Very impressive and solid operation, it should last a great long time
3 OLD cats,,, could they make the transition to Litter Robot? My epiphany…. maybe it will help someone else…..
First off, this litter robot is a pure engineering marvel, the inventor is a genius!! Very impressive and solid operation, it should last a great long time. We have had ours just under 90 days now.
We were quite excited when this arrived, and then the shock, no pet, especially the 3 cats, wanted to give it a go. After 2 weeks and trying all the tips included in the documentation, and of no interest by the primary characters, I contacted customer service, and got a couple tips. 1 – try “Cat Attract” litter,,, no go on that, they did not care. 2 – make a box to surround the “robot” with an entry hole, they should enjoy the intrigue,,,, no go on that one either, still not budging. I began to think the “robot” despite it’s inventiveness, was going back.
Then I got my epiphany,,,,, leave the litter robot as is, change the remaining old style litter box! So, I made a box to surround the old box, with a lid section so I could clean it, and an entry hole exactly the same size as that of the litter robot. I also raised it on a stand so the entry point was at the same level as the litter robot, and made a step at the same height as the litter robots step. Lastly, I set the 2 boxes facing each other a couple feet apart and let my idea develop.
It took 3 days, and then the oldest cat started using the robot! Yippee!! 2 days after that, the youngest of the old guys started on the “robot”. Now, it’s been 2 weeks with this idea, and we have the curmudgeon of the 3 still steadfast in his refusal, but even at that the improvement in litter detail is just short of amazing.
So, the litter robot is staying, I removed the plastic protector from the control panel the other day, officially making it part of the household. Hopefully the curmudgeon will start using it, if he would just climb in it once I would remove the other old box, but until then, I can’t bring myself to go cold turkey.
Phil
Hurst, TX
Thursday, 14 January, 2010 at 0:57
I gotta try this. I have 3 cats and one of them, the newest and youngest at ca. 5 yrs absolutely refuses to use a covered box and thus does not use the Robot which the other two have for over three years with no problem and they are both much older. I have one box in each bathroom. Unfortunately there is no electrical outlet where the regular box is and there is not enough room for two boxes in the other one without crowding the human users of the bathrooom. So I have put half of a cardbox box around the regular box today, it covers about half of the “sky” that Ralphy seems to need. If he goes for that I’ll cover more and more of it and hope that eventually he’ll get used to “no sky”. Then I’ll move that box to where the Robot is which will make it a tight squeeze for the human users of the bathroom. If that works the next step will be what you did. I know this will take weeks. But if it works it will be worth it. I’ll keep you posted.