my aging cat prefers our in-door wood stove supply of wood to using her litter box. Any recommendations for indoor repellant for cats?
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Hi Irene,Sadly this product did not work outside to thwart my neighbors cat who got into using my patio flower boxes. I then tried orange oil, pricey did not work. I ended up fencing these areas. A friend has your same inside problem and put tin foil down and little by little her cat is coming back to the litter box.
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Hello there! Cats do not care for strong citrus smells, maybe a few well placed drops of your favorite citrus scent will help. A shield of some type in front of your stove wood that allows for easy clean up is one idea, litter attractant is the other. I hope you have good luck helping your senior kitty gal avoid the wood never give up!
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I think this would work indoors very good. I use it outside and it work good but washes away in a rain.
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Dear Irene - Because it dries odor free, you could use Messina Cat Stopper on your firewood. My advice would be to apply Cat Stopper to dry wood while it is outside (or in garage or basement) using the "mist" setting (rather than the "jet stream" setting). Let dry for about one hour before bringing wood indoors. Keep infants and toddlers away from wood bin, since product has a tingly, but harmless, feeling on skin. Wash your hands with utility soap, or wear gloves during application process. When wet, Cat Stopper has a pleasant, but peppermint-like odor. I do not have info on other indoor cat repellant products. I hope this will help you. Emmyjo. Dear Irene - Because it dries odor free, you could use Messina Cat Stopper on your firewood. My advice would be to apply Cat Stopper to dry wood while it is outside (or in garage or basement) using the "mist" setting (rather than the "jet stream" setting). Let dry for about one hour before bringing wood indoors. Keep infants and toddlers away from wood bin, since product has a tingly, but harmless, feeling on skin. Wash your hands with utility soap, or wear gloves during application process. When wet, Cat Stopper has a pleasant, but peppermint-like odor. I do not have... » Read More Dear Irene - Because it dries odor free, you could use Messina Cat Stopper on your firewood. My advice would be to apply Cat Stopper to dry wood while it is outside (or in garage or basement) using the "mist" setting (rather than the "jet stream" setting). Let dry for about one hour before bringing wood indoors. Keep infants and toddlers away from wood bin, since product has a tingly, but harmless, feeling on skin. Wash your hands with utility soap, or wear gloves during application process. When wet, Cat Stopper has a pleasant, but peppermint-like odor. I do not have info on other indoor cat repellant products. I hope this will help you. Emmyjo. « Show Less
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Ditto the previous response. Doree Tateoka's measurements are right on. I really like my two Flip Litter Boxes for our 'wall spraying' kitteh. Remember, once your cat steps into the box he/she will be a couple inches higher depending on how much litter you use.
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1A. Go to vet. Make sure nothing wrong biologically. 1. Go to store. Buy 2 under the bed storage boxes for a litter box. Most litter pans are too small. 2. fill with cat attract litter 3. Place boxes somewhere where it is quiet and they can't get ambushed coming in and out of the box. Don't put in a laundry room or near a furnace. 4. More than one cat needs more than one box. I had one older cat that needed three all to himself. 5. Try feliway collars which have natural calming pheromones. 6. Put feliway diffusers (amazon..best price..order the 6 pack)in places where you DO NOT want them to spray. Again calming pheromones. 7. Use a product called stink free to remove the spray smell from where they sprayed(amazon best price) 8. Sift litter boxes morning and night. Yes, twice per day. 9. Get them neutered and soon. If you wait too long, it will become a habit and even neutering them will not help. 10. Feed them in separate areas so they do not have to compete. 11. Do not use citrus based cleansers or any air fresheners near their litter box. They do not like this. They will not go there. I use the blue Lysol. Wash and completely clean out the litter boxes and fill with fresh litter twice per month while the behavior continues. Switch to once per month once you have it solved. 11. If you do all of this, yes, it is an investment, you should have a long and not smelly fun life with your kitties.
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Yeah, the pellets are made out of a plastic kind of material and static electricity off the cat's fur will make them stick a little. I put a towel and a little catcher down in front of the litter box and it really helps get them to come off and not spread through the house. My house is all tile too, I think if I had carpet it would be less of a problem. But sweeping plastic pieces is better than cleaning a litter box.
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There are activated charcoal products available for litter box odor control, just run a search.
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The only one that totally works you have to order from feline pine, should be a number on the bag or you can go to their website. If you're still using feline pine I would switch to the Petco brand called sophresh pine. It works like feline pine did before they changed it, dry sawdust, no mush in the pan and it's cheaper! Feline pine now is terrible, I mix a little of what I have left with the sophresh just to get rid of it without totally wasting it! Don't know why they changed it!
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That is exactly what I have done, started out with all Cat Attract and now just using about 33% of the box with it. Using regular NON_SCENTED litter to mix in. Seems the scented ones confuse the issue. This has been wonderful for us training a feral cat. She has 100% accuracy now :)
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I use Fresh Step and the sifter works well with that brand. None of the sifters is perfect and a cat with claws will find it tempting to rearrange so keep plenty of litter in the box.
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The cheapest option is to buy the charcoal impregnated replacement filters for kitty litter boxes (the ones with the cover). I get them at Walmart for a few dollars. Then I just cut to fit.
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I use http://www.petco.com/product/120072/Royal-Pet-Fresh-Kitty-Super-Jumbo-Drawstring-Litter-Box-Liners.aspx?CoreCat=LookAhead
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I think almost any litter box will fit inside. I would just find one you want from a local pet store and try it out. There is no specific litter box needed.
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These are made of cardboard--I actually use a plastic liner with mine...and works thru a couple of changes with a new liner. I do not think you would want to use without a liner-if your cats pee on sides where there is no litter. If they are peeing outside the box? Sounds like a cat litter issue...I used Cat Attract for a feral cat that had never used a box...he used it within minutes of me putting it down--was amazing. They sell Cat Attract litter on amazon-and at PETCO-it really works.
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The pads are really not that thick. It does not control ordor that well , my female cat will not use the litter box if she can smell the urine so I have to change the pad and litter often. I will be going back to the Purina tidy cat Breeze cat litter pellets and litter box. You might find that might work very well for your cat.
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As everyone else mentioned, catnip. I also used the laser pointer up the sides to get my cat to put her paws on it as she tried to catch the red dot, which I think worked better than the catnip. You can also try to hang some toys off the top and see if your cats will bat at the toys and "discover" the scratching post in the process.
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I used the cat attraction stuff. You just sprinkle it in the litter. You could also put litter from a dirty litter box in to make it smell like a litter box. The cat attract works like a charm though
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Any clumping litter is good. I use Fresh Step. My cat did not like Arm and Hammer and Scop Away. He is rather fussy. I used both of those at one time or another and they served the clumping well. He just prefers Fresh Step. One thing i have learned with the Littermaid. Be sure the one you have has a litter bed appropriate for the size of your cat or you will have trouble with the litter clumping because the cat will be constantly urinating on the same wet area and it will not clump if he has no space to scratch and cover which is their natural instinct. I just realized that since I downgraded to a cheaper version of littermaid box and caught him not fitting in the box as he should. He puts is front paws on the back of the box in order to fit. As soon as I get enough money saved I am going to get him the $129 version that he originally had. I would checkl to see if your cat fits in the litter box comfortably so that he can scratch the litter when he is done and help the clumping process along.
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I'm wondering this as well - we have a cat that will not use a litter box but will use puppy pads.... thinking of trying one of these. Anybody try this yet?