8/1/2023 0 Comments Scoop awayScooping out clumps of urine and feces is something done regularly, every other day at minimum, but often daily or even twice daily if you have a cat in a small apartment and want to keep litter box smell under control. If you’re a clumping cat litter user (and about 60% of kitty parents are), there are two ways to clean the litter box: the scoop and the change. Two Types of Litter Box Cleaning: the Scoop and the Change In this case, you won’t have to clean the individual boxes any more often, you’ll just have two or more boxes to maintain. If you have more than one cat, you’ll want to have more than one litter box, too, so this helps distribute the urine and feces between the boxes. While this is true for the most part, some litters are designed for multiple-cat households and have strong odor-controlling ingredients to help prolong the time between cleaning. It stands to reason that the more cats you have, the more urine and feces will accumulate in the litter boxes and the more often you’ll have to clean them. Litter Box Maintenance Variable 2: Number of Cats Non-clumping litters cannot be scooped, so to clean them you must change out all of the litter each time.Ī litter that contains odor-controlling ingredients will keep down the smell and extend how often you will need to scoop the box or change out all of the litter. If you use non-clumping litter, urine will be absorbed by the clay or other ingredients such as corn or wood, with some falling to the bottom of the cat box under the litter.Ĭlumping litters need changing less frequently because you can use a litter scoop to remove the coated clumps of cat pee and poop. Clumping litter absorbs cat urine and forms hard clumps that can be scooped from the box, leaving the unsoiled litter behind. The type of litter you choose makes a difference in how often you’ll need to clean the cat box. Litter Box Cleaning Variable 1: Type of Litter How you clean and maintain a litter box depends on your situation. While you won’t have to pick up poo in a plastic bag after every deposit like a dog owner, you will have to adopt a maintenance routine of scooping out clumps of urine and feces and giving the litter box a thorough change and cleaning regularly. But since kitty’s toilet is inside, you do have the job of cleaning the litter box. Adopting a Good Litter Box Cleaning RoutineĪs a cat mom or dad, you’re spared the chilly mornings and rainy or snowy nights when pupper parents are out walking their dog and hoping she’ll “do her business” so they can get back inside where it’s warm and dry.
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