It's not that the liners are efficient, it's that your OCD is sated.
I'm glad you are saving so much litter and money!
I'm glad you are saving so much litter and money!
i'm gonna be honest @otto , when i first started reading this thread, and i've read from the first post to the last, i really thought you had OCD and issues and i was thinking to myself, "Otto needs to get over it!" but, the more i kept reading, and then i saw the pictures, it finally clicked in my head....and started to make sense!Thanks Jeanne, welcome to TCSMy cats don't have stinky waste, it is the plastic of the litter boxes that smells. Or did. With the formed disposable paper boxes, the problem has been eliminated!
For my little old lady I simply cut a hole in the side of the tote so she could step right in. In those days I didn't know about puppy pads and I put paper towels under a thin layer of litter, this helped her keep her feet from sliding around in the box, so keep up with those!I have been experimenting for about a year, trying to get a handle on my geriatric cat's litter box problem. I followed the advice of the Cat Whisperer (or whatever his name is--that great tattooed guy on Animal Planet) and put litter boxes in the places that she was regularly pooping. that has worked out pretty well, except that she usually poops a couple of inches from the box. Better than the kitchen table, though, right? I am currently using plastic box liners. Even though our new kittens tear holes in them, making for urine leaks, the boxes are still easier to clean than they would have been without the liners.
Awhile ago I started lining the boxes with extra large piddle pads, and those actually worked pretty well. I also put piddle pads in the area around the box, and the old queen frequently does her pooping on those. I only went back to liners under pressure from another family member who thinks that the piddle pads are too much work, but i don't agree. If you get a large enough piddle pad, it covers the four walls of the litter box and creates a moisture barrier that lasts for about a week. I use Swheat scoop, which does not clump, so no matter how I line the box, I need to change out all of the litter at least once a week.
I miss the convenience of clumping litter, but won't go back to it due to the dust and tracking problems. i am thinking however of combining Swheat Scoop with another litter that clumps, in the hope of finding a compromise that at least clumps a bit. Anybody have a suggestion about that?
I wish i could use a Sterlite tub as a litter box, but with a very frail and crotchetly old queen in my household, I can't. The kittens would be fine with it though!