So I scrubbed the cat box.
I buy a new cat box every few weeks. Worth it. Cleaning litter doesn't bother me; scrubbing a cat box does. Besides, I can't do it outside in winter (no hose, plus, wimp) and I won't do it in the bathtub.
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Zenkitty - Mar 09, 2011 3:34:02 pm PST #17085 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Cashmere - Mar 09, 2011 3:48:35 pm PST #17086 of 30000
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Strix - Mar 09, 2011 3:53:48 pm PST #17087 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I clean the boxes out quite a bit in the summer with the hose and natural cleaner, and let them dry in the sun. The winter? NSM. It's getting nicer, though, so the cat boxes will get their spring cleaning in a week or so.
I cleaned one out in the bathtub once; never again. I used to use the utility sink in the basement of my apartment building, but we don't have one at the house, so I just scrape the bottom well, and use baking soda on the bottom in the winter.
Polter-Cow - Mar 09, 2011 4:02:53 pm PST #17088 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
P-C, have you seen this?.
No, but every word of that rings true. It would probably be futile to send that to my mom, huh.
Zenkitty - Mar 09, 2011 4:16:25 pm PST #17089 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
use baking soda on the bottom in the winter.
That helps with the smell?
Strix - Mar 09, 2011 4:26:19 pm PST #17090 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Absorbency and smell. I keep a box by the pan upstairs and sprinkle on the bottom and then add litter. If the cats lay an egregious poop-egg and don't cover it (BAD KITTY) I cover it in the soda. It cuts the smell immediately.
I clean the box out once a week, on trash day.
DavidS - Mar 09, 2011 4:27:31 pm PST #17091 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It would probably be futile to send that to my mom, huh.
Or email the writer! Just a thought.
javachik - Mar 09, 2011 4:28:41 pm PST #17092 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Zen, have you tried liners? I gotta admit I'm cringing at how much landfill is being produced by just throwing out the cat pan instead of cleaning it.
Zenkitty - Mar 09, 2011 5:44:16 pm PST #17093 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
java, I have tried liners. Leo digs right through them; they're unfortunately useless. To clarify I scoop once or twice a day; I don't throw the pan out every time it needs cleaning, just when it's... too much eww to deal with. One of my boys likes to see how far and wide and up he can get. (The pan's inside a big plastic storage box to contain the mess. That box, I scrub.) The pan's made of plastic and my trash company does single-stream recycling, so maybe it's getting recycled into something. I've probably more than offset it from stopping buying bottled water.
javachik - Mar 09, 2011 5:47:01 pm PST #17094 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh I hear you about the ripped up liners. I sometimes miss having an indoor cat, but I tell you I do not miss the shredded furniture or the litter duty. No sirree.