Washing litter trays

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Where do you all wash out your litter trays? I don’t like the idea of using the bath seems gross to me (sorry for anyone that does)

I use liners in my mine then yes shock horror I give them a rinse the bath with some disinfectant

I put them outside with boiling water and bleach, leave for an hour then dry naturally

I have a stainless steel tray - so much easier to wash and dry. Much much much better than the plastic one we had before.

Just need to wipe down with a cloth as doesn’t need soaking or scrubbing.

In the bath. And then thoroughly rinse out the tub afterwards

I use to spray it with litter tray cleaning spray and then dry with kitchen roll

I'm here to wait for the first claim of "in the dishwasher"

Out on the balcony - use the watering can, fill with hot water and washing up liquid, give a good scrub and then pour down the drain.

And why not! 😆

Put newspaper in the bottom, then a liner, then more newspaper, then litter on top. The tray is very unlikely to need cleaning at all unless you have a very messy cat….

Erm, obviously empty litter (wrap around large bin bag and tip) spray with anti-bac, wipe thoroughly with kitchen roll a good few times of spray and wipe repeat to make sure properly clean and that’s that 🤷‍♀️😂 Never would have occurred to me to do any other way! I always do the actual litter tray change outside either my own front door or patio. I do use the wood type litter though so the actual tray itself doesn’t particularly get that dirty as wee absorbs into the litter and poo is solid enough goes with the litter when emptying. And because use a bag wrapped slid around the tray the litter is contained when emptying.

I wouldn't fit the boys tray in the dishwasher ( it's a recycled underbed tray so it's massive ) . I haven't thought about this , honest !

We put ours outside , hose down, some washing up liquid , scrub, rinse .

In the kitchen sink, hot water and washing up liquid. Dry with kitchen roll.

I've had cats for decades and it has never occurred to me to wash the trays in the bath - not that there's anything wrong with it, it just never crossed my mind.

Liner and rinse them outside using hose. My cats go outside though I only used a litter box when they were kittens

Bath, then bleach the bath. It actually means the bath gets a good clean weekly!

Outside with hosepipe and a scrubbing brush for dog poo on shoes and litter tray only!

We don’t use liners as the cats just shred them so thats different, I would wash them in the bath then if it wasn’t directly touching the tray. Currently using a kettle and washing them outside but it’s long!

I’m awful for the planet I know but I use a puppy pad in the bottom then a liner on top because sometimes they scratch a hole in the liner! I clean it weekly in the garden with an anti bacterial spray and a quick wipe, although I’m not sure it needs it as nothing touches the bases!

I do wash mine in the bath. Just seems the easiest as I like to give them a proper scrub and a soak and the litter trays are already upstairs. I do wash the bath afterwards obviously but can see it wouldn't appeal to everyone!

In the utility room sink - I use washing up liquid, then bleach, then a good rinse. The sink gets cleaned and bleached afterwards. Our cat digs like a maniac so no newspaper or liners here.

I use my beloved steam cleaner - it's a steel litter tray so not much residue anyway- with a final rinse in the kitchen sink

Utility room sink. I wash it out with hot water and a good glug of Zoflora then dry off and refill with litter.

Outside with the hose

I just use antibacterial wipes

Mop bucket. I take off the part that you wring the mop out in which leaves me with a square plastic bucket. Fill it with hot water and flash. Use an old sponge to scrub and then dry with kitchen towel.

Bath