Post by Lexica on Sept 22, 2017 1:14:28 GMT
I posted a while ago about my cats no longer squatting to pee. I have one really tall litter box that works great because the back and sides are too tall for them to pee over the top. But, it doesn't have a lid, and a couple of my cats prefer the privacy of a lidded litter box. I have three lidded litter boxes available to them, but I have always hated them because the cats are able to get pee right into the spot where the top and bottom of the litter box comes together, resulting in pee going through the crack and eventually dripping down the outside of the litter box. I have been dealing with that by putting potty pads under each litter box. It works to prevent the pee from getting on the floor, but there is still a mess on the exterior of the litter box that I have to clean each day, not to mention the extra potty pads I have to buy. I was getting sick of doing it.
I had done a trial repair by affixing duct tape to the top lid and having it hang down enough to cover the crack where the two pieces join up. It worked well in blocking the pee, but I wanted something permanent that can withstand a weekly scrubbing when I break down all the litter boxes and wash them with bleach water. And I want to quit wasting potty pads under the litter boxes.
Yesterday I walked almost every aisle of Home Depot looking for something to be able to permanently fix that issue. I think I've found it. I bought a roll of adhesive strip material that is made to use in the shower or bathtub. It is white plastic and about 1 1/2 inches wide. There are two rows of adhesive on the back of it, but I just needed one to tape it to the litter box lid. I left the plastic protective cover on the second adhesive strip and hopefully it will remain like it is right now.
The strip is really flexible and the adhesive on it is really strong, making a perfect material to follow the curve of the litter box lid. I taped it all around the inside edge of the lid so that when the lid is placed on the bottom part of the litter box, you can no longer see the crack where they meet. There is now this plastic piece hanging down to cover it. It looks like it is going to be strong enough to hold up during my weekly scrubbing of the boxes, and even if it eventually does begin to fall off, the stuff is pretty cheap and you get 11 feet in one roll, enough to repair two boxes so far, and probably enough left to fix the third one.
Does this make sense? I hope I explained this well enough to allow you to do the same thing to your litter box if your cats have the same irritating problem of peeing right into the crack.
I had done a trial repair by affixing duct tape to the top lid and having it hang down enough to cover the crack where the two pieces join up. It worked well in blocking the pee, but I wanted something permanent that can withstand a weekly scrubbing when I break down all the litter boxes and wash them with bleach water. And I want to quit wasting potty pads under the litter boxes.
Yesterday I walked almost every aisle of Home Depot looking for something to be able to permanently fix that issue. I think I've found it. I bought a roll of adhesive strip material that is made to use in the shower or bathtub. It is white plastic and about 1 1/2 inches wide. There are two rows of adhesive on the back of it, but I just needed one to tape it to the litter box lid. I left the plastic protective cover on the second adhesive strip and hopefully it will remain like it is right now.
The strip is really flexible and the adhesive on it is really strong, making a perfect material to follow the curve of the litter box lid. I taped it all around the inside edge of the lid so that when the lid is placed on the bottom part of the litter box, you can no longer see the crack where they meet. There is now this plastic piece hanging down to cover it. It looks like it is going to be strong enough to hold up during my weekly scrubbing of the boxes, and even if it eventually does begin to fall off, the stuff is pretty cheap and you get 11 feet in one roll, enough to repair two boxes so far, and probably enough left to fix the third one.
Does this make sense? I hope I explained this well enough to allow you to do the same thing to your litter box if your cats have the same irritating problem of peeing right into the crack.
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