Automatic Litterbox Central

Cats are [i]such[i] individuals!! No matter how many cats we've encountered, no matter how many years we've had them....they never fail to amaze with their quirkiness -- sometimes fun, sometimes not......

Here's another idea, which I don't know if you are willing to try. What happens on the SF is that over time some of the smells/bits will get trapped inside the actual mechanism itself. I'm wondering if this might be contributing to your kitty's avoidance of the SF. The cover part is actually a simple clam-shell design, held on by 11 small screws. What I do about once a year is to take the whole SF outside on a nice sunny day, disassemble it, and use some Nature's Miracle to clean all the areas that we don't normally access. It's surprising just how that can help to get rid of some of the pesky residual smells we can't account for.

And it's not difficult at all to do..........

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Hi Jenn -- Are you using the crystal litter in both boxes? I'm sorry you are having such a time with this!

spaceshare wrote:Hi Jenn -- Are you using the crystal litter in both boxes? I'm sorry you are having such a time with this!

Yes, both boxes have crystals in them, which is how I discovered it wassn't the crystals bothering her like I originally thought. I put mimi in the SF and Just The Crystals in the manual... switched and she still prefers the manual

Well, good, she still likes the crystals! I have lots of little ideas, Jenn, but I think doing them all will drive you nuts after a while. I'm thinking, get her back to using a litter box (any litter box!) for both functions. Keep her at it for a couple weeks re-establishing the habit, really clean the SF as suggested by Rick, put that nice clean SF out and take the manual away, and see what happens. Will she return to using the SF 100%?