So, here's the thing. In our home my BF is the litter box cleaner 99.9% of the time mostly because for many months I've been suffering with a knee injury and bending to clean the box is fairly painful (about to make an appointment for surgery, finally!).
However, I will do it now and then if I see he's forgotten and it needs to be done. Not clean the whole box, I can not manage that at all but can scoop out the mess, more or less.
My big issue with doing this, is the best way to clean the scoop afterwards. All instructions I look at really focus on the box itself. We have a heavy metal scoop and a heavy plastic one also. I prefer the plastic one, as it's easier to handle but, the litter really sticks to that one if it's still moist; like if you wind up having to remove a large urine ball. For poop, no issue - it comes right off. But the other stuff is like mud on the scoops. It clings like crazy.
You can't rinse it off in a sink - it just won't budge, let alone I'm sure it would eventually clog up our nearly 100 year old pipes. My BF usually takes it into the basement and cleans it in the laundry sink (which, we don't use as such, it's really more just to have as a "just in case" kind of thing). But for me, walking down to the basement, and back up again is difficult - let alone kind of dangerous - again, really old house - unfinished basement, dark and yech all around.
So, how do you all clean just the scoop, or is it kind of a losing battle? I wish there were disposable ones - while not good for the environment at least the problem would be solved. I've tried using paper towels soaked with various cleansers but nothing gets it really clean.
However, I will do it now and then if I see he's forgotten and it needs to be done. Not clean the whole box, I can not manage that at all but can scoop out the mess, more or less.
My big issue with doing this, is the best way to clean the scoop afterwards. All instructions I look at really focus on the box itself. We have a heavy metal scoop and a heavy plastic one also. I prefer the plastic one, as it's easier to handle but, the litter really sticks to that one if it's still moist; like if you wind up having to remove a large urine ball. For poop, no issue - it comes right off. But the other stuff is like mud on the scoops. It clings like crazy.
You can't rinse it off in a sink - it just won't budge, let alone I'm sure it would eventually clog up our nearly 100 year old pipes. My BF usually takes it into the basement and cleans it in the laundry sink (which, we don't use as such, it's really more just to have as a "just in case" kind of thing). But for me, walking down to the basement, and back up again is difficult - let alone kind of dangerous - again, really old house - unfinished basement, dark and yech all around.
So, how do you all clean just the scoop, or is it kind of a losing battle? I wish there were disposable ones - while not good for the environment at least the problem would be solved. I've tried using paper towels soaked with various cleansers but nothing gets it really clean.
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