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Rhonda Elliott loves Sheba, her sleek black cat. But when this Brooklyn, NY, editor started to work out of her home office, the sight -- and smell -- of Sheba's litter box became a major nuisance. "I didn't want to scoop the litter box every day or clean it every week, and I certainly didn't want to be working next to it," says Elliott. "Ages ago, my sister gave me a book on how to toilet train your cat; I laughed and tossed it on the bookshelf. But when I started working from home, I remembered the book, found it, and began toilet training Sheba." Toilet train a cat? It's easier than you may think, says Eric Brotman, PhD, a clinical psychologist in Sherman Oaks, CA, and the author of "How ...
One feline characteristic that many cat owners appreciate is their pets' tendency to groom themselves. But even the cleanest cat still leaves behind a mess or two for his human to handle. Whether you're in search of a better way to manage your cat's litter, or some assistance when trying to "de-fur" your home, certain products on the market can help. To keep your feline-filled home as neat as possible, our friends at Zootoo rounded up some of their favorite cleanup solutions for cat owners. Pledge A solid addition to the cat lover's fur-fighting arsenal, the Fabric Sweeper for Pet Hair from Pledge is a durable sweeper that can handle cleanup jobs that are just too big for sticky ...
scoopfree.com No matter how much you love your kitty, you probably don't love cleaning his litter box. What's to like? It's stinky, it's messy, and it takes up your time. But it doesn't have to! The ScoopFree Ultra Automatic Litter Box takes care of this icky chore for you. The self-cleaning litter box uses disposable litter trays filled with odor-controlling blue crystals. Once it's time to change litter, you toss the tray and crystals and replace it, no scooping or bagging required. Plus, it offers three great bonus features: a privacy hood, an adjustable rake delay (choose five, 10 or 20 minutes) and a health counter (so you can keep track of how many times each month you're kitty is ...
With so many cat products hitting shelves every week, we asked our favorite kitty-centric blog, Moderncat, to roundup their faves in our column Moderncat's Modern Finds. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,entry&id=875084&pid=875083&uts=1272465867 http://cdn.channel.aol.com/cs_feed_v1_6/csfeedwrapper.swf Litter Boxes You Don't Have To Hide If you have a house cat, you have a litter box. The good news is, with some of these new designs, the litter box doesn't have to be an eyesore. Doesn't kitty deserve an aesthetically pleasing place to do her business? ModernCat Fancy Litter Boxes If you ...
Modkat Cat owners have long attempted to minimize the stink, unsightliness and stray litter granules associated with traditional litter boxes. Two alternatives are to teach your cat to use the toilet (good luck), or invest in the CatGenie, a fairly expensive and complicated apparatus that sifts through the litter and flings the poo away, but requires connection to a power source, water line and a drain. The ModKat purports to be a simpler solution, billing itself as "the world's smartest looking, most functional cat litter box." It's hard to argue with the first claim, as the primary-colored cubes won't look out of place in any Ikea-furnished apartment (especially if you've still got your ...
"Always wash your hands after using the potty." Photo: CatGenie.com Ready for yet another newfangled gizmo that claims to take the manpower out of litter cleaning? The CatGenie bills itself as "the world's only self-flushing, self-washing cat box." Hook it up to a water source, a power source and a drain, and the only time you'll ever touch it (or its smelly contents) again is to hit the cleaning cycle's start button. Poop is scooped into the CatGenie's tank, where it is liquefied before being banished down a drain. In fact, the CatGenie is so sci-fi futuristic, it doesn't use actual cat litter; instead, the machine comes with a box of plastic, non-toxic washable granules that simulate ...