Has anyone used a self cleaning litter tray?

**Karena** · 1st August 2010, 04:40 PM

After reading all your comments about the Omega Paw I have ordered one - hope it comes soon looking forward to getting it now.

**bkdraft** · 18th October 2010, 04:29 AM

We have had a Litter Robot for several years now and it works very well. We have two Ragdolls @ 12lbs and one Maine Coon at 5 lbs. They all still use the LItter Robot, but gradually have used it less and less and using the new extra large litter box. The LItter Robot works great for 10lb and less cats, but gets a little small for anything larger than that. It does work as advertised and we have been very satisfied with it. But.....looks like it is time to retire it as the cats are getting to large and have just about quit using it.

**Roswenthe** · 24th December 2010, 08:24 PM

We had the Littermaid for awhile. The motor seemed to burn out pretty fast, but it worked alright. My Maine was deathly afraid of it and wouldn't go near it, but my moggie would jump in just to make it 'go', and then sit there and watch (which now that I think about it might be why the motor burned out so fast).

**Peter Galbavy** · 2nd January 2011, 10:35 AM

Not seen it mentioned in this thread or anywhere else, but has anyone tried (for better or worse) the Litter Kwitter ? (http://www.litterkwitter.com/)

The training video on the site makes it look far too sensible and straight forward...

**Antonia** · 2nd January 2011, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Peter Galbavy

Not seen it mentioned in this thread or anywhere else, but has anyone tried (for better or worse) the Litter Kwitter ? (http://www.litterkwitter.com/)

The training video on the site makes it look far too sensible and straight forward...

Hmm... however sensible the whole thing may seem... somehow it makes me cringe. Dunno why, but it does.

**Rachel-C** · 2nd January 2011, 06:24 PM

I've seen them but it just makes me laugh thinking of Mr Jinx the cat using the loo in the Meet the Parents film! Most of our visitors are freaked out enough by our MC's curiosity in anyone using the bathroom - the thought of their reaction if they walked in to find one of them squatting on the loo cracks me up!!!

I have enough trouble with the whole leaving the loo seat up debarcle in this house - without the Coonies not flushing either :-D

**Antonia** · 2nd January 2011, 07:11 PM

Our Tatja flushes.
She likes to jump on top of the reservoir when I am on the loo. I didn't mind at first, until she figured out how to operate that button.

**FreyjaRoMaine** · 2nd January 2011, 08:24 PM

There have been a small number of threads on the forum specifically about the Litter Kwitter and I've never really been able to look at it as a serious approach to the icky side of serving a cat. One of the threads included a link to one poor lady who had persevered with the Litter Kwitter for a ludicrous amount of time before finally waving the white flag - I've included the link below as it's a bit of an eye opener! Fortunately, the servant in question appears to have retained a sense of humour and if you're contemplating the Litter Kwitter you might find that's an essential bit of kit that's not listed on the box!

Sophie Cat | The cutest cat in the World!

**H&SWells** · 2nd January 2011, 09:16 PM

Good grief that woman has the patience of a saint

**Antonia** · 2nd January 2011, 09:36 PM

Karen, that link is priceless! Really gave me a laugh.
Someone doesn’t like the LitterKwitter.
AND she’s got a great sense of humour and a lot of time on her hands to write it all up and take all the lovely photos of Sophie.

All this said… I never understood what’s so hard about scooping once a day. We have two Jumbo litter boxes… takes less then 5 minutes to clean them out. And once every fortnight we throw out the old litter, scrub the boxes with bleach and put in fresh litter… takes about 20 minutes. Job done!

Mind, we feed raw so there’s very little poop and it doesn’t pong. If you feed kibble & tins the poop would be more & smellier.