Kitty litter is driving me NUTS!

You are doing what you are supposed to be doing, its just litter that can be a pain in the behind. The kittens are probably not purposefully kicking out the litter, some kick more than others. You said that you got a higher edged litter box, I have found that a cement mixing tub (from Home Depot/Lowe’s) that only cost $5. I do have kickers so found that works for me, before I used a litter box inside a much higher sided cardboard box that kept the litter contained. I hadn’t thought about it at the time, I could have cut a side down on a plastic tub (one of the large packing tubs) for the entry and put their litter box in there. Just things I have used, you may not like any of these.

Spice has a deep pan with a cover, it works great !!!

Abby and Cuddles also have deep boxes with covers (they like their privacy)…. I also have ‘tracking carpet’ mats on the floor, so when they step out, the vast majority of ‘crumbs’ is left there…… other than that, there will always be a few ‘stray crumbs’….. I keep a dust buster next to the litter box for easy vacuming it up……

…. oh, and I find that a non-clumping litter works better for me (others love the clumping kind)….. I use a combo of fresh step regular clay litter and a bag of tidy cat or pearl crystals……. it’s easy to vacumn up, and the crystals really absorb odors…..

best of luck and enjoy TDK!

You may want to sweep on a daily basis. I have to sweep everyday or I will have litter on the floor too.

Jess the problem is with the litter that gets outside the box. Do you have a tip for how you keep all the litter in the kitty litter box? What do you do to make sure it stays where it should? I bet you have an idea or two!

You put the towel on the ground outside the litterbox? That is an idea to have something they can walk on after they get out of the box. That is like AV’s tracking mats.

You’d have to wash it often as it will contain bacteria, but it is a solution!

I wasn’t going to post this, but after reading everyone’s creative solutions, I just have to ‘brag’ on Mr. AV….. when we did our most recent renovation (yes, I’ve lived thru many! LOL)…. he knew how attached Abby was to me, and that she would spend the majority of her nights (in bed with us) and days sleeping on the corner of the bed (on my side) during the day, so when he put in my new bathroom, he ‘made her a bathroom too’!… seriously, in the ‘toilet closet’, he built another closet with a door – the idea was to store extra lines, sheets, towels, etc…. anyway, he put shelving for just that purpose on the top 1/2 and then on the bottom half (separated from the top half), is a space from the floor up of about 2 ‘ (w) x 3’ (h)…… perfect for a litter box and mat!…. he then installed a cat door in the bottom part of the door, so Abby can access her box any time she needs! It’s so easy for me to clean, cause all I have to do is open the ‘closet’ door, and scoot the litter box out of the lower half!…….. it’s near the toilet, so daily scoopings are easy, not messy, and to remove the box, carry it outside and wash it completely is easily done! It has to be one of the top ten ‘gifts’ he has every given me!