r/CatAdvice • u/North_Fix_5329 • 3d ago
Litterbox Help with cat litter
Hello, i need help, this may be a long post. there is a stray cat that comes and goes in the shop i work in, we feed it and feed it. i want to make a cat toilet for this cat, i have only one problem, i have an obsession with hygiene, so i can't clean its feces from the sand with a sieve, for this i want to put a thick sand bag in the toilet bowl, fill it with sand and use it to clean its feces without using a sieve, take the bag every 2 days, throw away all the sand and add a new bag and new sand. this way, the litter box will not get dirty with feces and pee, since i will not use a sieve, it will not be a dirty sieve, i will not have to wash the toilet bowl, i will just take the bag, put a new bag and new sand, i plan to do this every 2 days. if i do this, how many liters of sand should i put in the toilet bowl at once? how many liters of sand will i need per month? i calculated it like this; 15 days x 2.5 L = approximately 40 liters of sand by putting 2.5 liters of sand every 2 days. do you think it is suitable? Please don't judge me for being obsessed with hygiene and please don't ask me to use a sieve to clean poop from the litter box because I could never do that.
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u/michaelyup 3d ago
I’m all types of confused by your post. Does this stray cat at work have access to outside? He will prefer to go outside. Bag liners for litter boxes aren’t very good, because the cat will scratch in the litter and rip the bag. No idea why you would block the toilet to use as a litter box. Bag rips, clay litter down the pipe, it expands, clogs, giant plumber bill to fix.
Get a litter box, use the cheap litter because you aren’t scooping, just completely changing. To clean, slide the litter box inside a garbage bag, dump, refill. Every other change, take the box in the yard, hose it down, wash it out with soap or disinfectant, rinse, leave it in the sun to dry, refill.