Automatic Litterbox Central

I just got a new Litter Robot to try out. We have two cats (1-year-old mom and her 5-month-old kitten). I set it up last night but didn't turn it on.

The good thing is, I think they've both started using the bot right away. The mom usually pees really huge volumes at once. I think she used it last night, and there was a huge, flattened pee clump sticking to the rubbery liner. I cycled the machine, which had no problem disposing of the clump. But I noticed there was still a bit of litter residue (and presumably pee residue) sticking to the rubbery liner where the big flat clump was.

In the regular litterbox, I'm able to put a deep layer of litter in, so that the pee clumps never stick to the bottom. I'm concerned that since it seems every single pee clump will be sticking to the inside of the bot, the smell will get bad. I guess I'll have to test it out and decide over the next few weeks. Has anyone else had this issue? I'm using Dr. Elsey's Precious cat Ultra litter, which was great for the traditional litterbox, but I wonder if it's too heavy for the bot --- I put in the 9 lbs, but the litter layer is not very deep. My cats like to dig very deep, so it may not matter what brand of litter I use.

Thoughts?

I am also the owner of a cat that has a voluminous bladder. Even worse, he pees straight backwards. What happens is the residue will usually come off after a few more cycles. When the globe rotates, the weighted flexible liner falls down and knocks off the larger bits. The movement of the litter over the liner will usually wear off anything that's left.

If you still have problems you should try other litters or perhaps add some nonclumping litter which is good at quickly absorbing moisture.

I just wanted to reply to this topic cause I have a cat who is diabetic and pees in huge amounts and almost every time it gets stuck to the rubbery liner and even though the robot cycles it doesn't get the clump cause it's stuck to the liner so eventually I have to clean it off, pretty gross. I know on the litter robot site it says if you have a diabetic cat it might not be the best produck for your household so maybe it is my fault for purchasing this item, there is a 30 day guarantee so I am trying to make up my mind if I should send it back.

I ended up returning the Litter Robot and got the ScoopFree. So far it's worked very well for our two cats. We do have to change the litter once a week (instead of 1x/2 weeks). The LitterRobot ended up being very smelly for us, even though the cats didn't pee into the drawer or anywhere else they shouldn't have. The urine clumps themselves in the drawer smelled too much. With the scoopfree, we are just refilling the first cartridge with new litter each week, so it's a little pricey (~$9/week), but worth it to us.

By the way, our cats are not diabetic, so ScoopFree might not work for a diabetic cat. But for two cats, changing the litter once a week works well.

You can also mix some crystal litter in with clumping litter to reduce the urine smell. The litter won't clump as well but that's an advantage if they make large clumps that get caught in the LR's drop holes.