Thread: Has anyone used a self cleaning litter tray?

Originally Posted by elismom

Stay away from the World's Best Cat Litter. I bought a Littermaid self-cleaning box for Eli for Christmas and it works fine with regular clumping cat litter. This other stuff is made from corn so I thought it might be healthier for him. It reeks and heaps of it ends up in the receptacle so you waste a LOT! It's very expensive and NOT worth the $. I like the Littermaid though although it's more work than I thought it would be...

Wow, my family (especially my wife) is always complaining about my over-sensitive nose, but World's Best Cat Litter didn't bother me at all. But it is expensive and I found the Swheat Scoop seems to work as well. The Swheat Scoop is still expensive compared to clay-based litters, but I find it less dusty. (I worry about my cats inhaling dust.) I clean (manually) every night the large litter box (about 75 cm × 45 cm / 30 in. × 18 in.) and don't think it too bad. Because it clumps, I remove a small amount of litter when cleaning.

We went through two self-cleaning litter boxes (both Littermaid). The first lasted about a year before the motor quit working. The second lasted several months and then the motor wouldn't turn off (it ran continually); it got to be too much bother to plug it in for a minute or so every few hours! I'm not inclined to get another one.