Anyone use this with clay litter to at least get the solid matter into the tray?
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I have used clumping clay litter, clumping corn litter, and a mix of the two. All of these have worked well with this litter pan. I have had no trouble with solid or liquid waste. All get into the tray after rolling. I have had a small amount of litter tracked, but I expect that. It's a small price for owning cats. I love these litter pans. Best I have ever used.
1740053
i use clumping litter to make sure the urine gets removed (arm and hammer fresh scent -- the unscented and multicat don't work so well). I also got the large size, the others are too small for a big cat, in my opinion, and you have to roll it more often. i also have a mat in front, and i have the unit in a niche but facing the wall so no one has to see into it (except the cat, who has to go round a corner). litter gets tracked out onto the mat, but it's hidden, and worth the ease of cleaning.
1740054
I use Tidy Cats light weight clumping litter and it works wonderfully with this litter box. I no longer dread cleaning it.
1740055
If you want one big mess but this thing , no matter what kind of litter you buy and use it's not worth it ! You will end up cleaning the floor and area around the box save your money :)
1740056
I highly recommend a good clumping litter. I personally use Tidy Cats. Just getting the solid waste into the tray defeats the purpose because the strong ordor of the urine will remain in the non clumping litter...
1088895
We use Tidy Cats type (not clay) clumping litter and it works well. I don't know how big the granules of the walnut-based litter would be. There are slots that the litter falls thru as the tray turns on its side for the clumps to fall down past into the pan and then it fills back up when you return the handle. If the granules are about the same size it should work fine.
1658479
If you are using the scoopfree do not use the clumping. It can jam the mechanism and burn out the motor. Walmart carries an inexpensive crystal litter that works great.
1001106
I tried tilting the box almost all the way over and it helped get the clean litter collect in the tray. I had worse issues getting the dirty litter out of the box, it always got stuck.
701004
Don't use good clumping litter. The chunks get stuck in the slot and you have to break them apart.
1122038
I haven't tried it on cat litter, but I think in a pinch it would work great, but if its large amounts though, I would probably consider something else.
2194822
It will handle the fur like a champ, but clay litter not as well. An alternative for the litter might be a carpet flicker. The FURemover broom will definitely add usable time to a carpet flicker companion.
1890691
I use another brand of scoopable clay that I used to use in plastic boxes. Not Nature's own. And it works well in these.
1380846
I have never used that type of litter but I can assure you that this scoop will not bend or break. I sometimes need to use quite a bit of pressure to scrape the wet litter from the bottom of the pan and this scoop is definitely up to the job.
993423
I was using those Johnny Cat large litter tray liners for a while but this unit does come with 1 large upper tray liner and 2 smaller liners for the bottom tray. Personally I tried the liner for the upper tray where they poddy but it was always ripping from their clawing and I had to use extra long rubberbands to secure the liner because they would pull at it. I finally just removed it and am so much happier without it, especially using the silica sand cat litter. You just rake it after they urinate to keep things absorbed and less smelly and the tray never has the silica sticking to it unless really saturated but it scrapes right off when I clean it. Clumping clay litter sticks a lot worse so that is why I now only use the silica litter. This litter box works wonderfully with it and I just use paper towels and a bleach/water solution every 5 days when I change the litter to wipe out the tray and wipe off the sifting plate. The silica absorbs the solid waste's moisture so well the tray never has waste stuck to it and that really is another bonus! I have not even had to replace my bottom tray liner since I use the 9 x 11 foil baking pans sitting in the bottom waste tray. I use the foil baking pans that come with the top tray having pencil sized holes in it. It allow me to lift that top tray to sift the solid waste and dump it and then I dump the sifted silica sand litter in the bottom tray back in the unit so the litter remains plentiful until changing time. Once the foil trays get too beat up or super nasty I just replace them at less than $3. I like saving money. Hope this helps.
1458367
No. The litter tray works without a liner. You would just have to wash it after use.
1499042
I've never used crystals, so I don't know. Smart sift is designed for the clean litter that hasn't clumped to go into a holding area while the clumps fall into a separate box for disposal. If the crystal litter does not clump, I don't think it will work. For those of you already using this box, I find that the new lightweight littler works extremely well. Before I felt I was using too much litter but now I'm using less then I ever have and it more than makes up for the extra cost of the lightweight litter. Love this box but there is a learning curve. If you put in more litter than you are supposed to do, it will only go to waste and be dumped into the waste pan.
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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 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.
881673
It is designed to be used with the "crystals" litter, any tinkering with that has reduced its ability to function well--especially the raking action. I wouldn't try anything other than crystals (there are several brands out there). Love this machine, BTW.
358077
You can. We did for a while, you just have to shake it or stir pellets around to get the "sawdust" to drop through to the tray. It overflows very quickly -- would work great if the box had a deep tray to catch the used pieces. We went back to the original pretty soon after, just wasn't worth the mess.
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I purchased the Littermade specifically for this box but do not like the odor it produces so I have been mixing it with Arm and Hammer Scoopable litter. This works very well. Once I ran out of the Littermade litter, I used the Arm and Hammer scoopable without any problem.