Cat Toilet

Cat Toilet

When my family got the Egyptian Mau to me, one of my major concerns was about her litter box. I am kind of a clean freak. I almost always keep my place sparkly clean. Cleaning someone’s poop just sounded disgusting. I compared different types of litter boxes and eventually chose regular storage bins that could be purchased in Walmart. It was just a couple of bucks. 

Snowy seemed really like her litter box and I think she still does. The only problem is, when she gets overly excited, she likes playing with her litter. Every time when she played, she would splash some of them on the floor. It is difficult to withstand the chemical smell released from the litter.

Therefore, I have been searching for new ways to resolve this problem. Then, I saw this rather magical cat toilet. As you can see from its design, it seems quite neat. All I need to do is adding clean litter from the top. Snowy would use it like how humans do. When it is time to change it, I just take out the tray at the bottom and empty it.

I was excited to try it out, so did Snowy. I put some of her poop chunks inside the toilet so she knew that it was her toilet. She spent some time sniffing it and actually tried to use. For several days, I watched her progress and was quite satisfied.

Then the problem began to emerge. She was too curious about the mechanical structure of the toilet and began to play with it. She played with the litter and disposed them quickly . She then managed to pull the bottom container out. Not long after, she almost completely disassembled her toilet. That was when the cat toilet experiment came to an end.

I still wish there is something more effective to deal with the litter box. Next, I may try teaching her how to use our toilet. For the time being, though, I will stick to the cheap Walmart storage bins as Snowy’s litter box.   

          This allowed me to reach the conclusion I always doubted. I am now convinced that simple open air litter boxes are an enjoyable experience for cats. This is because they cater to their natural instincts of digging, dumping, smelling, and covering. At the same time, they do not restrict their movement as in the case of the more sophisticated litter boxes/toilets. However, to keep this an enjoyable experience for my cats, I have to clean their litter boxes once in the morning and once in the evening and change them every weekend.