Cat Litter Box 101
I don’t suppose the idea of a cat litter box is a very exiting topic to discuss. Yet, a quality litter box is undispensable: you certainly don’t want your home filled with nasty odors and dirt… The trouble with owning a cat has always been finding a good place to put the cat litter box. I have a fifteen year old cat that I have had since she was a little kitten. She has come with me from apartment to apartment and I have always had trouble finding a good place for her litter box.
Every apartment I have lived in was too small and never had an ideal place for a cat litter box. I sometimes kept the cat litter box in my bathroom and used the litter that clumps so that it was easier to clean on a daily basis. Sometimes the cat litter box went in the utility closet when there was one.
I now live in a modest home with a total of about nine hundred square feet. There is a little room off of the kitchen for the washer and dryer. At first thought, this was the perfect place for the cat litter box. I had to reassess this assumption because I did not want my clean clothes coming out of the dryer into a room where the litter box lived. Afraid that having the cat litter box too close to my laundry would cause my clean clothes to pick up the litter box smell, I looked for another place to put it.
Try as you might, you will not be able to quell the smell of a cat litter box with air fresheners or sprays. Your best bet would be to use a litter that contains baking soda or charcoal as these ingredients do a good job of absorbing odors. The goal should always be to absorb odors and not mask them with another one. I found a great litter that had baking soda in it and that did a great job of keeping the cat litter box smell low in my cramped apartment. If you do not want to spend big bucks on a fancy litter, just sprinkle a bit of baking soda in the cat litter box once a week.
I once bought a litter box that had a cover that worked pretty well. There was a little door on the front that my cat would walk through. The apparatus gave her some privacy and helped keep the litter in the box. Cat lovers know that when they use the litter box, they cover what they have left behind by kicking up a bunch of litter which always makes its way out of the box and onto the floor. The box with the cover kept litter off of my floor and kept in odors as well. I highly recommend it for managing odors in your cat-friendly home.
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Posted: October 7th, 2006 under Cats.
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