Thread: Litter box suggestions

My male Coon Merlin is also a very big boy, mostly a very long and tall cat, and his preferred box is an extra large, open box with no enclosure. I also have another extra large box with enclosure for my female Coon, who is very fluffy and also sensitive about privacy. However, we first got the large, open box for our 24lb ginger tabby since he's too fat to fit anything else. Even Mandy and our other little cat Rose enjoy the open box sometimes, and for the males they use it exclusively. If you can put the box in a basement or other area where you can tolerate extra mess sometimes I think your big guy will like it better, and possibly not make so much mess trying to turn around and get comfy in an enclose box.

This is where using under bed storage boxes come in very useful,get the length & width that your cat can comfortably turn round in & as MandyCoonie points out more likely for less litter to carry out too,fully agree that with our extra big furries they are better using open trays....x

I'm still waiting on my Maine Coons, but our other 2 cats quickly fill up what I originally thought was a large box. Our boy Leo loves to cover for what seems like 20 minutes so we found a very large box with taller sides that prevented him from sitting outside the box and covering forever, it's by Whisker City. The only litter that now comes out is the little bit that he shakes out of this paws when he gets out. To me, it's the price of having a cat. Had we not found these boxes, I think the underbed storage boxes would have been our go to.

We have the extra-large CatIt try with a lid and a door. It keeps smells in fairly well and is certainly big enough for our boy.
Downsides - it's a bit flimsy if you want to carry it around and it uses a massive amount of litter.
Upsides - it's pretty neutral in appearance, we use clumping litter so we just scoop - very little wastage, the cat seems to like it and we can use it wedge the cupboard door closed so he can't get at the cat food!
It also cost well under £20 on Amazon which is about half the price of similar ones in pet shops locally.

We use World's Best litter, it tracks a bit but it is gentle underfoot and is hyper-absorbent and he seems to like digging in it.