Litter Tracking

[thevegancuddler]

How do you stop it?! I'm going nuts. I have eight cats, and the litter tracks everywhere. EVERYWHERE. It's really keeping my house from being clean, and it's driving me insane. I have to do a thorough cleaning every few days just to keep the place barely presentable. Also, best odor-absorbing litter? I'm using Swheat Scoop now, but I'm not sure how thrilled I am with it.

 

[rubysmama]

I don't have an answer for you, unfortunately.   I only have 1 cat,  so litter tracking isn't so bad, but she only uses the litter box twice a day.   You've probably got tracking 16 times a day, so no wonder you feel overwhelmed!

You might try different types of litter. My sister switched from a clumping to non-clumping in hopes of decreasing litter tracking.  It might have helped a little with the tracking, but she missed the convenience of clumping litter, so I think she switched back.   

Hopefully someone here will have a suggestion for you.  Good luck.

 

[thevegancuddler]

Thanks. Someone on my blog suggested putting the boxes inside of slightly larger cat boxes. She says this has eliminated tracking on her end. I think she only has one box though, so idk if it'll help on a large-scale level?

 

[lucentstreak]

I just have one fella but litter tracking was an issue. I do use a litter mat and clumping pellet litter which seems to work. Just have to make sure the litter mat is emptied out every so often

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

snick is my only-cat. i use clumping cat litter. i use litter mats with her two litter boxes. the mats do catch quite a bit of litter in them, though don't completely prevent litter tracking. i just dump the litter crumbs on the mats back into the litter boxes when i scoop them each day.

i do house cleaning about the same frequency as you do. for me it's every 4th day. i vacuum the whole house every 4th day, but in between vacuuming days i use a dust pan and hand brush to sweep up litter crumbs that have made their way into our kitchen/living room/etc.

i use tidy cats 24/7 performance (clumping) cat litter. we don't usually have a problem with odor from the litter boxes. do your crew cover their pee/poops? my snick doesn't always cover hers, and when she doesn't cover her poop i need to go in and scoop the litter over it. i scoop  the litter boxes once each day, but i would scoop more often if it was needed.