Has anyone with more than 2 cats used this?

I have six cats. Yes, I said 6!

I currently have 5 litter boxes that I have to scoop twice a day. But that's not my problem. My problem is that one of my cats is resorting to the bath tub if the litter box is not to her standards.

Could this be the solution?

Any advice will be great! Thanks!

to "critter sitter"
i was GONNA let your smug, condescending comment go W/O validating it with a respose BUT...

PLEASE critter sitter... Learn your grammar!!!!! Even snobs who have an over-inflated image of themselves sound STOOPID when their comment ENDS IN A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE...

What's that old saying about glass houses?...

now, on to the pet question...

how could people's experiences with this product be so varied (ive checked other sites as well)?

comments range from "best money spent" to "biggest waste of $"

how is THAT supposed to help me decide whether to buy or not to buy?

i have a 17 pound cali whose waste smells minimally... what do you think?
Is this product for me?

To the person who said: It's just a cat. Heck. It's for the owner to have a 100% clean litter box. For the house to not have a kitty litter smell.

We've had it for a year, and love it. It always looks and smells clean. Sure, there are supplies, but they cost no more than good kitty litter. Even if you only have one cycle set for overnight, the unit looks clean during the day as all liquid drains to a holding tank and kitty covers everything else. I just wonder where the Cat Genie was 20, 30 or 40 years ago. I have to dig up all those cats and show them what they missed!

The thing is, the cat genie is a very simple item. It just took someone with the idea to come up with it.

interesting product, and it fills a need. i just wonder how useful it will be when western society implodes and we can't get the supplies anymore.

I have been doing quite a bit of reading about the Cat Genie and I think that the varied opinions have to do with some improvements that they have made to the product. From what I understand, there were a couple of issues that the company has resolved. Some of the bowls were warped due to a problem in packaging which caused some kind of a problem (sorry, my memory is failing me as to what the exact problem it caused was) and then there was some other issue that caused not all of the solid waste to go away, hence the smell when it was drying. From what I have read, a quick call to customer service and they send you a corrected CatGenie. Everything I have read says that the customer service is really wonderful. I am saving my money for one of these (to spoil myself - not the cats). We have rescued several kittens lately and with 5 cats in the house, I can't seem to scoop regular litterboxes fast enough. Therefore, I am often cleaning up messes from the floor and the bathroom rug.

can anyone compare this to the litter robot product?

To the poster talking about the otters . . . Do you know ANYTHING about wastewater treatment?? First, If you have a Septic Tank (which is OK with Cat Genie), no problems because the waste goes to no natural water source. (Except maybe groundwater??) Second, if you are on a Municipal Sewer grid, the waste waster is TREATED and purified before being returned to the natural water source. The water leaving most Municipal Wastewater Treatment facilities is over 99% pure. SO. . . Before you start passing your Save the World nonsense, PLEASE get the facts. NO GOVERNMENT IS DUMPING RAW SEWAGE INTO THE OCEAN!! Come On!

You guys who are freaking out about the toxoplasmosis. Okay, no I haven\'t check out the seat otter action, but cats are not the only source of toxoplasmosis. We are NOT immune to it. *MOST* people who have cats all their lives have already been exposed and have built up an immunity to it, like you would with most diseases. If you\'re immune to it, then you at one point had it, stop flushing your own crap. The effects of the disease are particularly devastating to fetuses-- pregnant women are advised to wear gloves while cleaning litter boxes and while gardening and to wash vegetables very, very well. My guess is a cat that\'s using an indoor flushable kittybox is not doing that much venturing outdoors where is where they often pick it up through digging in the dirt and hunting small animals. Cat\'s don\'t just naturally carry toxoplasmosis. If they\'re worried about toxoplasmosis getting into the ocean through flushing cat waste, shouldn\'t they also be worried about it getting into groundwater and ocean water due to the fact that it is present in most soil? How about throwing away vegetable remains? I\'d be more worried about pollutants making their way into storms drains and from industrial processes.


As for the poster who said it\'s just a cat-- this kind of box is more of a luxury for the owner, not the damn cat. Litter boxes are nasty and cleaning them is a huge pain.


Does anyone know how much replacement litter and cleaner is? Could one box service 4 cats? Any way to hook two boxes up to one toilet?

What about the price on the dome?

I saw a video of a cat going crazy during the cleaning process-- is the cleaning chemical toxic at all? Is there something to stop the box from starting it\'s cleaning cycle while a cat is in it?

*sea otter action. :)

I bought this thing, and I love it. There are some drawbacks of course but when you weigh them against the positives, the machine is worth the money. I use it for three cats, and I run it about twice a day. The litter gets EVERYWHERE, and its a pain to clean, sometimes the scooper won't get all of the solids and you are left with small peices, and when it dries ... the smell is a horrible musky smell, out side of those three negitives, its easy to use, it saves time, saves money, and there is never an issue of a dirty litter box. I run it when my kitties are asleep. It took about a week for them to get used to it. ( it would have taken less time but my roomate has the bedroom next to the bathroom and he moved the old litter box while it was getting "really dirty") if in the event the box gets too gross for someone to take, they can just push a button and problem solved. It is worth the money, and if you order through the company they can offer a three month payment plan which makes paying for it easy. I am going to order the dome soon in hopes that it cuts down on plastic granules all over my house. Other than that... a great concept, and a great product

I have a VERY small bathroom, the only place to put this would be in the walkway. Is there any other way this can be hooked up? We only have this one very small bathroom but I'd love to purchase this product.

I have three bathrooms and not one of them is large enough for the Cat Genie.

The Litter Robot is the best alternative as it doesn't have any rakes to get nasty. Check out the customer reviews on Amazon about the LitterMaid and you definitely won't buy one. Other self cleaning litter boxes may be cheaper to buy than the Litter-Robot but make sure that you figure the cost of supplies. The Scoop Free will cost you an additional $180 per year for litter trays.

The Litter Robot has a cool sifting method. Check it out:

www.litter-robot.com/litter-robot-demonstration.aspx

Actually, the poster who originally mentioned the harm to Sea Otters was correct. California recently passed a law requiring all kitty litters to print a statement on their packaging encouraging consumers to send litter to landfills rather than flush it. Cat litter carries the parasite T. gondii, which survives sewage treatment and ends up in the ocean.

Otters pick up T. gondii by eating filter feeders, such as clams or mussels, which capture the parasite. The parasite is deadly to the otters.

See the following website for additional information. http://nothoney.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/flushing-cat-litter-kills-sea-otters/

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I like this product and I thank you Dan Dykens for the www.litterhouse.com link. The LitterHouse looks cool.
Rod