Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: alenax on November 02, 2009, 22:49:20 PM
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Apologies if this has already been discussed but I was really amazed at the fact that these exist.
http://litterboxesandmore.com/automatic_litter_boxes.html
They seem to only be available in the US but wow, seems a little outlandish at first but when I thought about the ease of cleaning them out/less smell etc, I started to really want one. They seem to be really expensive though.
Has anyone got one/heard of one?
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They seem great in theory but wait until a cat has a runny bum :tired:
There is an even more sophisticated version that runs on the mains water/sewage and has re-usable litter which is washed between uses.
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I don't reckon the Littermaid - but the one that Marks talking about, the Cat Genie, I love the sound of! I read about it a while back and its available in the UK now! http://www.catgenie.co.uk/
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I don't reckon the Littermaid - but the one that Marks talking about, the Cat Genie, I love the sound of! I read about it a while back and its available in the UK now! http://www.catgenie.co.uk/
Wow, that looks crazy, really high-tech! I'd love one but to be honest, I don't think I'll ever be able to afford it and I'm not sure I'd get it for that price even if I could. I have a bit of a thing about not pampering cats TOO much. Would just have to think about what I hate more - spoilt cats or cleaning out litter boxes!
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My cats are just going to have to suffer with their regular litter box :faint:
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Bothered by litter tray odour? My answer clean the tray more :tired: cant see any of my lot going near that contraption :scared:
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Thee is also the issue of environmentalists blaming cat poo being flushed on destroying a lot of aquatic life.
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I flush from the litter tray upstairs but bin the downstairs one :naughty:
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I'm not normally a gadgety sort of person, but I would love to let my boys test drive the litter robot - wouldn't want to spend out all that dosh unless I was sure they'd take to it, and there were no snags form my pov either.
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Thee is also the issue of environmentalists blaming cat poo being flushed on destroying a lot of aquatic life.
thats bloomin stupid if you think about it :rofl: :rofl:
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I like the thought of these as it means their trays would be clean after every use but i don't think they'd use it.
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I know this is a bit of an old thread, but I just bought one of these for my two girls back home in the UK five weeks ago. 270 big ones, plus I had to have an electrical socket installed in the downstairs toilet and also have it plumbed into the main waste pipe there.
it works a treat, no problems getting them to use it, although it was viewed with deep suspicion by them both. I introduced it after they came back from the cattery, so they were in a changeable state of mind. After encouraging them into it ( I bought the Tuxedo version(Posh!), they seemed to get the idea. Now both love it as they like to have fresh litter under their bottoms when carrying out their personal ablutions. It copes with two cats, although I have only used it on manual, not the automatic setting. There are sensors inside, that detect when it is occupied and will not activate the cleaning cycle.
The only thing is, the cleaning cycle takes about 25 minutes to complete. We did have an initial problem. The plumber had installed a non-return valve on the waste pipe, that got blocked, but after removing the innards of the valve, it now works great. It slices, it dices, it flushes, it sanaitises, it deoderises, it even heats up and dries the litter off after cleaning.
Now my official position in the family organisational chart of 'cat S**T shoveller' has been abolished. I am redundant.
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sounds amazing :wow: but do you have to use a certain type of litter for getting rid of wee wee ??
Litter I used to use was the clumping kind, cant imagine how it could shift something that has basically
turned into a rock :evillaugh:
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The litter is a special kind as it has to be washed. This is supplied with it as is the special solution; each pack lasts for 120 cycles. You cannot use normal litter with this, it must be the special type that comes with the machine. But as you don't have to keep replacing it all the time, this makes it cheaper in the long run. :)
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aha, knew there was a catch :evillaugh: