Cat puke? Half of the time when one of my cats throws up, I don't see or hear them do it and find it later. If the Roomba got to it before I did, what would happen? The puke could vary from liquid to solid. Thanks! :) Cat puke? Half of the time when one of my cats throws up, I don't see or hear them do it and find it later. If the Roomba got to it before I did, what would happen? The puke could vary from... » Read More Cat puke? Half of the time when one of my cats throws up, I don't see or hear them do it and find it later. If the Roomba got to it before I did, what would happen? The puke could vary from liquid to solid. Thanks! :) « Show Less
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I was wondering about this too. I'm surprised it hasn't been addressed in the multiple reviews I've read!
939553
I know mine sucked up water once and kinda just splattered the water all over that room. I imagine it might do similar things with any liquid.
939554
Dude, dont ever run your roomba without doing an eyeball check of the area real quick. Thats a cleanup nightmare you dont want.
939555
Well....ours did a full scheduled run through dog poop.......don't really recommend that.
1695497
It does resume. However your cats might miss a feeding time once if it happens around the scheduled cycle.
2149142
It's new to us so we've only used one so far. That one wasn't clumped together, so not sure if this will happen more when they age. Sorry...
952997
I know it's been said already, but FYI I left these with my cats, not knowing better, and one of them swallowed a great portion, bit it off, and lucky for me, vomited it up while I was away. I'm extremely lucky that I learned this lesson without losing one of my precious family members.
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I would throw out all pellets and put in fresh ones. Smeared poop sounds like the cat has diarhea and so hopefully that will pass.
2150476
it hasn't happened to me or my housekeeper at all--however, my housekeeper said another one of her customers has one and it happens to her all the time. Could be just a defective in the one you have, but we love ours!
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With our fella (Nod), it took about 2 weeks until things leveled off, & his stool being (softly) formed. He also had a lot of gas when he went ^ it seemed to help on both counts. Once there was less gas, the stool started to become more 'normal'. And Nod does not like canned food, so we simply sprinkled it over the gravy (we got from a canned food that has lots of gravy), stirred it in & he loved it. The other cats enjoyed the food, so that balanced out. If this doesn't work entirely on it's own, as with our Nod ~ our vet put him on Metronidazole, in tandem with the Fortiflora & his stool became as 'right as rain'. Hope this helps. With our fella (Nod), it took about 2 weeks until things leveled off, & his stool being (softly) formed. He also had a lot of gas when he went ^ it seemed to help on both counts. Once there was less gas, the stool started to become more 'normal'. And Nod does not like canned food, so we simply sprinkled it over the gravy (we got from a canned food that has lots of gravy), stirred it in & he loved it. The other cats enjoyed the food, so that balanced out. If this doesn't work entirely on it's own, as with our Nod ~ our vet put him on Metronidazole, in tandem with the Fortiflora & his stool... » Read More With our fella (Nod), it took about 2 weeks until things leveled off, & his stool being (softly) formed. He also had a lot of gas when he went ^ it seemed to help on both counts. Once there was less gas, the stool started to become more 'normal'. And Nod does not like canned food, so we simply sprinkled it over the gravy (we got from a canned food that has lots of gravy), stirred it in & he loved it. The other cats enjoyed the food, so that balanced out. If this doesn't work entirely on it's own, as with our Nod ~ our vet put him on Metronidazole, in tandem with the Fortiflora & his stool became as 'right as rain'. Hope this helps. « Show Less
963360
For the most part cats have a good awareness of their body positions. But with that said, my two cats have fallen off the shelf only once. Cats learn fast. They have also misjudges jumping up on them as well. Sometimes when they lay down it looks like they are going to fall off, but like I said, they seem to have a good awareness of where they are at. Besides, mine are only about 6 feet from the ground, so if they do fall off it's really not that far.
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Pee is stinky but invisible. My 3 cats puke food, grass, whatever in chunks. That's visible. Once cleaned up, shouldn't stink. Pee does! Two arm chairs, loveseat to the transfer station, perimeter of family room carpet, new loveseat peed twice in 6 months, bottom edge of living room shears cleaned, carpet cleaned twice. Last straw, laying in bed, cat comes for pets and pees all over Spouse and bed. Banned to garage and yard forever!
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I stopped feeding it to my cats. I have one who has food/protein allergies. After feeding it to my girls for a couple of weeks the cat with the food allergies started to vomit within 10 to 15 minutes after eating. She is the only one who reacted. I am not saying something is wrong with the food, but my allergic cat could not tolerate this food after a couple of weeks. I think I would hold off on feeding it to a young kitten.
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No. And it also does not understand that the half eaten rat/mouse your cat hid under the couch is not meant to be dragged around the floor leaving a trail of blood and guts! iRobot actually let us return our old Roomba for a new one when this happened. Amazing, though I wonder how the poor guy in customer service felt when he opened the return box filled with putrefied animal parts.....
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If you're talking about throwing up their meals, then I had the same problem at first. I found that if I increase their dose slowly I can avoid this. I increased by 1/4 pill per week, up to 3 pills per day for the biggest kitty (15lbs). I was pretty conservative, because .. yuck. I balance the dose based upon the "results". If you're still cleaning up hairballs increase gradually, and if their stool gets runny then drop it down a bit.
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No. After two weeks of owning the fountain, I decided I didn't want to use the filter anymore. The fountain works just fine without it. In fact, the cats are drinking out of it more now than they did when it was in. Just take the filter out and throw it away. I'm not sure having it in longer than usual would hurt it, but I doubt it. As for cleaning the fountain, the amount of cleaning hasn't really changed for me. The fountain is in the same room as their litter, and they like to run out of the litter box and drink from the fountain, so sometimes they'll get their little paws in there and litter will fall in. :/ So I have to clean it anyhow. Haha. No. After two weeks of owning the fountain, I decided I didn't want to use the filter anymore. The fountain works just fine without it. In fact, the cats are drinking out of it more now than they did when it was in. Just take the filter out and throw it away. I'm not sure having it in longer than usual would hurt it, but I doubt it. As for cleaning the fountain, the amount of cleaning hasn't really changed for me. The fountain is in the same room as their litter, and they like to run out of the litter box and drink from the fountain, so sometimes they'll get their little paws in there and... » Read More No. After two weeks of owning the fountain, I decided I didn't want to use the filter anymore. The fountain works just fine without it. In fact, the cats are drinking out of it more now than they did when it was in. Just take the filter out and throw it away. I'm not sure having it in longer than usual would hurt it, but I doubt it. As for cleaning the fountain, the amount of cleaning hasn't really changed for me. The fountain is in the same room as their litter, and they like to run out of the litter box and drink from the fountain, so sometimes they'll get their little paws in there and litter will fall in. :/ So I have to clean it anyhow. Haha. « Show Less
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Search for "Roomba dog" on YouTube. You'll see a variety of behaviors, from ignoring the Roomba, to barking at it continuously, to turning it on and off incessantly.We have 14 cats. Only about 5 have shown any interest in our Roomba (though the others avoid it, in a placid sort of way). Only one has done more than watch it. I should mention, though, that they are all used to automated litter boxes.
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The other posters must have spotless floors. We run our roomba 3x a week. Three people and a cat reside here. I change the filters about every 2 months, and bang the dust out of them before every use. You should not wash them-the water and dust you can't get out will dry into a hard film inside the filter making it very hard for air to pass through. This can burn up your vac motor. We bought our roomba in the spring 2014. Have changed the brushes out once due to wear. Another one has broken. How often you have to replace depends on how often you run your vac, what the flooring is like, and how much dirt it encounters. The other posters must have spotless floors. We run our roomba 3x a week. Three people and a cat reside here. I change the filters about every 2 months, and bang the dust out of them before every use. You should not wash them-the water and dust you can't get out will dry into a hard film inside the filter making it very hard for air to pass through. This can burn up your vac motor. We bought our roomba in the spring 2014. Have changed the brushes out once due to wear. Another one has broken. How often you have to replace depends on how often you run your vac, what the flooring is like, and... » Read More The other posters must have spotless floors. We run our roomba 3x a week. Three people and a cat reside here. I change the filters about every 2 months, and bang the dust out of them before every use. You should not wash them-the water and dust you can't get out will dry into a hard film inside the filter making it very hard for air to pass through. This can burn up your vac motor. We bought our roomba in the spring 2014. Have changed the brushes out once due to wear. Another one has broken. How often you have to replace depends on how often you run your vac, what the flooring is like, and how much dirt it encounters. « Show Less
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My cat did the samething and then he stopped using his box all together. What I have found is do you have more then one litter box? I have just the one cat and he has three, some cats are very picky about where they do there business so by adding another litter box that can help. THIS STUFF WORKS!! Like i said my cat wasnt using his at all and now I have no more problems. Its worth it.
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I once left our roomba running and forgot to put our dog out to do his morning business. When I returned, he'd opted to take a squat on the living room floor, and the roomba had found it. The result was like modern art - barely an inch of the floor didn't have dog do smeared across it.