Current Events > Cat owners - How often do you clean the litter box?

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I clean them every 2 days. What about you? My husband thinks that I should do it every day. We argue about it all the time.

Curious how often others do it.

Don't own one myself, but I sometimes have to take care of my dad's. Generally do it every day or day and a half.
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I clean it every day
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Funny story about a cat box I heard. A guy his brother and a friend were playing videogames and smoking weed after highschool one day. They dared the brother to take a dump in the cat box. He did it. They have a laugh. They continue to play video games. At one point they even go out to get McDonalds. They forget about the brother taking a dump in the cat box. Few hours later mom comes home. Ten minutes later mom is freaking out "there is something wrong with the cat"!
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Once it needs to be cleaned. 2-3 days is good, tell your husband to stfu or clean it himself every day ( - )

We have the Litter Robot. It's essentially a sphere filled with litter and a bag-lined drawer underneath. When the cat steps in/out it triggers a timer. Seven minutes later, the sphere rotates, all the clean litter slides unto a pouch, and all the clumped litter falls into the drawer.

All I need to do is change the bag once a week. Every month or two we'll clean out the Robot and use a regular litter. In that case, I usually clean it out every couple of hours.

I've been cleaning them every two days
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Have two automated cleaners and use the crystals.

The systems count how often she uses the boxes. Funny she uses one for pee and one for poop lol

They last weeks.
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Daily. You're supposed to.
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Highwind07 posted...

Oh man, I clean mine once a week and I am surprised that I am supposed to be cleaning it every few days like the others have said.

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Once a week or when it begins to smell, whichever comes first.
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Can you train cats to go poop/pee outside only?
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once a day, change the litter twice a month.

i scoop the poop out several times a day. I have 3 cats that share one big litter box. Lots of vacuuming and sweeping in the areas around the littler box.
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Every 2 days is good.
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I scoop out the crap at least twice a day. Change out the litter once every 7-9 days.
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This has nothing to do with the topic, but Ive heard using pine is much safer than the crap at the grocery store.

The crystals can obstruct their urination (if they get in there) and leaving you with an option of 1) costly surgery 2) a decision to put them down

Also I think cleaning it every single day is obsessive.
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Caution999 posted...

This has nothing to do with the topic, but Ive heard using pine is much safer than the crap at the grocery store.

The crystals can obstruct their urination (if they get in there) and leaving you with an option of 1) costly surgery 2) a decision to put them down

I've used clumping litter all my life through at least a dozen cats and it has never caused a detrimental problem. One had an allergic reaction though which made her ass raw, went away when got her a separate box with normal rock litter which she gladly took to.
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Lol there are people who don't clean it out as soon as they know something is in it?

Once a day.
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vocedelmorte posted...

Once it needs to be cleaned. 2-3 days is good, tell your husband to stfu or clean it himself every day ( - )

Lol Ive tried that. But he always brings up that I wanted the cats so theyre my responsibility. But he whines about the box constantly, it drives me crazy.

MagnusX posted...

We have the Litter Robot. It's essentially a sphere filled with litter and a bag-lined drawer underneath. When the cat steps in/out it triggers a timer. Seven minutes later, the sphere rotates, all the clean litter slides unto a pouch, and all the clumped litter falls into the drawer.

All I need to do is change the bag once a week. Every month or two we'll clean out the Robot and use a regular litter. In that case, I usually clean it out every couple of hours.

Ive really been wanting to get that! My husband thinks its too expensive though and rolls his eyes when I ask for one.

Not often enough
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Reis posted...

Lol there are people who don't clean it out as soon as they know something is in it?

Should I just monitor my cat litter boxes all day? I'm a busy man. These shit posts don't make themselves!
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2x daily
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Every single day. Its part of my morning routine.

I brew coffee and while that is brewing I clean the litter box. I wash my hands and pour a tervis tumbler of iced coffee.
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I dont think yall are scooping enough >_>... but at least joestarrr posted...

2x daily

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Daily. My cats are on a raw diet so they're pretty regular...

Also dont just keep piling on litter on top of dirty litter. Change that shit every 2 days
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Never, my cat poops and pees in the toilet.
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1-2 times a day, depending on if I think about it.
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Every morning
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Depends on the box though, we have 4 cats and 5 boxes. One needs scooped every day and changed once a week, one gets scooped every other day and changed every other week, and the other ones get scooped once a week and changed once a month.
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We dont change out the sand at all. My husband keeps telling me its a lie that we have to. I have told him over and over that we do. Its so bad ugh.

I think Ill just start doing it anyway. If he bitches that its my responsibility, then its my decision.

Cleo_II posted...

We dont change out the sand at all. My husband keeps telling me its a lie that we have to. I have told him over and over that we do. Its so bad ugh.

I think Ill just start doing it anyway. If he bitches that its my responsibility, then its my decision.

You definitely should. I am CEs official unofficial cat expert. I work with them.
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Yeah who doesn't ... like clean the litter box wth
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