Closed toilets for cats: choosing comfort for the animal and cleanliness for the home

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One of the key aspects of comfortable living together between a person and his murka is the toilet issue.

It is often not difficult to come to a compromise in this regard with a kitty if you know how to do it.

Therefore, it is better to take the time to read the necessary article than to struggle intensively with the cat’s dirty tricks.

A pet needs a toilet first of all, although additions such as a scratching post with a cat house .

After all, for a cat, this is, first of all, comfort - it cannot live in a booth or enclosure like a dog, so more attention needs to be paid to its needs.

Before deciding whether to buy closed or open cat litter boxes, you need to pay attention to the material of manufacture, surface smoothness, size and shape

• 2 Models of cat litter
• 3 Training the cat to use the litter box

Rating of the best indoor toilets for cats

What to look for when choosing a closed tray?

1. Pet's age. A closed litter box is not the most suitable accessory for a kitten under five months of age. Such a toilet will most likely be too large for him. For the first time, it is better to take an open tray designed specifically for babies. Their sides are smaller, making it easier for kittens to climb inside.
2. Cat size. The love of these pets even for the tightest and smallest boxes is known, perhaps, to every owner. But in the case of a toilet, this rule does not work. The tray should be of such a size that the pet can freely turn around inside it and stand up to its full height. Some manufacturers offer a whole range of sizes, with the largest tray intended for large cats, including the Maine Coon breed.

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3. Space for a tray. Covered trays take up more space than their lidless counterparts. This should be taken into account when choosing an accessory. If there is not enough space, take a closer look at the corner model. They are suitable for small spaces.
4. Ergonomics and ease of use. Before purchasing, be sure to check the chosen model: try removing and connecting the tray and lid several times, design the tray door and estimate how wide it is. If you are buying a toilet for a six-month-old kitten, keep in mind that he will still grow up. Pay attention to the materials from which the tray is made. The plastic must be safe and of high quality; there should be no traces of cat claws on it when buried.

The best indoor toilets in the mid-price segment

Toilet house for cats Curver PetLife, 51*39*40cm

Rating: 4.9

First place is given to a durable and comfortable design, in which an animal of any age will feel comfortable, and the owner will appreciate the practicality and ease of care. For small breeds and kittens there is an additional step for entry. Environmentally friendly plastic used in production meets safety requirements. It will not affect the health of the animal and will not have a negative impact on the environment, since it does not contain toxic or harmful substances.

The toilet is easy to disassemble and assemble. After closing, the casing is attached to the tray using special clamps. The tray slides out easily. At the top of the body there is a storage compartment for the scoop, which is used for collecting solid waste. The model has a handle for transportation. The interesting design makes the house not only a practical item in the home, but also a unique interior decoration.

Curver PetLife has released a product with an expanded color line. It features anthracite, creamy brown, dark gray, brown and beige shades that will harmoniously fit into rooms with light and dark decor.

Advantages

• for all cat breeds;
• fabric odor filter;
• easy cleansing;
• convenient transportation.

Flaws

• not identified.

Recommendations for use

Your pet sees a closed cat litter box for the first time, and you are faced with the problem of training. There are several tips to simplify and speed up the process:

1. If you purchased a toilet with a lid or door, it is better to dismantle them at the initial stage. The feeling of free space will not cause fear and rejection. The cat will be interested in the new product and will study it.
2. Transfer the cat's scent to a new pot. It is possible to use a small amount of labeled litter from an old toilet. Or try covering the previous tray with the lid from the newly purchased one.
3. After about one to two weeks, you can mount the door back. Make sure your pet understands how to get in and out.
4. If you are away from home for a long time, leave the entrance to the toilet open. At first, you can open the lid at night.
5. Buy an attractive spray at the pet store - this will speed up the training process.
6. Do not suddenly change the location of the toilet in the house and the type of filler.
7. Change the carbon filter in the dry closet once every four months.
8. Place an anti-slip mat under the tray. It will fix the position and help keep the floor around the potty clean.

If your pet accepts the improved litter box favorably, consider yourself lucky. Now you will appreciate the ease of cleaning, the level of cleanliness in the apartment and create comfort for your beloved pet. Perhaps at first buying a closed litter box may seem like a waste of money, but in fact it is a great thing for any cat owner.

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Toilet with filter and indicator

It is a type of bio toilet, equipped with an electric fan and an LED indicator of the level of filter contamination. When the fan operates, the foul-smelling air moves to the back of the toilet, where it passes through a carbon filter-based air purifier. An indicator light indicates the need to replace the filter.

Advantages:

• completely eliminates unpleasant odor;
• eliminates scattering of filler;
• works silently;
• You can use any filler.

Flaws:

• high price;
• expensive replacement filters;
• quite large dimensions;
• requires connection to the electrical network;
• the door can make it difficult for your pet to toilet train.

Price range: from 8,000 rubles.

Tray fillers

Fillers are used to improve hygiene. There are 4 types of substances. They are used depending on the type of tray and the age of the animal.

• Mineral – suitable for kittens. The composition does not stick to the paws. Absorbs the smell until the filler is completely saturated.
• Wood is a cheap filler. It is environmentally safe for the animal, but does not absorb odors well.
• Silica gel - absorbs liquid well, protecting the environment from unpleasant odors. Does not cause allergies in kittens.
• Clay ones have a long shelf life. Suitable for owners who rarely clean up after their cat.

Types of indoor cat potties

There are several types of closed trays for cats:

1. Simple plastic design with a high lid. Filler is poured into the tray. The pot can be either with or without a door. The package usually includes a grille. Models without a door do not retain odor well. There are modifications of the standard tray, made in the form of a snail. Thanks to this shape, odors are better retained inside. The pots are equipped with special ladders with a rough coating that cleans the cat's paws from small pieces of litter stuck on them. But snail trays are quite bulky, so they take up a lot of space.

Snail-shaped pots are equipped with special rough steps

Carbon filters absorb unpleasant odors

Cat potties can be installed in various pieces of furniture

Automatic cat litter boxes require a utility connection

How to wash, how to clean

Hygienic procedures are mandatory when using filler and without it. In the second case, you will have to clean the litter box after each time your pet goes to the toilet.

If the attribute is not taken care of, then one of the consequences is an unpleasant odor that will quickly spread throughout the entire apartment.

But the tailed pet will begin to regularly look for new places to relieve its natural needs, since the smell of excrement scares them away.

To clean your cat's litter box, you will need disinfectant (eco-friendly) detergents, a soft brush and paper towels.

Procedure. Everything will take no more than five minutes.

1. The used filler is sent in a plastic bag.
2. Having unfastened the removable mesh, the base is washed under warm water.
3. Apply or spray detergent onto the tray and leave for a few minutes. Then the base is cleaned with a brush.
4. The removable grate is cleaned in warm water.

Tray cleaner

Choosing a detergent

The most important criterion is the absence of strong odors. Be careful when using toilet bowl cleaners. Many of them have a pungent “aroma” that can scare away a cat.

As a result, the pet will have no choice but to go looking for a more comfortable place to go to the toilet.

Acid-containing products effectively fight urinary stones, which settle on the surface of the tray over time. An analogue of these is ordinary vinegar, but it only eliminates the smell and is not suitable for regular cleaning.

Eco-friendly disinfectants are the best option. They smell nothing and contain virtually no chemicals.

Basic nuances of choosing a tray

To understand which cat toilet is more suitable, you should pay attention to the following nuances:

Material of manufacture - it is important to choose a durable product and quite weighty so that it does not spread to the cat. Shape and size – the toilet should have a shape and size that allows you to move freely in it

Depth - a cat litter box should have a depth that allows it to be filled with the required amount of litter, which at the same time will not be scattered when buried. Smoothness of the surface - the surface of the product must be free of defects in the form of sharp protruding elements that can cause injury to the pet.

About smart cat litter boxes

Smart cat litter boxes are designed to make life easier for pet owners. Thanks to auto toilets, you can forget about the daily, routine cleaning of the litter box. Changing a regular litter box is not that difficult, but if the owners are often away from home, or if there are several pets, this process can be tedious. An automatic toilet helps solve such problems.

Porcelain and plastic cat litter

First of all, it is worth saying that smart toilets for pets come in two types: porcelain and plastic. Porcelain smart toilets are connected to sewerage and water supply, sometimes to electricity, and in appearance they resemble a regular human toilet. In their design they resemble dry closets.

Both plastic and porcelain smart litter boxes for cats work automatically, although there is still a difference between them.

Porcelain toilets are good because they are virtually completely flushed automatically, and excrement goes straight into the sewer.

Although plastic cat litters flush on their own, the waste has to be thrown away periodically, as it ends up in a special poop bag.

Another distinctive feature of plastic cat litter is that they use granules, that is, regular cat litter. He falls asleep in the toilet every few days. Plastic smart toilets usually have a built-in system for cleaning and flushing the granules, so there is no need to worry about constantly replacing the litter.

By the way, it is thanks to the granules that a cat can be easily accustomed to such a toilet at a young age, or even retrained from a regular litter box. With porcelain toilets, this trick is much more difficult to pull off - cats are not so willing to get used to it.

Automatic operation of cat litter

Smart toilets certainly make the owner’s life easier, but they do not solve all problems. Moreover, smart toilets have different operating principles. Some smart toilets (usually porcelain) are connected to sewerage, water supply and electricity, while others (plastic dry toilets) are not connected to these communications.

This directly affects the operation of the toilet. In the first case, a person only needs to wash the porcelain toilet occasionally, while in the second, he needs to regularly change the filler and throw away excrement. Typically, a smart cat litter box has a sensor that detects the cat and automatically commands the litter box to clean itself some time after the pet leaves.

But the most primitive models of dry closets may not have a sensor, in which case the excrement slowly slides into the tank along the poured granules. Such dry toilets do not rely on electricity, but at the same time they mask the smell worse.

Important! Smart toilets make quite a loud noise when flushing. This often scares away pets, which is why manufacturers set a certain delay for flushing: the toilet operates only after a certain time after the sensor realizes that the cat has left. However, even this does not always help.

Types of plastic dry toilets

Plastic dry closets come in open and closed types.

Open ones are similar to a regular tray, but are equipped with a reservoir and other attributes of a smart toilet.

The closed ones look like a basket, inside of which there is a tray with granules, as well as other elements of the toilet.

Closed litter boxes mask the smell better and are easier to clean, but adult cats are reluctant to use them. Open ones have these disadvantages, but pets can easily be retrained from regular trays to open automatic ones.

Plastic dry closets differ in the filters they use. Filters are needed to clean granules, absorb moisture, and combat unpleasant odors. The simplest dry toilets are equipped with carbon filters. More complex models have a multi-level filtration system or operate on the principle of replaceable cartridges.

Owner reviews

I've been using an indoor cat litter box for a couple of months now. I was preparing for the purchase for a long time, because the toad was terribly pressing: 2350 + delivery... But having thoroughly tested this miracle of design, I can share my positive impressions with a clear conscience. My main fears were that the filler would still spread a lot, if the cat peed while standing, then everything would leak onto the floor, there was not enough space. All these fears did not come true. The step grate “works”, nothing leaks outside the toilet, the filler hardly spreads: I now sweep 1-2 times a day!

dizigner_ru

https://ori-cats.livejournal.com/713588.html

We have been using the house for three years now. The absolute truth is there is no smell. I put wood filler in the tray. Which to choose? I think this is not important for a cat. I recommend!

alinav

https://www.kharkovforum.com/showthread.php?t=2244880

I bought a closed potty for my girl, but then I just threw it away because it’s impossible to wash it well. Now for 5 years he has been using a regular litter box, “dry paws” without any filler. Once I tried to pour some filler into her, and she stood there like that, walked up to the pot and scooped it onto the floor with her paws. Until I removed the filler, nothing happened. So understand these animals...

Lunyavka

https://www.kharkovforum.com/showthread.php?t=2244880

I have a cat and a cat, a toilet house + 2 trays. As soon as such a toilet appeared, both of them immediately began to go to it; the trays now stand idle. The filler is still carried out a little on the paws. But I'm extremely pleased with them. The thing is simply incomparable. No smell, no dirt. Cats feel protected in an intimate environment. Moreover, their feelings of disgust in him have disappeared, they want to go there calmly one after another, despite the fact that one of them pooped, the other pooped next to him and peed the same way. My filler is clumping wood. They used to throw them all over the corridor. So I highly recommend the toilet house.

Stefani

https://zooforum.ru/index.php?showtopic=53803

It is inconvenient to remove from it, we used it, then we returned to the old one, since we have to remove the top to remove it. Tired of it.

LUCKY

https://deti.mail.ru/forum/dosug/bratja_nashi_menshie/tualet_domik_dlja_koshki_udoben_ili_net/

When we first bought this toilet, the consultant at the store advised us to first glue the door to the ceiling of the toilet with tape so that the cat would not be afraid to go in there - they sealed it. I get up in the morning - the cat is gone... well, I think he’s sleeping somewhere, strange, he didn’t come out to eat either... I went to look and found it in the toilet)) The tape came off and “bricked up” the cat in the toilet. There was so much joy when the cat saw me through this glass)) I thought he would be afraid to go there - no, everything is fine - the tape was torn off and no longer glued...

Anonymous

https://www.u-mama.ru/forum/family/pets/534873/index.html

We've had one like this for a couple of years now. The mesh there is quite large, the wood filler gets stuck in it. It won’t work without filler, the mesh has no legs, and the paws will be covered in urine. My cat doesn’t like to dig into the litter, he likes to scratch the sides with his claws, so I sprinkle it under the bottom. The toilet is quite big. The downside is the door, it doesn’t let light in, the cat panics, I had to remove it. In general, I am satisfied and will exchange it for the same one, anyway, there are no other toilet houses with a mesh.

Victoria

https://mauforum.ru/viewtopic.php?p=2378840

In some cases, closed tray designs turn out to be extremely convenient and useful. But when choosing such a toilet, you need to take into account not only the appearance and shape of the model. It is important to choose a product that will be convenient for your furry pet to use, otherwise he may simply ignore it.

Tray for dogs with grass

With the help of such a toilet, you will teach your puppy to go to one place, and after it the dog will be able to go for a walk on the street, because the grass is the same as on the street. This toilet will help you replace winter walks with decorative dogs. A mat with a herb simulator will give your pet special pleasure, after which the dog will relieve itself without fail.

This toilet's system will prevent odor from escaping for up to seven days. Covering the toilet will allow you to clean up your dog's feces without problems, and you will save money on previously offered diapers.

Currently, there are many modifications of dog trays on the market. However, it is quite possible to make such a device yourself.

Types of automatic toilets

Gadgets differ in cleaning systems, fillers, materials of manufacture, electronic programming mechanisms, shape, color, price and manufacturer. The novelty of the devices is no longer so noticeable. Modern automated gadgets for cats are electric, flush, and aesthetically pleasing. The types of modern nanotechnological cat amenities are varied.

Catgenie-120

This device is convenient because there is no need to purchase filler.

The auto toilet has a 4-step cleaning cycle: sifts, rinses, disposes of waste and dries the pot. This is a cat litter with an automatic cleaning function and does not require the purchase of litter. The filler microgranules are washable, proprietary, and after use are dried with a hairdryer. If the granules are washed down the drain, they decompose there within a year. The timer starts flushing excrement. One automatic toilet Catgenie-120 is suitable for 3-4 cats.

Cat Litter

A modern self-cleaning nanotray removes waste using a rotating funnel. It is easy to set up, use and clean, washable and self-removing. Low power consumption. Ergonomic - the filler can be reused. The cat toilet needs to be cleaned every two weeks and is intended for one small indoor cat. Mostly made of plastic.

Kopfgescheit

A flush cat toilet requires minimal effort; everything that is contained is simply flushed with water, just like with humans. This is an electric cat litter box, connected to water supply, suitable for multiple animals. Ceramic, fakes are made of plastic. Electronic, equipped with an infrared sensor. An expensive model, an electronic miracle of technology that does not require practically any expenses from a person except money.

Simply Clean

For such a device you definitely need a filler.

Requires connection to electricity, but not to plumbing. Needs to buy filler. The Simply Clean cat litter box is a smart round scoop. Waste is collected in a special container along a conveyor. Urine flows into the pan. This auto-cleaning pot needs to be cleaned regularly.

Manufacturers rating

Let's look at a small rating of the most popular and high-quality closed cat litter boxes from different manufacturers.

• Petmate Booda Cleanstep. This inexpensive model from the Petmate brand has large sizes, a spacious tray, an outlet ladder and a lid with a filter. In this model, it is necessary to change the filler and carbon filters on time. In great demand.

• Nyan-tomo Seiketsu Toilet. This model from a Japanese manufacturer has high sides, a deodorizing mat and pine filler with antibacterial properties. Does not emit unpleasant odors. It can even be placed in the living room.

• Litter Spinner. An interesting model with an original design from a well-known manufacturer. It features quick cleaning and a separate waste compartment. Made from environmentally friendly and safe materials.

• Oster. This model has the function of forced air filtration, as well as light indicators. The toilet dashboard is electronic and easy to operate. The fan does not consume much energy. You can add any filler.

• Cat Genie. Rounding out our ranking is the fully automatic toilet from the Cat Genie brand. It contains special washable granules - they do not need to be constantly changed. There is a cartridge with shampoo and economical consumption. This model is simple and straightforward to use.

Step by step process

Before you start cleaning your cat's litter box, you need to put on a mask and gloves. Next, you should clean the toilet in any way and remove the old litter. To carry out this procedure, they usually take a garbage bag, place a tray in it, and turn it over. After this, the bag is immediately thrown away.

The next step involves washing thoroughly under hot running water. The tray must be completely cleaned of feces and remnants of old litter. To thoroughly clean the tray and eliminate the smell, you can add any plumbing cleaner to it and use a brush to actively wipe the toilet.

Sometimes urinary stone is deposited in a thick layer and is no longer so easy to wash off. Then the detergent must be applied over the entire surface (you can use stronger detergents, for example, Sanox), and leave for some time, for example, 40-60 minutes. This time will be enough for the plaque to move away from the tray. At the end you just need to rinse it with water.

Do-it-yourself “restroom” for cat coffee

If you don't want to purchase a cat litter box, you can make your own. To do this you will need a little patience and available materials. Stock up:

• boards or plywood sheets;
• jigsaw;
• screws (self-tapping screws);
• metal corners;
• thick film.

Instructions:

1. sketch a drawing of the future cat toilet ;
2. cut 3-4 sides for the pet's tray;
3. fasten them with self-tapping screws or self-tapping screws;
4. Next you need to cut out the bottom and attach it with corners to the frame;
5. the bottom part needs to be covered with film;
6. fill the bottom with cat litter.

The cat toilet is ready!

You can see another simple option for making a “bathroom” for a coffee pot in the video.