LogFAQs > #883361810

Despite what people will insist, having a cat in an apartment is really dirty. The room that the litter box is in will always smell like litter - it doesn't matter how clean you keep it, brand new litter out of the box has an odor in order to cover up the odor of cat feces. Or you could get unscented litter, and after the first dookie boom your house smells like cat crap until you take it outside. Plus there will always be small bits of litter on the floor that the cat tracks out of the box with it, and most cats spray litter everywhere digging in the box. You will either have to sweep 3x a day, or wear shoes inside, or be fine with your socks / feet being dirty as hell all the time.

If you have a small yard or garage or something like that you can have an outdoor sand box or litter box and then it's completely a non issue. In that case cats are clean animals. A cat that poops and pees in your house will always make your house dirtier than a dog that does both outside your house, regardless of what cat people will tell you.

I personally find indoor litter boxes disgusting, they should always be in a garage, covered outside area, etc. If I was unable to provide that, I would never consider getting a cat - a small dog would be much better suited in that case.