Covered litter boxes

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Covered litter boxes

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Why do they have vents with (supposed) odour filters ? The stink is going to come out of the opening where the cat goes in and out so what's the point ?

I seal the vents up with duct tape :lol: :roll:
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Its because they are designed by people who never have cats and believe that by putting a little cat flap on the front it will turn it into a private toilet area that all cats will love, and the little bit of flapping plastic will keep all smells in side and only allow them out of the vents in the top.

If tiller trays were designed by people who actually had cats they would be about 3ft square, be open topped but have sides 3ft high for those cats that like to stand up and spray rather than sitting down, The front section would have to be lower so the cat could get in but there would then have an outer tray attached to catch anything when the cat decides that 3 ft square still isn't big enough and hangs their backside out of the tray. There would also be a way of catching all the litter by the tray before the cat tracks it all over the house.

People who have cats have all therefore got jobs as rocket scientists or brain surgeons as they have realised that it is the easier option than trying to design the perfect litter tray.
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Brilliant, Ruth. So why don't you .............

As for those self-cleaning things, most cats I know would be terrified of something that whirrs and turns all by itself and regard it as the most unsafe place imaginable to be doing any kind of business.
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