I just bought this &amp; I seem to have difficulty telling the difference between cats' feces &amp; these pellets. They are the same color! How do you clean?
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I don't like looking for the cat bombs, so I use a system a friend showed me of going to local $ store and buying a bunch of aluminum roasting pans that fit the litter boxes, putting litter in the disposable pans, and placing that in the litter tray. About once a week or thereabouts I just place the whole disposable pan in a trash bag, rinse and repeat. Very fast and easy with no odor problem.
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I have two cats and replace the pellets when I feel they are "getting old". Sometimes I replace them more than once a month and sometimes not. I do tend to add pellets when they are getting low. I don't notice that they smell or retain odor but as I said, sometimes they seem to need changing.
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I've tried the different crystal litter brands and they all seem to work fine. The problem is, our cats don't like the crystal litter. They'll pee in it just fine but would rather use the floor to poo than use the crystal litter. I'm going to try the fine clumping sand next to see if that works with the kitties.
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I got this new litter box 2 months ago and haven't had any problems with it. I was reading a lot of reviews of the cat litter you mentioned earlier though, and I suspect that may be the cause of your cat's problem. It is recommended that when switching cat litters you do it gradually, starting with a mix of 1/3 World's Best and 2/3 your regular cat litter, and from there up the ratio of World's Best over a period of a few weeks. I'd suggest you try emptying out the new litter and mixing it as the manufacturer outlines--see if that solves the issue. Good luck.
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Yeah, the pellets are made out of a plastic kind of material and static electricity off the cat's fur will make them stick a little. I put a towel and a little catcher down in front of the litter box and it really helps get them to come off and not spread through the house. My house is all tile too, I think if I had carpet it would be less of a problem. But sweeping plastic pieces is better than cleaning a litter box.
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I am not sure, I found that the pellets turn to a dust once the cat pees on it. I found that this cat liter intensifies the bad smell that other liters rid of.
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My only suggestion is this: try using 1/2 CRYSTALS & 1/2 of your regular kitty litter that you were using. I did this for my 3 cats and they all took to it fine. After a couple of weeks, I was able to stop using the old litter & now I only use the Crystals which last so much longer. Good luck, because it is a wonderful litter box!
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No kidding!! EVERY brand is the same shape, same hardness. I swear they are all made by the same company and just resold under different packaging, so don't bother trying to get a different brand. I tried cutting them up and mixing them into wet food (to which I always add a little water anyway). My thought is that they would soften and take on the smell/taste of the wet food I know they like. It seemed to work OK (just OK), but I couldn't tell if BOTH of my cats were getting dosed and by how much. I finally just switched to a powder form that should mix evenly with a wet food, which I can better monitor. No kidding!! EVERY brand is the same shape, same hardness. I swear they are all made by the same company and just resold under different packaging, so don't bother trying to get a different brand. I tried cutting them up and mixing them into wet food (to which I always add a little water anyway). My thought is that they would soften and take on the smell/taste of the wet food I know they like. It seemed to work OK (just OK), but I couldn't tell if BOTH of my cats were getting dosed and by how much. I finally just switched to a powder form that should mix evenly with a wet food, which I can... » Read More No kidding!! EVERY brand is the same shape, same hardness. I swear they are all made by the same company and just resold under different packaging, so don't bother trying to get a different brand. I tried cutting them up and mixing them into wet food (to which I always add a little water anyway). My thought is that they would soften and take on the smell/taste of the wet food I know they like. It seemed to work OK (just OK), but I couldn't tell if BOTH of my cats were getting dosed and by how much. I finally just switched to a powder form that should mix evenly with a wet food, which I can better monitor. « Show Less
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No, they don't really dissolve and I would be afraid of clogging the system. but since I scoop out the solid waste every day and their pee goes right thru onto the pad, I only have to change all the pellets once a month. I have two cats so if you only have 1 you could probably change them a little less often. Hope that helps.
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one thing you can do is to rearrange the litter daily to "re-activate" the crystals. I have done this and it seems to help. If you are buying the premium kind, I know I haven 't had that problem.
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You may need one for each cat. There is absolutely no odor control, and our cat doesn't bury her poop any more. Be prepared to smell poop on a regular basis. The self clean cycle is loud, there are banging sounds that could scare your cats. I also am grossed out by the poop remnants that I have to flush from my toilet. The residue builds up a nice brown color in the toilet bowl, and cat hair mattes up in there too. Oh, yea almost forgot, I have found the litter/pellets in every room of my 2800 sq ft home.
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I am using it for my rabbit now. I just bought a corner regular litter box and put the pellets right in there. She took to it immediately. Its been a week now and I dont smell a thing. I leave the solids in there because they are dry and have no odor anyway. I will just dump it when it starts smelling.
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Well I feel stupid because I never noticed the two different versions of this. I have been buying the pet urine one but will definitely get the cat one next time to see it if works better. My best guess (and this is from experience with both dog and cat pee) cat urine stinks up the house a lot worse than dog urine so possibly the cat urine product would be stronger and more effective on cat odors.
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I have used both in a large cat household, and I think it is superior to Natures Miracle. I use a black light on both and Urine Off seems to take it completely away. As for soiling the same areas, I use Urine Off followed by spraying Feliway and that will do the trick for a while but I don't know if anything is 100%. It certainly has made a big difference though!!!
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I use Natures Miracle intense defense clumping cat litter (PetSmart). It comes in a 40 lb bag (It may come smaller-- havent looked). I saved back a couple of Tidy Cats jugs (Tidy Cats DOSENT Work for me) and put the Matures Miracle in them for handy use. I have 2 litter boxes 1 upstairs and one downstairs and the stuff really works! if the hopper is stinky just put a cup or so of the litter in it the Contious Clean does a very good job of sifting out unclumped litter and only a bit of the loose stuff ends up in the hopper. Sometimes thats not enough to control the stinky stuff. Also I have the boxes on timers that runs 2 hours twice a day. I got those at Home Depot the 2 pack of GE times was only about $10.00. I think having the box run 4 hours a day instead of 24 hours a day will help extend the life of the things and having the waste sit buried with litter may help kill the odor. (Dosen't keep things stirred up all the time.)
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This is a common problem --even more so the older the cat gets. The fresh news will also be a issue with this. What I do recommend is called Great Choice Litter mat. I have used this with 6 cats and 99% of litter stays on the mat which is easily picked up and shake back into box. Easy on their feet and easy to wash also. Don't see on amazon--got mine at petsmart. I also use fresh step multi cat CLUMPING litter which my vet recommended so the combination of fresh step and Great Choice mat really helped us....... Hope that helps ya........
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First of all are you changing out the whole tray and litter every 2-4 weeks? I have no problem with smell at all from urine or feces. I have 1 cat and she does go back by the rakes and urinates in the same spot all the time as well but I move fresh litter on top of it and leave the soiled one alone on the bottom. I do take out the feces because they can start smelling but I mostly do that to check and make sure she's going regularly. I can change out my whole tray and litter in about a month for her and I never ever have problems with it smelling at all! When I do change it out I do wipe down the rake and inside and outside of the litter machine with Lysol wipes lemon scented and then put in a new tray and new litter. If it smells bad cats won't use it and they have sensitive noses and can be very finicky about there litter boxes if not kept clean,neat and smell free.Good luck hope all this helps. I have yet to have any problems with this product and have been using it for over 1 1/2 years. Before that I used a regular litter box with arm and hammer double duty litter and still never had a smell problem but I scooped the litter box 2 times a day with that stuff.