How often do you completely change your litter trays

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2 indoor cats, 2 trays, cheap litter as I'm currently a f/t carer on a tight budget but a recent sub for wood chip is making me reconsider.

I scoop as soon as anything solid lands and change 2-3 times a week atm.

@ZeroFuchsGiven

This thread is making me queasy.

a month?
6 WEEKS?

Your houses must stink to high heaven.

Not at all! Honestly. I'm pregnant and have a sensitive sense of smell. I've checked with numerous (brutally honest) visitors if there's any smell and they've confirmed there isn't. We scoop out any pee or poop in clumps as we go, so there's nothing gross left in there. DCat is also good at buying his mess which probably helps.

We have a covered tray with a charcoal filter in the roof. We put a nice thick layer of Worlds Best Cat Litter in it. It is apparently very good for absorbing smells. It clumps well so all the pee or poop is removed when you scoop.

We've had our cat for a year and the thought of having a smelly litter tray in our flat actually put os off getting one for ages. DH and I have both said we are surprised at how little it smells.

We used Worlds Best Cat litter and it honestly doesn’t need fully changing more often than that

I tried WB but it was so dusty and dirty! They trod it all around the house. :(

It lasted ages though.

@YetAnotherSpartacus
I have had one bag which was quite dusty. I think it was a duff batch though.
We sometimes have a bit of tracking or dust, but a tracking mat next to the tray which seems to help.

It does last ages! It’s expensive but must work out cheaper than the ones you have to change weekly.

We tried Cats Best but the cat seemed to track bits of that around the place more.
I’m happy to sweep up a little bit now and then if we don’t have to change the whole tray very often and it doesn’t smell. I don’t think any cat litter is perfect, but Worlds Best definitely works best for us.

We used CatSan initially as that’s what they’d used at the rescue place and it didn’t do much to absorb smells!

Once a week here , catsan !

I am really sensitive (and detest) the smell of cat wee so I lift solids as soon as I see them (I wfh) and change daily. 2 cats, one is elderly and 99% indoors. wooden pellets. But I scatter only enough to cover the bottom and then deal with it. I clean and refresh in the morning.

Oh- our trays are open (without roof) as neither cat will get in one with a roof. I guess it would smell less if it had a roof. (?)

Oh- our trays are open (without roof) as neither cat will get in one with a roof. I guess it would smell less if it had a roof. (?)

It would be better if you added an extractor fan and a vent hose like a tumble drier.

We use a clumping, I think it’s cats best. Ours is flushable. So while tray lives in bathroom. It’s built in under sink with hidden cat entrance so can’t be seen.

Any time cat used we simply scooped and flushed that bit away. When kittens that would be regular scooping all day ie we would check every time we used loo.
Never use newspaper. Thick layer.

Now 4 years it’s been sitting there unused at least a year, as they go outside. Only keep incase they need it for emergencies.

Twice a week. We use Waitrose clumping which is very good and not expensive. I think it could certainly last longer before needing a full change but one of our boys is quite fussy and I like knowing it's clean and doesn't smell.

@ButWhereDidTheWindComeFrom

I am really sensitive (and detest) the smell of cat wee so I lift solids as soon as I see them (I wfh) and change daily. 2 cats, one is elderly and 99% indoors. wooden pellets. But I scatter only enough to cover the bottom and then deal with it. I clean and refresh in the morning.

Hmmm...might give that a try as tracking is also a massive issue and not so bad with the wood pellets.

One of cats has mahoosive floofy paws and is very spatially unaware so a bit of a liability .

Just need to get in the habit of doing it every morning.

Here's a picture of a reading taken in the vicinity of a wood burning pizza oven.

Was the pizza oven connected to a flue exiting above the house ridge line?

There was similar thread where somebody had compared emissions from various things in their house, including a wood burning stove and scented candles. If I remember correctly, the worst culprit for generating particulates was cooking food, particularly frying.

Duh! Responding to the wrong thread fail!

I have a 7 month old kitten, indoor cat. 1 tray. Use non-clumping catsan. full change once a week roughly. I think can't use clumping litter until they are 1year, in case they eat it, as that would be bad news.
I line tray with paper, then a litter tray liner, then the catsan. Scoop poop as soon as notice, swirl the litter a few times in between.

just seen someone said they had flushable litter - I thought you were not supposed to put cat poop into the sewage system??

You can flush cat litter. Just not if a septic tank.
Our local water authority actually tells us to flush.

I thought you were not supposed to put cat poop into the sewage system??

You can flush cat litter.

Advice from Anglian Water…

Can you flush dog poo down the toilet?

No types of animal faeces is allowed to be flushed down the toilet.

faq.anglianwater.co.uk/article/qed94917/can-you-flush-dog-poo-down-the-toilet

At the moment everyday because the kitten mines for gold in there and empties it all onto the floor.

This is really interesting.
I’ve been mega lazy and use the catsan hygiene pack which I change weekly. Two adult cats but one much prefers to go outside.
I’m seriously considering changing to cats best after reading this thread.
Do cats cope ok when you change the type of litter?
Thanks

@supercatlady we're always changing type of litter depending on what's on offer, lol. Ours have never had an issue :)

We've used all sorts over the years - wood pellets, clay litter, catsan, silica litter, World's Best and now Cat's Best. I've just ordered a sample of another type to try too, lol.

We scoop solids as soon as they're spotted, but the whole thing is changed and cleaned at least once a week.

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

At the moment everyday because the kitten mines for gold in there and empties it all onto the floor.

Unlike my chubby cat who scrapes everything except the litter...wall, units, bin, boiler pipes...we have a little symphony every time she takes a shit .

2 cats 1 litter box. I use catsan clumping, I remove poop as soon as they do it. Then throughout the day I'm continuously removing wee clumps. I top up when litter looks low and completely change & clean it once a month.

World's Best is by far the best. If you like clumping (which I do for my one indoor big cat).

Different from Cat's Best.

@KaiKanWhenever

Our local pet chain (Pets Corner in the south) recently gave us some really good advice, as our 7 month old kept peeing on the floor next to the tray after just one week, even though we were removing solids straight away.

They said you must fill the tray deep enough with litter so that the urine clumps before it reaches the bottom of the tray, so you can remove solids as and when and all urine clumps daily. Otherwise you end up with the bottom inch of litter as one solid urine soaked clump.

They said to top up with litter as needed and just do a full clean and change when the litter runs out.

I do exactly this. I use a litter called VanCat and it is excellent. Keeping enough depth is crucial. Full clean about once a month.