The prefilled litter box trays seems expensive. Can you refill the tray yourself from a bag of blue crystal litter to save money?
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Yes, this is the purpose of the reusable tray and I believe it is a third party who makes this product - not Scoop Free. I found it to be far less effective in terms of odor and overall maintenance. I purchased it and used it only twice. Now I am back to using the disposable trays and I don't recommend the reusable tray but others may have a different experience with it.
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To make the prefilled tray last longer, every couple days I lift up the box and pull the tray out. Then I tilt it so the poo storage is up quite a ways and (holding the lid most of the way closed) gently shake the loose crystals back into the main pan to be re-used. Otherwise there's an awful lot of extra crystals that get pushed into the storage area and wasted.
1078041
I haven't done that, but my friend who suggested that I buy ScoopFree does. She got the forever tray and refills it with the blue crystal litter. She says its just as good. I have not tried this because I have yet to get the forever tray.
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one thing you can do is to rearrange the litter daily to "re-activate" the crystals. I have done this and it seems to help. If you are buying the premium kind, I know I haven 't had that problem.
536099
No. When you install a new tray, you just take the "top" of the box and put it under the "bottom" of the box. Then, when you remove the dirty litter tray to replace it, you take the top out from under the bottom and put it back on top. I tape the box shut and put it in a tall kitchen garbage bag to throw away.
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One of the many benefits of ScoopFree litter is that it comes with filled trays, does not need to be handled or strained and when replacing it with a fresh filled tray you slip the used tray into the enclosed plastic trash bag for disposal. It's safe and trouble free. Using other containers not only requires more work but also possible unnecessary health exposure. I believe ScoopFree is the best system and product of its type available. Vivian Chandler
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I don't like looking for the cat bombs, so I use a system a friend showed me of going to local $ store and buying a bunch of aluminum roasting pans that fit the litter boxes, putting litter in the disposable pans, and placing that in the litter tray. About once a week or thereabouts I just place the whole disposable pan in a trash bag, rinse and repeat. Very fast and easy with no odor problem.
838706
You can buy a separate tray and buy only crystals will be cheaper. However the problem is you will get tired of cleaning the tray.Since the urine stays in, it will get into the tray and you will need to clean it with bleach. It's a real pain. I gave up and usere-usable paper containers. It's a lot easier. Each box lasts about 1 month. It's a lot better than anything else at this time.
1280511
Fresh step from the store is best alternative. Too expansive on Amazon. Also look at this website for other recommendations http://foreverlittertrays.com/crystal-litter/
32892
I haven't tried anything but the chrystal litter but my guess would be no because the collection container is too small for the clumps. The crystal litter absorbs the urine and only the feces is scooped. It doesn't work as well on the odor either so it needs to be changed more often.
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I have tried various litters and what works best is crystal litter. In fact, the manufacturer recommends Fresh Step Crystal litter and that has turned out to be the best. Some of hte other crystal brands are larger and the rake gets stuck on them. I haven't had good luck with clumping litters in this machine.
2129329
I got the Crystal litter because of the urine clumps getting stuck in the grid. I have mixed it with the other litter and it seems to help my problem. hope this helps
938748
We had the Litter Genie and replaced it with the Litter Champ. The Litter Champ refills last longer and we find them simple to replace. Overall the Litter Champ bag liners are a better value. The Litter Genie holds less litter (with our 2 cats we had to empty twice a week), and requires two hands to operate. None of the pet waste systems are inexpensive to use, but we have found the Litter Champ to be worth the investment :-)
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I think the crystals would clog it up. I use a good clumping litter and it works great for me.
68475
I ran out of kitty litter and found a bag of this on the discount table at my local grocery store, so I snatched it up. I see other people gradually transitioned their cats to this product, unfortunately I did not. She did use the crystals for her bowel movements, but did not bury them, however a few days later I discovered that my cat chose to use the dog bed as her new "litter box" to urinate in. Not happy with that, wish I would have read the recommendations first. But I am too apprehensive to try the crystals again, even if mixing. When using for the first time, I'd suggest keeping a close eye on the box and kitties to make sure they are using the litter box instead of an alternate area. Good Luck! I ran out of kitty litter and found a bag of this on the discount table at my local grocery store, so I snatched it up. I see other people gradually transitioned their cats to this product, unfortunately I did not. She did use the crystals for her bowel movements, but did not bury them, however a few days later I discovered that my cat chose to use the dog bed as her new "litter box" to urinate in. Not happy with that, wish I would have read the recommendations first. But I am too apprehensive to try the crystals again, even if mixing. When using for the first time, I'd suggest... » Read More I ran out of kitty litter and found a bag of this on the discount table at my local grocery store, so I snatched it up. I see other people gradually transitioned their cats to this product, unfortunately I did not. She did use the crystals for her bowel movements, but did not bury them, however a few days later I discovered that my cat chose to use the dog bed as her new "litter box" to urinate in. Not happy with that, wish I would have read the recommendations first. But I am too apprehensive to try the crystals again, even if mixing. When using for the first time, I'd suggest keeping a close eye on the box and kitties to make sure they are using the litter box instead of an alternate area. Good Luck! « Show Less
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I have used the crystals as a basis for the non-clumping litter. It keeps the litter odor free, it absorbs the urine in the litter box. I woould ecommend it to anyone who would like to use non-clumpling litter such as Fresh Step and others.
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Yes I guess you could, the wooden box is just a holder, the refill comes with a drip tray included. It might be messy when your cat eats it without the box though since the refill container is plastic and light, the wooden box weights it down and keeps the cat from flipping it over.
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I've used a variety of crystal litters without problem. Still trying to decide which litter I like best :)
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I used some normal litter to stretch the "life" of litter before shipment of new stuff arrived. Not sure if you can completely replace for long term use. Maybe try a different litter catcher in front of the box I have my eyes on the fake grass like stuff haven't gotten to it yet so can't say it will work