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[DrDolphin]

I broke down today and bought a self cleaning cat box for the boys. Six is getting really picky about having a clean box - I am hoping a self-cleaning one will help.

Anyone else have one? How did your cats adapt? Love it or hate it??

[Stephanie P.]

Do they make self cleaning toilets?

[crystalloubear]

We had one about 4 years ago. The cat kept pooping and peeing right in the rake part and ended up burning out the motor in the darn thing. We had it for about a year. As far as I was concerned, we got our money's worth b/c I was pregnant and couldn't clean it and my husband was loafing on the job so I went and bought it. I hope yours lasts longer. They are probably more advanced now. When I bought one it was the first year that you could get them.

[FanOfMickey]

I don't have one, but I have talked to some people who had one and they loved them. They all said thier cats took to it pretty fast. We have 4 cats in our house, so not sure it would be good for us. I do know they make a multiple cat one, but it is almost $200. Too expensive for me lol.

[DrDolphin]

Janine - I saw it today at Petsmart for 125.00 for the grand size, and 85 for the smaller size (the one I got).

[AmyAngel]

My mom has had those for years! She has had to replace it once. It took her a while to figure out the right litter and the right amount of litter to use (she uses less than I put in our regular cat box). The cats don't seem to mind it at all, though her youngest cat sometimes likes to sit and watch it run.

We'd probably get one if it would fit in the powder room where the cat box goes, but I don't think it will fit beside the pedestal sink. Also our cats need a box with a hood--mine likes to toss the litter all around!

[TerriB]

We bought one after a couple of years of having Sinjin (our older cat). We've had to replace one for continaully running (ghost cat syndrome) and a second when the lead cord of the rake got wrapped around the rake and I couldn't figure out how to get it straightened out.

Let me tell you something about Sinjin -- he's extremely stubborn. As in, when he was restricted to shredded paper following surgery, he refused to use the litter box. No, he didn't find alternative locales -- he held it!!!! For two days !!!! When we brought the motorized box home, he would get in and wet just enough to make a little clump, then wait for it to run. The sound of the rake starting would bring him running from anywhere just to watch. We moved and bought a second one (so that we had one per floor) then adopted Squeaker (our polydactyl). She took to them right away without the curiousity that Sinjin exhibited.

FYI, you can get a "privacy tent" and ramp. We have both on both boxes for litter containment purposes. Also, an idea given to us by our cat sitter -- use those plastic bags you get at the store to line the catch-boxes, then when clean out time comes, you just lift out the bag and reline the box. Around here the catch-boxes run about $20 for 18.

[Eeyore Tattoo]

We had one, It is great! Check Ebay for better prices!!!!
Deb

[barries5199]

My dad has one for his cat--a goofy skiddish kitty. The cat freaks out whenever the rake goes off, and the cat has made some messes because of it. I had a friend who had one, and her cat loved it. Hope your kitty is one of the latter kind!