How to Shop For Self-Cleaning Litter Boxes

By Bob Schmitt

Self-cleaning litter boxes are a great help to any cat owner. Scooping out the waste from the litter box can get to be a tedious and unpleasant chore if you are doing it by hand. When you are shopping for one of these interesting inventions, look for all the best features.

First of all, the self-cleaning litter box must rake the kitty's waste frequently. If it does not, there is no point in having it. A good unit will have a sensor to alert it when it has been used. It should rake the waste immediately afterwards.

Nighttime raking can keep you awake, especially if the litter box is near your bedroom. Some self-cleaning litter boxes offer a solution to this. They halt their raking for a set number of hours while you sleep and then resume again when that time is up.

To keep things fresh, the litter box should have some type of odor elimination mechanism. A nice touch is a self-cleaning litter box with an ionic air cleaner. This keeps the litter box fresh-smelling constantly.

Another problem that cat owners have is that their cats and kittens drag kitty litter from the litter box into the house. You can get self-cleaning litter boxes that take care of this situation. They have paw cleaning ramps that keep the litter from spreading beyond the box area. Be sure to get one with a ramp that will hold the weight of your cat.

The next question is where the waste will go after the self-cleaning litter box has raked it. Some brands simply rake the waste into a pile at the front of the box. The best choice is a unit that will rake it into a container that is sealed by the unit. Then it can be disposed of easily without handling the litter.

You need to know how the self-cleaning litter box will be powered. You can get ones that run on household current or others that run on batteries. The most convenient choices offer you both options. Then you can use your household current to save you from buying a lot of batteries. Yet, if the electricity goes off you can still keep the box going.

Finally, look for self-cleaning litter boxes with warranties. A one-year warranty is reasonable. In that amount of time you should know whether the box will work as it is supposed to work. When you have found the kind of litter box that meets all your requirements, you can order it anticipating relief from this chore.

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