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Post by Lexica on Jul 25, 2014 21:46:50 GMT
I was just looking into cat litter systems and I saw that Breeze setup. I like the concept of it. My main litterbox is in my master bathroom and I immediately scoop and flush any poops that they do. And for some reason, they seem to hold them until I come in the bedroom to work on the computer or write bills at my desk. And when one goes, it reminds the other two that THEY need to go too. Then the dog will decide to join the party. It is gross for about 5 minutes because I light a match and turn on the little fragrance burner. If it was just that, it wouldn't be that bad having a litter box in my bathroom. But the pee smell doesn't really go away once they pee. I have scoopable litter and I scoop every day. But with three cats, it can get stinky fast. Even when I replace the whole litter contents and bleach out the container, I swear I can set the new fresh box down in the little alcove area and within two minutes, they are dirtying it again. And it isn't like they were without anywhere to go because I put out a temporary box while I'm doing to bleaching routine. They can use that one, but they save it up until I put down the newly bleached one. With this Breeze system, it would be very much like I'm doing now, removing solids immediately, and removing the pee pad - what? nightly? every other day? I figured I would just do it as needed, but at least would be out and in the trash and should smell better, right? If you have tried this, did you love it? Was it a pain in the butt? Did you notice a drop in "aroma" around the box? Would you tell your friends to buy this? (isn't that what all those questionnaires say?) What are the positives and negatives you can tell me?
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Post by Regina Phalange on Jul 25, 2014 21:49:31 GMT
I've always heard that you are supposed to have a litter box for each cat plus one extra? Maybe if you at least had a second box on a regular basis, that one wouldn't stink so fast?
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Post by Gravity on Jul 25, 2014 21:57:46 GMT
My MIL uses the Breeze cat litter system. She only has one very large cat. She really likes it.
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Post by MaryC on Jul 25, 2014 22:00:37 GMT
Our cats hated it and after a week or so we started having issues with them peeing outside the litter box rather than in it. I don't think they liked the feel of the pellets. Our big Maine Coon was also bigger than the box. The pads also got saturated quickly and turned into a lot of extra expense in our multi-cat family.
I'm sure there are cats that love it, but for our three it was a waste. I ended up going back to the catit jumbo litter boxes and Clump and Seal litter.
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Post by Lexica on Jul 25, 2014 22:47:43 GMT
Our cats hated it and after a week or so we started having issues with them peeing outside the litter box rather than in it. I don't think they liked the feel of the pellets. Our big Maine Coon was also bigger than the box. The pads also got saturated quickly and turned into a lot of extra expense in our multi-cat family. I'm sure there are cats that love it, but for our three it was a waste. I ended up going back to the catit jumbo litter boxes and Clump and Seal litter. That's what I was afraid of, Mary. And I haven't seen one yet other than on line. It says they have the tall wall surround thing. My big male needs a deep box because he doesn't always squat down. With some of those low boxes, he's going to pee right over the edge every time. The boxes I use are all very deep. In fact one of them isn't even a real cat box, it is a rubbermaid container that is big and tall enough for him. I did try pine pellets once, and they smelled great fresh out of the bag. But when the pee hits them, they kinda explode into sawdust that looked like it was going to dry out and fly everywhere. I pulled it within two days when I started picturing sawdust with dried pee particles floating around. They did use it without complaint though. They are really good about changes in litters, changes in boxes, changes in location of boxes, and really, anything new in their lives, they go with the flow. Well, other than my smallest female. She was bothered when I brought the puppy upstairs to sleep in my bed. She has always slept on my stomach at night and was a bit jealous. She is over it now, but I discovered a few months later that the little cat is peeing on the dog's potty pads. I keep the potty pad on the shower floor and leave the shower door ajar so the pup can go in and use it during the night. I walked in there one day when the little cat was walking out of the shower. I thought - no way. But I opened the door and looked and there was a fresh peepee spot. The dog was asleep on the bed. I didn't know what that meant for her so I had her checked out at the vet. She is fine, she just likes peeing where the dog goes. The other two use one of the litter boxes, and she will too most of the time, but almost daily, I see her running into the shower and I spy to check and she's peeing in there again. I guess it could be a lot worse, it could be on my bed or carpet or couch or something. And I do have more than one litter box, Regina Phalange. I have three. I have two upstairs and one in the garage. I rescued another cat last year and he uses the garage box. My other three cats were from the same litter and have been together from the day they were born. They don't mix with the new guy. And the new guy has never attempted to come up the stairs. So I have upstairs kitties and a downstairs kitty. And the upstairs kitties all choose to use the main box in my bathroom. They pretty much stay in my master bedroom all day. And they sleep in my bed with me at night, so that's their main box.
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Post by MaryC on Jul 25, 2014 23:14:53 GMT
It does, but the front of the box is really low, and our big guy doesn't grasp the concept of turning around and doing his business in the back of the box. He just steps in, does his thing, and then turns around. With the low front he was hanging out of the box and it ended up going down the side.
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Post by Lexica on Jul 26, 2014 1:11:49 GMT
It does, but the front of the box is really low, and our big guy doesn't grasp the concept of turning around and doing his business in the back of the box. He just steps in, does his thing, and then turns around. With the low front he was hanging out of the box and it ended up going down the side. Ha, I could totally see my Tucker doing that. I just went back to Walmart to finish up my shopping and went to the pet department to see if they had any to look at. They didn't. I think I will just stick with what I have. I could see me spending $100 to get all the box, pellets, and pads and then it wouldn't be any better than it is. And a big part of the problem is my fibro has made my sense of smell super strong. And having extra good sense of smell isn't a good thing in most situations. Thanks for sharing what you learned with that system.
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