Clevercat Litterbox

I never thought I'd see the day when I'd write more than two words about litterboxes. But, I really must because like many cat keepers, I am tired of scattered litter granules around the house. Spoo Kee likes to have fun in his box (and, he claims, be very thorough about covering up his poop) kicking litter around. His Tidy Cat covered litterbox just hasn't been cutting it, even with the little litter-catching mat in front of it.

I spied a Booda Clean Step litterbox at a local pet shop recently which gave me the idea that a new box is in order. The Booda is $50 (though I've seen it much cheaper online) so I wanted to look around before I spent that much on a plastic cat poop storing device.

While picking up a hefty bag of Science Diet Indoor Cat food at PetSmart, I checked out the Booda box. Although quite fancy in its space-age-igloo shape and designer colors, it's quite huge and the lid wasn't too easy to lock into place. Who wants to struggle with a litterbox lid every day? Um, I'm saying, not I. Then I saw the Clevercat box. Its utilitarian and almost primitive design, at first, made me think it was nothing special. But I thought, perhaps, a top-entry box would be cleaner than a front-entry (like Tidy Cat or Booda) since Spoo kicks the litter right out the front of the box. I took a chance and brought it home.

I was careful to introduce the new litterbox to Spoo gradually to prevent any upsets. (That's another story altogether.) I filled the new box with litter and put it a couple of feet from his old one, without the lid on. He had fun for a few days having two boxes. (That's more bathrooms than for us humans in this household!)

Then I switched out the old for the new, kept lid off for another couple of days. Once I put the lid on, I was worried, but Spoo didn't seem to mind it. In fact, I'm convinced he likes the lid and dark space. (He loves to hide out.) There's some traction on the lid to clean kitty's feet before leaping off the top. So far, there's barely any litter around the box and haven't found any around the house. (Knock wood.)

The only drawback would be, if you have a rather obese and/or lazy cat, he/she may not appreciate the extra workout to use the lue and therefore may punish you by using your suitcase as a litterbox. (**Do not leave suitcase unattended.**) But, hey, kitty could probably use the exercise anyway.