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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2004cleaning litter box
What should I use? bleach, lysol, vinegar? Buy a new box every few months at wally-world? "tslf" tfeller123456789@hotmail.com writes >What should I use? bleach, lysol, >vinegar? Buy a new box every few months >at wally-world? Liners. > "tslf" tfeller123456789@hotmail.com >writes [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Liners. Liners are useless here. They just somehow manage to shred them.. I just buy the inexpensive litter pans and replace them every couple of months. Sherry sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) writes >Liners are useless here. They just >somehow manage to shred them.. >I just buy >the inexpensive litter pans and >replace them every couple of >months. How much do you pay for them? There's another idea, btw, buy the pans with the attachment (which is what I have). It locks on top of the pan. So, you take the litter liner (not liners, they're expensive..use 30 gallon "store (house) brand garbage bags..they're cheaper) and line the bottom of the pan. Then you put the top attachment on, lock it onto the sides of the pan, and you're done. >How much do you pay for them? There's another idea, btw, buy the pans with >the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >the >top attachment on, lock it onto the sides of the pan, and you're done. Tried those. She still manages to shred the sides of the liner. Boots is an obsessive cover-upper. She rakes the litter, rakes the side of the pan, then rakes the floor, then rakes on the *wall*. It takes her at least 10 full minutes to do her business. Then she washes herself for 10 more minutes. She's such a lady. Sherry Thank heavens, Sherry. I've been thinking my Rexie was nuts. Same thing here, sometimes, like you say, for 10 minutes - but only for bowel movements. His litter box is in my bathroom, and he'll go at it so hard sometimes it wakes us up. Then, when I go in to see, the pile is there, right on top of the litter. He didn't have a cat mommy for long as we found him at about 4 weeks. I guess I didn't do a good enough training job! To reply by mail, remove 'nick'. Shirley B. Webmaster: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com http://www.geocities.com/mhc_reporter "Making a way out of no way is sometimes the only way" Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole She rakes the litter, rakes the side of the pan, then ~rakes the floor, then rakes on the *wall*. It takes her at least 10 full minutes to do her business. Then she washes herself for 10 more minutes. She's ~such a lady. ~Sherry | Thank heavens, Sherry. I've been thinking my Rexie was nuts. Same | thing here, sometimes, like you say, for 10 minutes - but only for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | long as we found him at about 4 weeks. I guess I didn't do a good | enough training job! At least he uses the box, so don't be too hard on him ;-) Cinderella didn't use her box at all (she comes from a farm). Since she was locked inside and had no stool I was getting worried, but the cat appeared really healthy. Eventually we accused the dog ... ! But later I found out that she was using the sand ground in the cellar. (But the dog got it's share too - I caught her!!) Carola >Thank heavens, Sherry. I've been thinking my Rexie was nuts. Same >thing here, sometimes, like you say, for 10 minutes - but only for >bowel movements. His litter box is in my bathroom, and he'll go at it >so hard sometimes it wakes us up. ROFL! Exactly the same here. It goes on, and on, and on. DH will sometimes yell out "THAT'S ENOUGH, BOOTSIE!!" Sherry ROFL! Spike does the EXACT same thing - he'll scratch to cover up so hard & so long he even throws the older, uh, #2 out of the box! I often have to tell him "THAT'S ENOUGH SPIKIE!" ROFL....  SignatureChristi Art Without Anxiety www.ArtWithoutAnxiety.com >^,,^< >^,,^< >^,,^< >^,,^< > >Thank heavens, Sherry. I've been thinking my Rexie was nuts. Same >>thing here, sometimes, like you say, for 10 minutes - but only for [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry > >How much do you pay for them? There's another idea, btw, buy the pans with > >the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > such a lady. > Sherry I have three cats, and let me tell you, the litter liners are a total waste of money. The cats shred them and fling them out of the box. Don't bother. sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) writes luvskats wrote >"...buy the pans with the >attachment (which is what I have)... >>Tried those. She still manages to >>shred the sides of the liner. Boots is an >>obsessive cover-upper. She >>rakes the litter, rakes the side of the pan, then >>rakes the floor, then rakes on the >>*wall*. It takes her at least 10 full >>minutes to do her business..... Sammy, too. He likes to poop in the bos between 3am - 4am...spends what seems like a loooooong time doing a dance in the box, spreading the shredded newspapers just so, doing his thing, then spreading the papers back. I don't like to chase him from the box, so I wait. Finally, I lurch over to the box, detach the to, grab the liner, wrap the thing up (takes 2 seconds) and deposit it in the garbage in the hall. > > "tslf" tfeller123456789@hotmail.com > >writes [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sherry The problem I had with an inexpensive pan is that she's a digger and would end up kicking some litter out of the box. I usually walk barefoot and it bothers me to walk over that stuff. I got a tall covered litter box for $30. Somebody else suggested Lysol, but I've heard that that's poisonous to cats. > What should I use? bleach, lysol, vinegar? Buy a new box every few months > at wally-world? something non-abrasive; you want to keep the pan shiny as long as possible and even microscratches will cause stuff to stick. As long as it's smooth you don't need any of the germ-killer stuff. I just rinse a few times then let it sit, full of hot water and dishwashing or laundry detergent. And every couple years get a new one and demote (promote?) the old one to automobile oil-change duty. You might try liners, but mine just scratch the hell out of them. >What should I use? bleach, lysol, vinegar? Buy a new box every few months >at wally-world? I use sifting pans and scoopable litter. The aspect of the problem I consider most significant is keeping the clay residue suspended as it goes through the sewer system - there isn't much of it, but if it settles out in a pipe over time, I have an expensive problem. Therefore, I use cloudy ammonia: that keeps the water alkaline which helps prevent the clay from floculating. I also use very hot water and let the pieces soak and rinse very thoroughly. -- T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) > What should I use? bleach, lysol, vinegar? Buy a new box every few > months > at wally-world? I lean towards Lysol (basin, tub and tile cleaner) as I tend to use the bath tub when it comes to cleaning and the Lysol is just am arms length away under the cabinet. :c) |
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