Automatic Kitty Litter boxes

I just have a regular kitty litter box that I have to go out in our back room to scoop the poop out. Its gross. I dont think automatic kitty litter boxes are any better at least the models that I have seen. The ones I have seen will constantly sift through the litter. If the poop is really really fresh it gets all over the sorting thing and just makes a gross mess. When poop is like that in the litter box I carefully roll it in the kitty litter so I can throw it in the garbage without getting it all over my sifting thing. Also the automatic kitty litter box I saw just pushes the poop out of the cat litter box and dumps it in a little side section. It didnt cover up the poop like in an enclosure or anything so the poop just sat there stinking.

well i have had a positive and negative experience with littermaid automatic cat boxes.. the 1st one i got back in 2005 was AWESOME! it worked great! when it broke and i got the new improved upgraded one it was AWFUL! the rake never seemed to scoop low enough to it would pretty much skim everything and not scoop anything! it also had digital settings and i could never figure out how to adjust the time so it was stuck on every 10 minutes after use the old one didnt have adjustible settings and was like 2 minutes after.. also getting the right litter is hard.. i was using arm and hammer clumping but recently switched to natures best which clumps well and i would think would do good in it.. honestly im scared to waste another $100+ for a box in fear ill have the same bad luck.. they have some really fancy ones that you can hook up to your plumbing and it works like a toilet but thats really really expensive.. no matter what you do search and see if there are any complaints on the box and maybe you can dodge a bullet.. i tried to contact customer service over this last box and they told me i had the rake in the wrong place.. umm only one track to put it on *head to desk*

I've had the littermaid, and one other one. The littermaid lasted better, but you still need to think about more than one box. Now, I have a friend who has one of those "never touch litter again" ones, and she loves it, has 4 BIG cats and no problems.

My sister had one (not sure if she still does...). She found it very useful.

My sister has one for her cats, and she likes it. But my cats (2 out of 3) spook at electronic noises, so I'd say it's a no no for my household.

My husband bought one years ago when we had cats. I don't remember what the brand was but I think it was the first one that came out on the market. It worked for a few weeks and then something happened with the motor and it broke. So basically it was a waste of money.

No never had an automatic litter box for several reasons. 1/ The cat's would probably not use it. 2/ I'd need several of them ( 7 cats) and that would be really expensive and even more so if the cats did not use them anyway. 3/ they still need to be cleaned / emptied and I saw that as being no different from scooping a regular open tray and actually probably more work than with an open tray. 4/ They use electricity and a plastic tray does not! As I mentioned above, I've got seven cats and five litter trays scattered around the house. Scooping them is one of the jobs that I do in the morning and then during the day I try to scoop as soon as one of the cats has used a tray. I use "Worlds Best Cat Litter" which is probably one of the best that I have ever used though it is more expensive than other litters, I'd sooner pay more for a product that actually works rather than less for one that is not as effective at absorbing liquids or smells.

I'd tho9ught about getting one myself but then my nephew told me they'd had one but before very long it stopped working, probably because he has too many cats and the motor has to really work hard. He has 7 and I have 5 so 3 might not be too many because they're pretty big, as I understand it. They're also rather expensive, which is why I don't want to take a chance on something that will only work for a short time. I know what you mean about cleaning the boxes constantly! I have two boxes for my 5 cats and we clean them about 4 or 5 times a day, I'd guess. It seems that every time we clean them they get in and go some more...lol! Annie

i haven't-but friends have..and some of them have told me their cats were scared by it.the one took almost a month to get used to the sound it made,and pooped outside the box. with 6..i think i'll pass.that's a lot of potential poop.

We had one. I can't remember the brand but it was round. At first, it scared the bejeebers out of me whenever it would start because they aren't quiet! It scared the cats a few times, too, if they happened to be nearby when the thing would start cleaning. (They do this automatically a few minutes after the cat has left the box.) We bought this particular brand because it was the largest of all that were on the market. The others were, in my opinion, too small for the average cat to be happy with. It was okay but didn't do a great job. Sometimmes, the poop would get stuck between the tines of the comb. Sometimes, it would push the clumps to the sides where they weren't touched by the tines. I didn't find it to be any less "labor intensive" than the old-fashioned boxes that you clean yourself, since you also have to clean the receptacle every day as well as scoop out the missed clumps and, occasionally, have to get clumps unstuck from between the tines.

I can definitely relate to you on this. I also have 3 cats and have to clean it constantly. I don't understand how something so small can produce so much poop. What the heck? lol. I have always been interested in automatic kitty litters, but I always suspected that they would be quite costly and I don't really want to spend the money. Well if you find a good-priced one that works well, please let me know. :)

I was going to get one until I went over to a friends house and saw hers. She said it was horrible and much harder to clean. There are the grooves and such where poop sometimes get stuck. I decided to stick with the regular litter box and scoop it out with a scooper.

that's really amazing, i want one! i have 4 cats, that's a lot of ...you know, lol sorry i don't have one but would never know about it if wasn't for this topic

We bought a littermaid automatic litter box that was refurbished. This is not recommended. The blades kept getting stuck. We would have to get up and turn it off, clean the blades then turn it back on. Sometimes it would try to sweep the litterbox with the cat in it because we had a cat with obsessive compulsive disorder that spent twenty minutes digging even if the litterbox was clean. It got to the point that we took the batteries out and used it as a regular box then we had problems with the cat sitting on the ledge and using it as a toilet. We got rid of it and got a regular cat box and have had no problems since. My cats developed a fear of the rake and would not go in the box even after we turned it off.

We had on and we loved it. I had 2 cats. It was awesome. Try LitterMaid! I no longer need it. We had to find our cats homes when my daughter became allergic. But I still recommend it any chance I get.