How Often Do You Clean The Litterbox?

gharrissc · 11-23-2012, 04:46 PM

On average on how often do you clean the litterbox? For me I clean between 2-3 times per day between the boxes. Sometimes the cat will use both boxes and others they will just use one.

Arianwen · 11-23-2012, 04:47 PM

By clean do you mean just scooping or emptying completely? For me there's a huge difference!

snowy · 11-23-2012, 04:56 PM

Ya, there's a huge difference. I use pine litter with a 2 layer box. ET poop once a day, so scooping is once a day. Clear lower tray layed with plastic sheet and top up new litter once a week. Clear out everything and wash top box once a month.

gharrissc · 11-23-2012, 04:57 PM

Scooping only,not complete dump and sanitize.

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Originally Posted by Arianwen

By clean do you mean just scooping or emptying completely? For me there's a huge difference!

MowMow · 11-23-2012, 05:01 PM

Between 2and 3 times a day for scooping and about once a month I tear the boxes apart and soak them in bleach solution and rinse them well.

Penny135 · 11-23-2012, 08:34 PM

I scoop them when I get up in the morning and at night before bed.

Carmel · 11-23-2012, 08:44 PM

It depends on the cat so I can't really vote.

Blacky does everything outside.

Blaze doesn't pee in his two litterboxes so I don't feel compelled to clean them daily. Newspaper on the wall gets changed, though...

For the cat in the garage I clean the litterbox twice daily, morning and night. I might scale back to once a day in a week or two after I can stop looking for disasters in there (he was just neutered and could - although unlikely - have worms).

Venusworld21 · 11-23-2012, 09:16 PM

I clean once a day for my permanent kitties (5 cats, 2 litter boxes, no accidents) and twice a day (morning and night at feeding time) for my fosters as most of them are kittens just learning to use a litter box and cleaner is much more inviting.

Susan · 11-23-2012, 09:19 PM

I scoop once a day and totally clean all 3 boxes every 2 weeks.

lovetimesfour · 11-23-2012, 11:28 PM

Minimum three times a day. But usually much more often than that, because if I am home and I hear a cat in the boxes, I just go down right away and scoop it out. And I always check them before I leave the house and when I first walk in. So yeah, lots of times. I didn't vote in the poll, since there is no choice for that.

Dump and scrub once a week.

View Poll Results: How Often Do You Clean The Litterbox?
Once A Day	23	38.98%
Twice A Day	28	47.46%
A Few Times Per Week	7	11.86%
Once Per Week	1	1.69%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll

11-23-2012, 04:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
gharrissc Cat Join Date: May 2012 Location: Camden Sc Posts: 256	How Often Do You Clean The Litterbox? On average on how often do you clean the litterbox? For me I clean between 2-3 times per day between the boxes. Sometimes the cat will use both boxes and others they will just use one.

11-23-2012, 05:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
MowMow Premier Cat Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,925	Between 2and 3 times a day for scooping and about once a month I tear the boxes apart and soak them in bleach solution and rinse them well. __________________ CF Sig by KrisMowBook, on Flickr

11-23-2012, 08:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Carmel Cat Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 2,276	It depends on the cat so I can't really vote. Blacky does everything outside. Blaze doesn't pee in his two litterboxes so I don't feel compelled to clean them daily. Newspaper on the wall gets changed, though... For the cat in the garage I clean the litterbox twice daily, morning and night. I might scale back to once a day in a week or two after I can stop looking for disasters in there (he was just neutered and could - although unlikely - have worms). __________________ Along with the dogs Tara and Coco. Last edited by Carmel; 11-23-2012 at 08:48 PM.

11-23-2012, 09:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
Susan Premier Cat Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,947	I scoop once a day and totally clean all 3 boxes every 2 weeks. __________________ Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

11-23-2012, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Arianwen Cat Addict Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 1,601	By clean do you mean just scooping or emptying completely? For me there's a huge difference!

11-23-2012, 04:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
snowy Cool Cat Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,006	Ya, there's a huge difference. I use pine litter with a 2 layer box. ET poop once a day, so scooping is once a day. Clear lower tray layed with plastic sheet and top up new litter once a week. Clear out everything and wash top box once a month.

11-23-2012, 08:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Penny135 Senior Cat Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 762	I scoop them when I get up in the morning and at night before bed.

11-23-2012, 09:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
Venusworld21 Tom Cat Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Washington State Posts: 323	I clean once a day for my permanent kitties (5 cats, 2 litter boxes, no accidents) and twice a day (morning and night at feeding time) for my fosters as most of them are kittens just learning to use a litter box and cleaner is much more inviting.

11-23-2012, 11:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
lovetimesfour Senior Cat Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 673	Minimum three times a day. But usually much more often than that, because if I am home and I hear a cat in the boxes, I just go down right away and scoop it out. And I always check them before I leave the house and when I first walk in. So yeah, lots of times. I didn't vote in the poll, since there is no choice for that. Dump and scrub once a week.

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