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Can anyone recommend a kitty litter product that doesn't stick to your cat's feet and track all over the place?
We have two cats and used to have two litter boxes. We used to keep one of the litter boxes in the kid's bathroom, but even after putting it in a large storage container with high sides and using one of those no-track mats, the litter would stick to the cat's feet and end up all over the bathroom floor when they jumped out of the storage container. I was sweeping in there almost daily and it would still stick to the kids damp feet when they got out of the shower - disgusting!
I tried removing that litter box and keeping just the one downstairs, which I clean daily. One cat has no problem with this. The other cat will poop in the downstairs litter box, but will not pee in it. He now pees on the bathroom floor where the old litter box used to be and if someone is in that bathroom when he needs to use it, he will scratch on the door twice and if it doesn't open, he proceeds to go to a room where there is a person and pee on the carpet along the edge of the room, even if the closest person is nowhere near that bathroom - jerk! It's driving me crazy.
So it looks like I have to put the litter-box back in the bathroom and might even need to put in a cat door in case someone has the gall to actually use the bathroom. I a little concerned about this as it is right at the top of the stairs. This means I'm back to my original problem - how to keep the cat litter from tracking all over the bathroom floor? Any ideas? He is very set on this particular location and I have three kids using this rather small bathroom including a teenage daughter that likes to take long baths with the door shut.
If you have a long-haired cat chances are the litter is sticking to the fur around and between his toes (that's what the problem is with our male cat).
We improved the "tracking situation" by placing an old bath mat under the front of the litter box (the kind with rubber backing so it doesn't bunch up) and carefully trimming the long tufts of fur on the bottoms of his feet. This has helped a lot, but now while cleaning, we have the added step of taking the mat outside and shaking the litter out of it, and washing it every couple of weeks.
Just a suggestion - I know it's frustrating but our pets add so much to our lives, aren't they worth it?
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, he is short hair, so there's no fur to trim between his toes. I have one of those rubber mats that are designed to take the litter off his feet but he jumps over it and he was peeing on the bathmat when we had one in the bathroom, so it's been removed.
Have you tried the Gorilla Grip cat litter mat (I believe that's what it's called)? Got mine on Amazon and it's helped greatly!
Can I use Pam to keep used litter from sticking inside the box, especially urine at the sides?
By Patricia J
This is a page about how to keep litter from sticking to the cat box. Often wet litter will stick to the sides and in the corners of the litter box.
It is a great convenience that cats are easily trained to use a litter box. However, finding the best place to locate your litter box(es) out of site and reach of other pets and children can be a process of trial and error.
