I use 18 gallon rubbermaid (or knock-off) totes. Depending on age and
condition, your cat may be able to jump in to the tote. This works
for Copper and Thomas and worked for Dixie. I started this with Ebony
who was getting a little older and had touble "getting down." The
urine hit the back of the tote and eliminated a lot of problems (yes,
you have to clean it more often if this happens but I would rather
clean plastic than drywall). I cut a U-shaped piece out of the tote
on a short end for Ebony. If you find you have to make the cut out
make it high so Pepper has to really work at hitting the opening. I
never put a lid on the tote. Do not put too much litter in the tote.
It is tempting to put extra in but you don't need it and it may make
it uncomfortable for the cat to walk.
On Jun 28, 2009, at 3:38 PM, wendy wrote:
Hey guys,
I haven't posted much in the past few months. Can hardly keep up
with life offline, much less online. I hope all of you are doing
well, as well as your furbabies.
I have an 'engineering' question for you guys. I have a healthy
kitty, Pepper, who keeps backing up to the litter box opening and
peeing, and of course it goes outside the box, and then urine pools
underneath the box (I even use a Christmas tree tray under the box
to catch the urine, but still it gets quite ripe after a couple of
days). She's been doing this for years and I just keep cleaning it
up. But as all of you probably can identify, I hate the smell and
the clean-up, and was wondering if any of you have a similar
sitation with any of your cats and how you deal with it? I've tried
different kitty boxes, but as long as they have an opening, the pee
is going in that direction. There's got to be an easier way to deal
with this. I was thinking maybe I could make some kind of lip on the
opening edge to direct the pee to a receptacle??? Any ideas out there?
Thanks!
:)
Wendy
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever
has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~
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