I need creative solutions for my cats' litter box

Post date: 2021-01-12 03:44:49

I am at my wit's end trying to find a good litter box solution for my 2 cats. My current problem is primarily scatter - no matter what I try, I end up with litter all over my house and I'm over it. Help!

I have 2 large (not overweight, just huge) male cats that are 7 years old. Love them to death and they are healthy and happy. I, however, am not happy about how much litter ends up all over my house and the amount of litter box maintenance I currently have to do. The current set up is a PetSafe automatic litter box, but with a permanent tray (versus the disposable kind) and Dr. Elsey's low scatter litter. The entire box sits in a dog crate tray and there are litter mats everywhere of various kinds. This is not working for a few reasons:

1) Litter is still getting everywhere. I have a 100+ year old house with wood floors and it just rolls everywhere, not to mention gets down into the crevices in the floor and is a huge pain to clean up.
2) I still have to scoop every single day, otherwise the "reservoir" that is supposed to last a month fills up in 2 days. My cats produce a lot of waste, it seems. Plus the box is scooping clumped urine as well as solids because one of my cats refuses to use crystal litter (which the box is designed for).

I have tried every single cat litter mat on the planet, and none are helping. My guys aren't digging and throwing the litter out, but they do leap out of the box with a lot of force and that is causing the scatter, I think.

Other things I've tried that didn't work:
- Hooded litter boxes (one cat won't use covered boxes)
- Multiple boxes (no matter how many I put out, they will both pick one box and use it exclusively)
- Top entry litter boxes (again, my one picky cat protested)
- All kinds of litter, including World's Best (made my house smell like a barn and brought sugar ants), various Tidy Cats (the cats favorite but scatters like crazy), different crystals (one cat won't use crystals), Clump & Seal Slide, Fresh Step, and a few kinds of Dr. Elsey's.

Is there a magical solution out there that I am missing? I am willing to invest money and time into this venture. My only limitations are that I cannot put the box in a room with plumbing (so can't try the box that flushes it down the sewer). I'd prefer to avoid options with disposable trays that cause excess waste. What should I try next?

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