So the title pretty much says it all. In the past I had a siamese cat for 17 years, he never had an issue with liners and every time I went to clean the actual box out I just watered it down with the garden hose as it didn't smell or anything and seemed good enough like that...
With my new cat, she is 7 months old and I've had her since August 30th. So far she had been really good with her litter box, and she's still good with using her little box... Only today I saw her scratching at the side of the litter liner not only tearing that side to pieces but also eating the liner after that... I knew that wouldn't do... First I called a vet that's open today to get advice - I wanted to make sure she'd be okay after eating the plastic. For now I've just been told to watch her. Then I called petco - to see if there was anything in the liner that could be bad for her chemically. We couldn't find anything so hopefully not...
Now the reason why I'm posting this. I've decided to take the liners out all together and just use her litter box and litter, the box is very smooth so it should be fine on her paws and hopefully not having the lining in there won't make her have accidents or anything.
What I want to know is what's the best way to clean her litter box? It's one of those big ones that have a hood over it... I no longer live in a house, I live in an apartment so a garden hose is not easily accessible. So the vet person said just to use my bathtub and then I'd just have to clean my bathtub more often. Then she said to use bleach on the actual litter box... I thought that bleach would be a bit of a strong smell for a cats nose - although it would certainly kill germs...
Then I called my grandma and she said baking soda... well that might be good for masking the smell but I'm not sure if it's the best for cleaning the box...
I have clumping litter and usually scoop it daily, if I can't get to it one day for some reason I always get to it the next.
Just curious if there's an easy way to clean it out? With being very clean as well...
The litter liners were so nice (sighs), even with all of her claws she'd only get a few holes in there and when I went to change the bag I only had to put a plastic bag under it and then just throw it away in the dumpster outside... But with her pica problems I don't want to chance it...
With my new cat, she is 7 months old and I've had her since August 30th. So far she had been really good with her litter box, and she's still good with using her little box... Only today I saw her scratching at the side of the litter liner not only tearing that side to pieces but also eating the liner after that... I knew that wouldn't do... First I called a vet that's open today to get advice - I wanted to make sure she'd be okay after eating the plastic. For now I've just been told to watch her. Then I called petco - to see if there was anything in the liner that could be bad for her chemically. We couldn't find anything so hopefully not...
Now the reason why I'm posting this. I've decided to take the liners out all together and just use her litter box and litter, the box is very smooth so it should be fine on her paws and hopefully not having the lining in there won't make her have accidents or anything.
What I want to know is what's the best way to clean her litter box? It's one of those big ones that have a hood over it... I no longer live in a house, I live in an apartment so a garden hose is not easily accessible. So the vet person said just to use my bathtub and then I'd just have to clean my bathtub more often. Then she said to use bleach on the actual litter box... I thought that bleach would be a bit of a strong smell for a cats nose - although it would certainly kill germs...
Then I called my grandma and she said baking soda... well that might be good for masking the smell but I'm not sure if it's the best for cleaning the box...
I have clumping litter and usually scoop it daily, if I can't get to it one day for some reason I always get to it the next.
Just curious if there's an easy way to clean it out? With being very clean as well...
The litter liners were so nice (sighs), even with all of her claws she'd only get a few holes in there and when I went to change the bag I only had to put a plastic bag under it and then just throw it away in the dumpster outside... But with her pica problems I don't want to chance it...