I have the basic PetSafe Auto Litter box (ScoopFree Crystal Classic Self-Cleaning Cat Litter Box). I also use the metal reusable pan for this. (I tried the disposable ones but are EXPENSIVE and don't work as well). I have one cat.

What litter is best to use for this? Odor control is a must- and scented is fine. I know I can buy the pet safe brand crystals but they don't control odor like they say. I have seen many kinds but I have seen mixed reviews on them so I would like opinons from you all :) Thanks In Advance!

this is a very minor issue compared to a lot of other posts here but we are both first-time pet owners so we don’t have any parents we can ask with relevant advice.

i (23f) live with my best friend (24f). we are both first-time pet owners to our own cats. my best friend’s cat is just over a year old, my cat was a stray when i brought her in last december and is anywhere from 2-3 years old. coming in from being a stray, my cat is very shy and introverted. she does not like my best friend’s cat and mostly likes to stay in my room, so i have everything in there- her food, litter box, toys, etc (all separated from each other, obviously)

with my best friend’s cat being younger and more extroverted, and my cat liking my room (she literally will not even leave my room if i leave my door open so she can wander freely- more in a second) we typically will leave my cat in my room with the door closed and let my best friend’s cat have free reign (if i want my cat to have some time to wander, i will put my best friend’s cat in her room and close the door for a bit so my cat doesn’t get stressed). because of this, my best friend’s cat has her litter box in our shared bathroom.

since my best friend brought this cat home when she was still a baby, she was in the habit of getting her litter EVERYWHERE when she digs. i told my best friend i was okay with her leaving the litter box in the bathroom for the time so that the litter wouldn’t get in her carpet, but she has since upgraded the box. it’s now a plastic tote with a hole cut in the middle, which has definitely significantly reduced the amount of cat litter getting tossed everywhere, but has introduced its own problems.

it is not getting cleaned enough- our bathroom has a persistent, very strong ammonia smell and when i asked her to scoop it last week to try and reduce the smell, it took her three days to do so. in addition, her cat is not always making it into the tote. i’m writing this at 1:30 am, annoyed as hell because i just got up to go to the bathroom and found the new bath mat with a bright yellow stain on the corner with additional puddles and sprinkles next to it, all over our bathroom floor. (i went to the bathroom intended for our other two roommates instead, we both are renewed contracts and are currently in the interim between leases so that half of our house is empty for use anyway).

basically, knowing her cat is mess-prone, am i the asshole if i ask her to move her litter box into her bedroom? i keep my cat’s messes contained to my own space so i’m just frustrated that she has no problem letting her cat’s messes spill into the spaces we share. am i overreacting to this or is it okay for me to ask her that?

Vet ruled out any physical issues.

When we returned from our trip, there was pee and poo all over the bed because our cat sitter effed up. It’s been a few weeks now and he’s peed the bed four more times, twice now in the past two days. He does seem to pee in the exact same spot. We’ve blocked access to the room and plan to get a new mattress soon since the theory is that he is finding the smell.

Just looking for general advice on this. I have searched this sub up and down but want to see if anyone else has had a similar experience- hoping he just is associating the smell and we can eventually get rid of it.

I’m looking for a new litter… again. I’ve tried so many different options and I still can’t seem to find something that really fits my bill. I know that no cat litter checks all the boxes, so here’s what I care about most:

Unscented. Not just unscented but, doesn’t smell at all. World’s Best stinks to me. Is it scented? No, but I have a very sensitive nose and if I can smell the box right after it’s been cleaned it’s no bueno.

Hard clumping. I use tidy cats free and clear right now, it covers smell great but I swear those pee clumps have the integrity of wet tissue paper.

Non dusty. Doesn’t need to be 100%, but If it sticks in my nose or I can smell the dust from the other side of the room then no.

Small grain texture. Mine won’t use pellets of any kind. Which sucks because my late senior used the breeze system and it was awesome.

Those are really my only criteria. I don’t care about weight, tracking (I have a roomba and they’re both short haired), or material type. Please fellow cat people share with me your wisdom so I can stop spending so much money on litter I hate 🙏

A quick story time, please bare with me. Ever since the whole CPS Saga and Giardia I developed an intense Phobia of Giardia.

Yesterday Night, two of my cats who are usually chill just started fighting. My girl friend proceeds to stop the fight with her hands (Sorry if you read this Masha) as im holding a Chicken Katso Sando that was very Deliccious. My little Cat (In size he's chibby af). Proceeded to do a maneuver I have never seen before.

Cherubael (the little cat) proceeded to spray diarrhea (I was also 4 bongs in so I apologize) my girl can't smell and starts crying as im laughing my ass off. She looks at me with monster and tells me to check where he's bleeding. I told her to check his butt and it looked very visc.... let's not go there.

She just sent me the good news. I dont have to put my little boy and girlfriend to sleep and burn down my house. Its allergies and we have to change his food because Cafs develop allergies randomly sometimes.

P.S. when she asked for a test. And before she completed the her sentence he said he will test for Giardia. So either the doc is here or Ethan Spread Giardia Awarness.

TLDR; my 3 pound Cat (the one in Photo) attacked my 6 Pund Chonker Cat and Procedded to Explode with Viscous excretion. Got my cats test results.... its negative.

Recently, my uncle gave us an automatic litter box that he no longer since he upgraded his. So I set it up and two of my cats used it no problem, but the third one decided she HATED it and started popping in the bathtub (we don't have much space so we had to take away the old litter box in order to make space for the automatic one). This went on for a week before we decided that this was not worth the hassle of bleaching the bathtub every day so we switched back. But somehow she got a taste for popping in the bathtub and now she won't stop. She occasionally uses the litter box to pee but poop? Only in the tub it seems! I asked my vet and she said it'll take time but it's been a week and both my husband and I are losing our minds. We've tried everything we could think of: putting catnip in the litter box, transferring her poop into a clean litter box, cleaning the litter box every 3-4 hours. Just completely out of ideas.

My cat got spayed and at some point she's going to use it. How do I clean paper pellet litter? Do I dump the whole thing and use new ones? Not sure. I read the sifting one is not used for the paper pellet litter because they don't break down. Any help? Thank you!

What is the best litter(at a decent price) and best litter box (willing to spend $ on an automatic cleaning one if worth it)? I have two growing kittens that would be sharing the box and I am a single family income. I just recently got my taxes back (I know , I know but hey, I filed didn’t I?) and am willing to upgrade their set up if it means buying less litter (I think some of the self cleaning ones actually clean the litter too, or if the litter doesn’t get all over their feet, that is a plus too)

Also, do yall have any recommendations on affordable cat trees or toys your fluff balls love playing with? I would like to spoil them a little bit (well, a lot a bit) since I have the opportunity to do so at the moment.

Picture of my twins, just cause I wanna show you whose butts will be inhabiting this portable toilet and playing with the toys. And yes, they think they are guinea pigs and eat hay 🙄