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Any of you who have been on this forum for a while have probably read posts about my two boys...... Greg and Arnold.....see picture.
Both are large cats, arnold even bigger than greg.
Greg can just barely fit in a regular size litter box...it's obviously a squeeze, uncomfortable, but he can fit in.
Arnold can not fit in a regular box. The poor guy has to put his butt in the box and stand with his front feet on the floor outside of the box.
At first I thought this was cute, he seemed to manage reasonably well, never had an accident. There were two boxes and they were cleaned daily....all seemed good. I even thought it cute that occassionally greg would cover up arnolds deposits. Now I realize that was probably because arnold couldn't get into the box to easily cover up his poops.
So I started looking for jumbo sized boxes. I was shocked at the price of them.......over $40 and up. And that is for just a cheap plastic pan. And most werent really much bigger than an ordinary box. Even a highly rated jumbo box on amazon was only about 25 inches long. Stretched out, Arnold is 25 inches from butt to nose, plus his tail.
Today I found a large plastic, sturdily made, under the bed storage plastic bin, that is perfect! It looks much nicer than a litter box and was only $17 dollars and its 31 inches long, and it even comes with a removable hinged lid....perfect for the big guy.
And arnold loves it! I just put it in place, hadnt even had time to put litter in it and arnold ignored the regular box and jumped straight into the new one. He was a bit miffed that I had to hastily usher him out before he could do his thing.
If your cats have need for a really oversized litter box, that isnt going to cost a silly amount of money, you might consider a plastic storage container as I did.
Note: it cant be too big as it has to be lifted, washed and emptied. It must be rigid enough to support the extra litter and the interior must be fairly smooth so the sides can be scrapped clean.
This is going to make their lives better. I should have thought of it long ago.
Here is a pic of the boys newly "renovated" bathroom.....lol
Both are large cats, arnold even bigger than greg.
Greg can just barely fit in a regular size litter box...it's obviously a squeeze, uncomfortable, but he can fit in.
Arnold can not fit in a regular box. The poor guy has to put his butt in the box and stand with his front feet on the floor outside of the box.
At first I thought this was cute, he seemed to manage reasonably well, never had an accident. There were two boxes and they were cleaned daily....all seemed good. I even thought it cute that occassionally greg would cover up arnolds deposits. Now I realize that was probably because arnold couldn't get into the box to easily cover up his poops.
So I started looking for jumbo sized boxes. I was shocked at the price of them.......over $40 and up. And that is for just a cheap plastic pan. And most werent really much bigger than an ordinary box. Even a highly rated jumbo box on amazon was only about 25 inches long. Stretched out, Arnold is 25 inches from butt to nose, plus his tail.
Today I found a large plastic, sturdily made, under the bed storage plastic bin, that is perfect! It looks much nicer than a litter box and was only $17 dollars and its 31 inches long, and it even comes with a removable hinged lid....perfect for the big guy.
And arnold loves it! I just put it in place, hadnt even had time to put litter in it and arnold ignored the regular box and jumped straight into the new one. He was a bit miffed that I had to hastily usher him out before he could do his thing.
If your cats have need for a really oversized litter box, that isnt going to cost a silly amount of money, you might consider a plastic storage container as I did.
Note: it cant be too big as it has to be lifted, washed and emptied. It must be rigid enough to support the extra litter and the interior must be fairly smooth so the sides can be scrapped clean.
This is going to make their lives better. I should have thought of it long ago.
Here is a pic of the boys newly "renovated" bathroom.....lol
not sure mine is quite that long 
