to figure out how to use that!" She's not! LOL. One of our other cats is pretty big, so unless the hole is bigger than it looks, he probably wouldn't even WANT to go in it. And our senior boy is going to be sixteen this year....he doesn't even like the high sides of our hooded pan, so I know he wouldn't be comfortable using that. Still, it seems like a great idea for those with cats smarter, smaller, and younger than mine. Hehe! :)
I use this:
http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Rule-Maxs-Box-Freshwater/dp/B0007M30VM
Mine is in pink- it's cute and it keeps litter from going everywhere- I love it.
We have a normal litterbox, but it has an extra attachment on top that's like a lip/guard? We got it at target. Ours has a tendency to kick a lot of stuff out, but this has helped a lot.
We have a litterbox that comes in two parts - there is a normal tray, and on top of that goes a tray with sieve holes, with the litter on top of that. It means instead of scooping, we just shake the sieve tray and tip it into the bin - it's so easy and convenient.
My parents use this one, because our two dogs like to eat cat poop :) They even tried the expensive automatic boxes but my dog figured out how to open the trash compartment :p
The "stairs" have ridges that catch the litter and the cat doesn't have to "jump" into the box (he's 10 so he doesn't like to jump as much anymore)
One of our cats is a snob and won't use a box without a lid. It doesn't have an entrance flap though. The other cat just has a flat box.
My kitty uses a hooded pan with a flap. I love that thing! I have to sweep the bathroom floor a few times a week because she does track litter, but it's a small price to pay for no litter box smell. I had to kinda shove her into it when I brought it home but she took right to it. She's teeny so getting in and out is not a problem.
My kitties are used to a hooded pan without a flap. They are to the point where they refuse to use a flat pan anymore. They don't care about privacy, especially since there will often be two in the box at the same time, but instead of scratching at the sand when they're done, they prefer to scratch the walls and the roof. No idea what that is about. The litter boxes originally came with a flap already attached but everyone was so traumatized by the flaps until they got them ripped off. Of course the hood keeps the litter in check so that you don't have to step on it.
We use the bottom of the hooded style- it is nice and deep, so less chance of the boy cat missing the pan (yes, we have had that problem in the past with a shallow one).
<------(thats him) Boys are so messy!!!
My little fur baby is a big fat slob! I have a cat box with the hood, with no flap and she kicks out litter like no other! I am sweeping it up every time she uses the bathroom. (Heh.. well I try) Its annoying, I am so looking for one with a flap so it can trap it in there! UGH!
None of the above - we bought the cat genie and our lives changed forever!! It is a round style with no hood but you can buy a hood with it. We have used flat pans and hooded ones as well....Although the flat pans smelled the worst for us we could tell the cats didnt like going in the hooded ones because they smelled worse for them!
My cats attack each other in a hooded litter box. It had gotten to the point where they wouldn't go in cause there was always a cat waiting for them when they came out. We just use a flat plan that way they can see who is around and waiting. Plus it is cheaper that way. Three cats need 4 litter boxes. If I use less, they go on the floor. :(
i have three cats wich i love so much. i bought a kitty maid litter box but they didnt want to use it... then i found the best litter box out there... i bought three roll n clean... they go in do their business then u roll the litter box and all the poop gos to a small compartment and u pull it out and is clean... maybe im not explaining myself that well so here is the link... believe me no more scooping http://www.petco.com/product/2611/Omega-Paw-Roll-n-Clean-Litter-Boxes.aspx?CoreCat=CatSFC_LitterLitterBoxes
I have 2. Each have a flat box, thought I'm also tired of little everywhere! lol.
I think I have dumb cats. I tried to switch from a flat pan to a hooded one. They would pee next to the box instead of in it. GROSS. be careful when you switch, especially if they are finicky like mine!
We have two kinds (wish the poll was multiple choice!). We have a hooded box with no flap and a tray.
We started with just a tray, but then they kick their litter and poo everywhere. And I'll be damned if I know how to get it to come off the wall.
We tried the buddha dome (babyboo's picture) but my oldest cat won't use it. We tried a hooded box with a flap, but again my oldest was reluctant to enter a box without being able to see the exit. So now we have a hooded box without a flap that we point towards the wall on top of a litter catch mat. The wall is protected with a piece of plastic in case they kick poop flecks at it.
We had to add the second box because our oldest decided she wasn't pooping in the hooded one anymore. She started peeing all over our clothes if we left them out. Now that we added the second box she has stopped doing that.
It's been a real trial and error process, and we just adapt with the cats. Honestly, I think it's worth the money to buy several different kinds of boxes if the first one doesn't work because you don't want them to learn to pee somewhere else!
Glad to see we're not the only ones struggling with litter going everywhere! We went out and bought the hooded one with stairs that @babyboo posted. Currently, they're scared of it. They start to go up the stairs, back out and run!
@jamie: I'm hoping that keeping one of their old boxes will help the switch!
@mightysapphire: I agree. I'm soooo scared of them peeing elsewhere. From what I understand, once they start doing that it's hard to get them to stop!!
For a long time I had a top-entry litterbox and LOVED it. So much less mess! Unfortunately, Padma stopped using it after the last big move and I had to go back to a regular pan.
@babyboo - we use a BOODA DOME, too! It's the only way that poo doesn't get flung everywhere. When we travel, we just use a flat pan. For some reason they're more respectful in other people's homes than ours and keep things tidy. At our house, an open pan means that they're going to have a shit kicking contest. I tell ya!
We only have one cat, but he looooves to kick litter out of his pan. When we moved to our house we built this from Ikea Hacker. We did the second one down, only we couldn't figure out how to get the cat head on the side so ours is just a little rectangular doorway. We <3 it!!! Nobody knows that's where we hide the litter. Also, we use Feline Pine clumping which is a little more expensive but smells much better -- like fresh cut wood rather than that fake-y cat litter smell.
Seriously bees with cats you need to own this!!! Yes it is a large investment (at first) but it is SO worth it. Cats do their business. Cat genie flushes. I sleep peacefully. It does not smell like cat litter does. Even when we cleaned the litter daily it would still have that funky smell to it. Also, its really unhealthy to be dealing with cat poo. Their feces carry a lot of parasites. They can be especially harmful to women who are pregnant or are trying to get pregnant. FI and I were on vacation and saw this infomercial and decided once we had saved we would buy it. Its been 7 months and its awesome!!! The cats like it a lot more. Before they would pee or poo in random places because they hated the litter box. They love their cat genie!
We have the ScoopFree litter box. It's ok. Our cat is pretty messy still, litter everywhere. We didn't buy it, my husbands grandma bought it for us, but after reading about the Cat Genie I am super interested. The ScoopFree is supossed to cut down on smell, and it doesn't really. Is the Cat Genie good about the smell?
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The cat genie has no smell at all. After the cat goes and it starts cleaning it releases an air freshener...I seriously have not smelled cat litter in months!
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What kind of litterbox(es) do you use? The closed ones with a hood and a flap, the closed ones with just a hood (no flap) or an open flat pan? We use the flat pans, but my cats are slobs, lol. They kick SO much litter out of their boxes. I think the hood boxes would solve this problem, but I'm afraid they'll be scared of them because they've never used ones like that before. What do you think?