by cas » Tue May 20, 2003 2:36 pm
LRogers,
I wonder how your skittish cat is doing? We believe (no camera documentation) that we have a skittish cat success with the LitterRobot.
Shadow - the poster cat for 'fraidy cat - is believed to be using the LitterRobot.
Since moving, the LR is in a more private area of the house. Lily no longer rules the LR. We had to buy some emergency perfumed litter at 11p.m. the night we put the unit in its new location. We can hear the unit run from most of the house - not annoyingly, though.
Why do I mention these things? Well, Shadow is Lily's regular punching bag. We thought the location of the LR in the new house might help Shadow use the LR w/o Lily's interference. This seems to be the case.
Privacy for Shadow is paramount. He acts like he will be killed in a great conspiracy most of the time. Privacy provides him a small amount of confidence that he may make it through using the LR alive. We think the privacy is working for him.
Shadow smells of the perfumed litter just like the other regular/known users of the LR. This smells like success.
We heard the unit cycle after the other two cats had been away from the unit for more than 30 minutes. We deduced that Shadow had tripped the sensor.
All of this evidence leads us to the conclusion that Shadow uses the LR - yipee? We certainly hope so.
How about your sad case?