AUTOMATIC - CAT LITTER CLEANERS We have the Cat Genie and experience some issues for such an expensive product, and maintenance products each month. If there's anyone out there who used Cat Genie vs. Littermaid or others, would like to hear your comments on which one is best from your experiences. AUTOMATIC - CAT LITTER CLEANERS We have the Cat Genie and experience some issues for such an expensive product, and maintenance products each month. If there's anyone out there who used Cat... » Read More AUTOMATIC - CAT LITTER CLEANERS We have the Cat Genie and experience some issues for such an expensive product, and maintenance products each month. If there's anyone out there who used Cat Genie vs. Littermaid or others, would like to hear your comments on which one is best from your experiences. « Show Less
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to M Ford.....did you find one? We are in the same camp as you....this is the only model worth buying. It is flagged on the LitterMaid site as 'best seller' and now I am being told that it is discontinued, but the crappy blue/white ones are still being sold. this makes no sense! Anyone know where I can get one of the all-beige LM900s?
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We found the Litter-Maid box to be next to worthless. The weak little motor would hardly go halfway before getting stuck and retreating, over and over. I wound up cleaning the darn thing myself the majority of the time at both minimum and maximum litter levels (marked). We threw it in the dumpster after 4 months, Really, it was worthless.
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If you mean the Cat Genie, yes, it does clean itself. I'll never have a cat in my house without one again. I keep mine set so that it cycles each time the cat leaves. I had it set to clean four times a day, but it clogged twice and caused a disgusting odor when the heater came on. Since then, I've kept it on the cat setting and it's never clogged again. The heater did go out in mine, I called customer service, received a new unit within the days, returned the defective one in the box, no questions asked. I'll never have a scooping litter box again. I hope this answer helps.
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I started our kitten out with Littermaid and had no problem. You might want to let it run a couple times to let the kitten get used to the noise and movement. Kittens tend to play around quite a bit in the box and if it turns on before they are done it might scare them into not wanting to go back in. If it is a really small kitten I would recommend using another box for a short time just till they get used to litter.
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Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat litter works amazingly well and is HIGHLY recommended by fellow Litter Robot owners. Clumps like cement with no gumminess or waste. One 40lb bag lasts me 3 months with two large male cats. Get it here for around $16, and if ur a prime member, with free 2-day shipping. Otherwise PetSmart carries it for around $18 per 40lb bag. Be careful with Amazon, tho. I've seen it as high as $26 with $15+ shipping. I live in a second story apartment, and LOVE that I can get UPS to deliver it to me free without my having to lug it up 18 stairs. Buy some... you won't be disappointed and ur LR will thank you...ur kitties, too ;-) Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat litter works amazingly well and is HIGHLY recommended by fellow Litter Robot owners. Clumps like cement with no gumminess or waste. One 40lb bag lasts me 3 months with two large male cats. Get it here for around $16, and if ur a prime member, with free 2-day shipping. Otherwise PetSmart carries it for around $18 per 40lb bag. Be careful with Amazon, tho. I've seen it as high as $26 with $15+ shipping. I live in a second story apartment, and LOVE that I can get UPS to deliver it to me free without my having to lug it up 18 stairs. Buy some... you won't be... » Read More Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat litter works amazingly well and is HIGHLY recommended by fellow Litter Robot owners. Clumps like cement with no gumminess or waste. One 40lb bag lasts me 3 months with two large male cats. Get it here for around $16, and if ur a prime member, with free 2-day shipping. Otherwise PetSmart carries it for around $18 per 40lb bag. Be careful with Amazon, tho. I've seen it as high as $26 with $15+ shipping. I live in a second story apartment, and LOVE that I can get UPS to deliver it to me free without my having to lug it up 18 stairs. Buy some... you won't be disappointed and ur LR will thank you...ur kitties, too ;-) « Show Less
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Absolutely not! The first Littermaid I owned was wonderful and lasted over 5 years with 2 cats. In the past year I've bought, returned, bought another, returned it, too, bought another and didn't bother to return it. Sad to say, but I've given up. So..... I scoop a few times a day. I don't have a solution, but would love to have a product as good as my first one.
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I've tried the different crystal litter brands and they all seem to work fine. The problem is, our cats don't like the crystal litter. They'll pee in it just fine but would rather use the floor to poo than use the crystal litter. I'm going to try the fine clumping sand next to see if that works with the kitties.
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I use only the Arm & Hammer ultra last litter. I also use their double duty deodorizer freshner powder when I change the waste drawer. I put some in the bottom of drawer and in the waste bag. When I add litter I also put a little bit of the Double Duty Arm & Hammer deodorizer and mix it in with the litter. I change my waste drawer twice a week. And clean the globe about once a month. I have two cats using it. I love it and it saves me tons of time and my animals are well taken care of.
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I have both litter boxes and I can say while the LR is indeed just an automatic version of the rolling Omega Paw litter box, it works much better...and obviously requires much less effort from the pet owner. My main problem with the Omega Paw was that over about one month's time, little bits of dirty litter would build up inside it that were too small to get caught by the grate and would get recycled into the clean litter. Eventually, you had to either dump all the remaining clean litter or scoop manually to remove all the little pieces of dirty litter. Also, as I mentioned in another answer, my Omega Paw would regularly get clumps of used litter cemented on the bottom of the box, which would have to be manually removed. The LR does not have either of these problems. The clean litter stays clean, and no nasty dried on clumps have occurred. My theory for the lack of cemented on clumps is that the flexible material of the globe makes clumps detach during the cleaning process, and also that the clumps never have a chance to dry on due to the short period of time between the formation of the clumps and the commencement of the cleaning cycle. As for the little bits of dirty litter that the Omega Paw builds up, but the LR doesn't, I can only guess that they are the result of the cats stepping on, or scratching, clumps of dried waste from a previous litter box visit and breaking little bits off. As the LR gets cleaned after each use, this scenario does not occur. And I don't know about you, but the idea that my cats are going in and out of a clean litter box to do their business is much more attractive to me than the idea of them stepping on old waste clumps and then walking around my house afterwards. Don't get me wrong--the Omega Paw is a great, great litter box. It is leaps and bounds ahead of a traditional, scoop cleaned litter box, and it is much cheaper than the LR. However, it simply does not work as well.
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Good luck on that one! Apparently they don't answer much anymore like they did in the beginning. The phone number I had was 1.800.735.3927....or 1.888.SELF-WASH. They once gave me instructions to reset: Press 2 buttons for 9 seconds is supposed to clear the program. Then press #1, then #2 then #3 and #4.....1 and 4 comes on and it will drain. I have 2 Cat genies that I would like to give away with 2 walls and one dome...don't use anymore because I got tired of it not functioning properly especially when we went on vacation. Never failed to quit or have problems just as we were leaving out the door on vacation or just after we left. Don't depend on it while you are gone. Also, it's a mess to clean, especially if your cat has longer hair.....always gets hair caught in spinner. I found that getting a HUGE long faux-wicker locker and put a hole cut in the side.....works much better. No smell, easy to scoop (lift the lid!) and a larger area for kitty to use.....they love it much better.
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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 tried it, and it worked ok, but I had better luck with the Pure and Simple brand crystal cat litter. The natures miracle just doesn't last as long, but I also have 3 cats so that is a large factor.
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is this amazon item the same as the "Tabby package" in the official website?The price is about the same... But i'm not sure if amazon is shipping the SuperClean Cartridge with his package which seems to be pretty much the only difference between the two.Official tabby package includes:# 1 SaniSolution Cartridges good for 120 cycles# 2 Boxes of Washable Granules, one to fill, one to replenish# 1 SuperClean Cartridge (Good for 4 SuperCleans)# 2 T-Adapters for either a laundry or bathroom setup# Manuals for Simple Set Up, Operations, and Cat Acclimation is this amazon item the same as the "Tabby package" in the official website?The price is about the same... But i'm not sure if amazon is shipping the SuperClean Cartridge with his package which seems to be pretty much the only difference between the two.Official tabby package includes:# 1 SaniSolution Cartridges good for 120 cycles# 2 Boxes of Washable Granules, one to fill, one to replenish# 1 SuperClean Cartridge (Good for 4 SuperCleans)# 2 T-Adapters for either a laundry or bathroom setup# Manuals for Simple Set Up,... » Read More is this amazon item the same as the "Tabby package" in the official website?The price is about the same... But i'm not sure if amazon is shipping the SuperClean Cartridge with his package which seems to be pretty much the only difference between the two.Official tabby package includes:# 1 SaniSolution Cartridges good for 120 cycles# 2 Boxes of Washable Granules, one to fill, one to replenish# 1 SuperClean Cartridge (Good for 4 SuperCleans)# 2 T-Adapters for either a laundry or bathroom setup# Manuals for Simple Set Up, Operations, and Cat Acclimation « Show Less
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Have both, only use litter locker, hate the genie. Amazon quit selling refills for litter locker, had to purchase dr. Foster and smith. Would not live without litter locker/ great product, I own two, one, the spring broke, I had for a while and have three cats so understandable. The genie is messy, harder to use, don't understand why all the stores sell this product and not litter locker. I Give the genie a 3/locker a 9.........................
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safe for whom, the cat or the skitter critter? The cat will be fine, the skitter critter on the other hand, you might have trouble finding it again. Somewhere in my house are two from the first batch and one from the second batch. Occasionally I find one that I had given up on when looking for a current one. Then we have a couple going at the same time. Currently have one in hiding again. WHERE does he put these things? Sure likes them though. I'm tempted to open up batch #3 and put another on into service. I like having more than one at a time.
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You can use the Petsafe simply clean cotinuous - clean litter box we had two of them . We like it I think you will too. Andrea it will help you out it and your cat will like it too.
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The red bottle is definitely better and worth the cost; I have used both and now loyal to the red. But buy at Amazon.com, at the big name pet stores it is as much as $40 for the big huge bottle. It removes the pheromones total reducing the cats tendency to do it in the same spot. It is also just overall better at completely getting rid of cat urine smell and stain. It works on even more surprising stains. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!! DO NOT USE ANY OTHER CLEANER BEFORE OR AFTER. Good Luck!!
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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.