Thread: Cat Litter Trays

I have been looking around at a cat litter trays and am amazed at how many different types you can get. I want a hooded one - my breeder has them and the kitten is used to using the flap door so that's no a problem. I have been looking at one at Pets at Home, it's pricey for a litter tray though and wondered what you all are using. Do you have any recommendations for any make in particular?

Well, we have this for Hank: Cat House Toilet - Jumbo





I couldn't believe how big it was (as you can see our 2 year old can fit inside it), but I guess it's good for when Hank gets a lot bigger. I think we made a good choice

We have the Ferplast Maxi Bella. Measures: 50x66x46 cm

I have two big open top plastic trays.
We have a downstairs toilet / shower room with an extrator fan which comes on when the light is turned on. The trays sit in this room and, as its the only toilet downstairs, the trays get emptied pretty frequently as myself and my wife, and two 'teen' kids use the loo. The litter is the type you can just flush down the loo so its very easy to empty the trays 2 - 3 times a day, which always seems to draw the attention of them both

Thanks guys. I like both the ones you have put pictures up. I guess it's a good idea to get a big one now - being a boy he will probably be quite big as an adult. I like the sound of the litter you can flush straight down the toilet - how easy is that!

Originally Posted by Karena

I like the sound of the litter you can flush straight down the toilet - how easy is that!

Yep, I think I will get that too. Not cheap but would make life a lot easier

Originally Posted by RiaBoo

Well, we have this for Hank: Cat House Toilet - Jumbo



I couldn't believe how big it was (as you can see our 2 year old can fit inside it), but I guess it's good for when Hank gets a lot bigger. I think we made a good choice

This is the tray we have & we have the corner one too which is big enough for a sly wee.

I'm so glad you asked this question! I was looking for a litter box post here! Beau Kitty is huge and sometimes he doesn't fit "everything" in his litter box. Beau and I live in the USA - does anyone have any ideas on a brand of litter box I can find here or a store where I can find a box worthy of a giant kitty?

Also, as for the World's Best Kitty litter - it IS flushable, but check your local regulations/laws. California is very picky when it comes to the environment, and even though it says the litter is flushable on the package, it specifies that in my state, it should not be flushed because the pipes/plumbing may lead to the ocean! I'm not sure what the regulations are everywhere else. But I don't see how Beau's "pollution" is any worse than anything else that gets flushed!

Earlier i had Cat Toilet Bill but we have switched over to using PeeWee now and i will never ever, ever go back to the ordinary litter again!
I use wooden pellet for stove and fireplace you know, i cant find the correct word, we call it Kamin and Bränslepellets.

http://www.peewee.se/files/PeeWee_Sv...meg._Small.mov

http://www.peewee.se

I wish people luck with the covered litter boxes. We have a number of similar ones (they are basically this model: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Van-Ness-Extra-Giant-Enclosed/dp/B0002ASCGM/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1265837330&sr=8-12"]Amazon.com: Van Ness Extra Giant Enclosed Cat Pan: Home & Garden@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CjEFR%2BPrL.@@AMEPARAM@@41CjEFR%2BPrL[/ame] Where are the tops? In the garage! Several of our cats refused to use the covered boxes, so we gave up on them. I would expect that introducing them as young kittens would be more successful in general, but cats definitely vary in what they will accept. My mother-in-law's cat (not a MC) happily took to a covered box, but as I said, a couple of our MCs simply refused to go in them--ever.

One of our girl's is so fussy about her litter that even getting too much of the unscented version into a box will cause her to avoid that box (despite the litter ads I see that claim that cats hate scented litter). We went through a very trying couple of months with her peeing outside of the litter boxes--to the point that we were concerned that we were going to have to return her to the breeder! At the time, we read that this is the number one reason that cats are gotten rid of. Once they get into the habit of peeing on carpeting, etc., it can be very difficult to break them of the habit. Search a bit on the web and you will find numerous articles about techniques to try to stop this. So I would just urge some caution in people trying to get your cat to use a litter box that *you* want if they appear to dislike it. And of course not all cats are equally happy with all litters, so the same caution applies there. We use Fresh Step (clumping) and World's Best now. Were hoping to switch over to the WB exclusively, but only two of the four cats like it, and even they rarely do their poos in it. Also, while we like it a great deal because it isn't dusty and is non-toxic, it definitely does not suppress the odor of cat poop as well as the Fresh Step.

Originally Posted by beausmommy

Beau and I live in the USA - does anyone have any ideas on a brand of litter box I can find here or a store where I can find a box worthy of a giant kitty?

Personally, I don't think most of these litter boxes are large enough for big male MCs. These cats are like 40" from tip of nose to tip of tail. You expect that size to go into a 22x18" covered box and be comfortable doing his business and not get his tail in something nasty? Here is what we got a few months ago that actually is big enough: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Petmate-Giant-Litter-Colors-Vary/dp/B000HHLVA4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1265837330&sr=8-2"]Amazon.com: Petmate Giant Litter Pan, Colors Vary: Home & Garden@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31SKtpsf%2BYL.@@AMEPARAM@@31SKtpsf%2BYL[/ame]

Our big male loves this box. He uses this box exclusively now for his "solid business." That should tell you something about how he feels about the size of the other boxes. It holds like 30lbs of clay litter. Nobody goes outside of it because their butts are pressed right up against the side because they barely fit in the box (as happens sometimes with the other boxes). Does take up quite a bit of floor space, however. We would like to have a second one if we could figure out a reasonable place to put it, but having one is still nice for the big male to have a box he likes.