Litter Box Issues

[derbarbarian]

Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is the right area of the forum for this question, if not I can move it. I have a 12 year old male cat who's very set in his ways, and when he uses his box he has a tendency to stick his butt over the edge so I end up with both solids and liquids on the floor, I'm already using a hooded box but it doesn't seem to do much since he'll stick his butt out over the opening, whenever I see him use the box I try to make it over to push him in a little further so he doesn't miss, unfortunately I can't be there with him 24/7. So I was looking into getting a litter box mat of some sort but there appear to be a plethora of different options, and I was going to see if there are any you guys would recommend. I'm looking for one that's rubber/plastic so that I can clean it easily, as I fear the ones with woven in fabric would be a PITA to clean up constantly. Most of the ones I've found are pretty small, I need one that I can slide all the way under the box with a good 3-4 inches on each side. Anyways I was just wondering if you guys would be able to recommend something, I have 2 cats, so I'm using 2 boxes so I'm in the market for something that's not too terribly expensive. Any input or advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Ms. Freya]

One of our older cats had this problem years ago. Honestly, the best thing we found was a boot tray - the kind you use to catch water and snow off your boots in the winter. We got a high-sided litter box, then set the tray at the opening, so if he happened to overhang, it fell into the tray and could be rinsed. Honestly, we just got a tray from the dollar store. Most of the litter mats we saw seemed to be more intended for preventing litter from tracking...in those cases, the woven plastic ones were a terror to clean. 

 

[MoochNNoodles]

We have this issue sometimes with Mooch.  We got a high sided litter box but I still have to be sure I don't fill the litter too full.  It's a really common problem.

I've heard of using a washer tray with puppy pads to help soak it up.  That or a boot tray sound like good options depending on how much space you have. 

 

[Primula]

Why not try a couple of these? Nothing says you can't use two mats.

 

[3catlady]

I second the high sided box. Something like this (with or without the lid, depending on how your cat responds to it).

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cleverca...30463&wl11=online&wl12=43467409&wl13=&veh=sem