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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005Cleaning the litter box
Got some new pan liners yesterday and more clumping litter. I find it gets tracked around less than the big clay stuff which HURTS when you step on it. And Persia doesn't like the crystal stuff, although she's very good about using whatever I buy. She's such a sweet, adaptable girl. So I changed the liner and litter a while ago. Persia watched with great interest, then had to go test it. Do all cats do this? Is it an immediate reaction to new 'sand'? She's still upset with me because I didn't make the sun shine today. She's fussing about going out in her kitty walk. But even though it's warm here it's pouring down rain. Sorry sweetie, I'd make the sun shine if I could! I wouldn't mind sitting on the patio swing while you're in your kitty walk, watching the birds and squirrels. I'm pretty much confined to the house, too :( Jill >Got some new pan liners yesterday and more clumping litter. I find it gets >tracked around less than the big clay stuff which HURTS when you step on it. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >interest, then had to go test it. Do all cats do this? Is it an immediate >reaction to new 'sand'? Yup. ;) Stinky always has to supervise the box cleaning and changing and inspect anything I put in there. He always cheerfully uses anything I've ever put in there, but he does have to check it. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >Stinky always has to supervise the box cleaning and changing and >inspect anything I put in there. He always cheerfully uses anything >I've ever put in there, but he does have to check it. Sammy supervises, and if I'm not quick enough she hops in before I'm finished. Sometimes I thinks she does this just because she knows LB hates a dirty box and would prefer it to be scooped (or better yet changed completely) after each use  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > So I changed the liner and litter a while ago. Persia watched with great > interest, then had to go test it. Do all cats do this? Is it an immediate > reaction to new 'sand'? I use clumping litter, too, which means I can't scoop it out for a short time after it's used. Mine have the annoying habit of wanting to use it just as I'm about to clean it. I do it just shortly before bed, & if they use it before I can get to clean it, I have to sit around & wait for it to clump, so I can clean it & go to bed. :o( LOL. So sometimes I'll try to very gently encourage them to wait. But I'm afraid to mess around too much w/their litter habits, KWIM? <sigh> It's a tough job, being a kitty slave. Most other folks I've talked to say their cats want to use it as son as it's cleaned. Katz > So I changed the liner and litter a while ago. Persia watched with great > interest, then had to go test it. Do all cats do this? Is it an immediate > reaction to new 'sand'? In my experience, the lure of a clean litter box to a cat is almost as great as fresh catnip :-) Emily has to see how deep she can dig, if possible I'm sure she'd reach China! SignatureNik Simpson > Got some new pan liners yesterday and more clumping litter. I find > it gets tracked around less than the big clay stuff which HURTS when [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jill You should try it with *8*! Unless they are sleeping when I scoop, they *all* want to inspect the 'new' litter! We use the hooded ones and when I take the hood off, there's usually a cat or two that crawls underneath it, where ever I set it (no they don't pee or pooh there, they're just curious about this "new" object on the floor), and then when I replace the hood on the litterbox, one of them will hop into the litterbox to christen it, with another couple sticking their heads in the opening, inpatiently awaiting their turn. Once, before I started using scoopable (which was last month), I was changing the litterboxes, and had take the bag of dirty litter out of the box, and was taking it outside - when I heard pawing coming from the room with the now-empty box I looked, and there was Ping, christening the empty box! I guess he couldn't hold it ;) --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: the now-empty box I looked, and there was Ping, christening the empty > box! I guess he couldn't hold it ;) When I used to use non-clumping, they would occasionally pee in the empty box, too. Katz |
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