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Kitty Litter Box Saga
I don't have a cat. My roommate has a cat.
A cat I take care of when he's away for a few days. At which point, I realize how poorly he's been taking care of said cat.
He is really bad at changing the cat's litter box. To assist at one point, I bought a "self-cleaning" kitty litter box.
Not REALLY self-cleaning, of course. There are two levels of "self-cleaning" kitty litter boxes. The really expensive kind that requires hooking up to your plumbing. (Cost-prohibitive and it requires a certain amount of bathroom real estate that we don't have... and it would still require SOME maintenance.) And then there's the economy "self-cleaning" kitty litter box:
It'd make cleaning the litter box just that much easier, so I thought!
"Problem" with the design is that it assumes that you're going to be doing this EVERY DAY.
When you don't bother tending to the litter box for days/weeks and try to employ this rolling motion... IT DOES NOTHING. You basically just have to open up the box and manually replace the litter.
Long story short, the grand experiment was a failure. Litter box cleanliness was in a WORSE condition than it was before. So today, since the roommate's away for the weekend, I decided to replace the "self-cleaning" box with the traditional box you see at the head of the post.
And it was only $27 (with tax) at the local pet store!
Here's a pet store cat I took a picture of while the hungover pet store clerk rang up my purchase:






Cats know who supplies the goods so your roommate's cat is basically yours now.
If he's away for an extended time, she scratches on my bedroom door to get me to give her some affection.
Which inspired me to write this short story:
What the Cat Dragged in...
Oh, that's WONDERFUL!
Oh so sweet ❤
Poor kitty. Good thing you are a good roommate.
i also owe him a bunch of money, sooooo... it behooves me to be a good roommate!
I hate people that don't take care of their pets. Pets are a choice. If you can't provide an animal with basic hygiene and care, don't get one. 😠
I'm with you on this. It's absurdly aggravating.
You are a kind and wonderful roomie, and the cat will adore you. Actually, it will probably ignore you disdainfully, because it's a cat.
I am a SAINT of a rooommate!
The cat's been mewling at me to help her for a while now. I think she knows that I'm the "good" one, even though I don't offer her too much direct affection.
Oh poor sweetie kitty
Poor kitty!
Does your roomie not love the kitty?!
He loves the kitty, he's just a very poor caretaker.
aww
Also did you get pet store cat to sign a release for this photo?
BOOO, TLQ!
You will love your cat forever
DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, DAN!
WWPCD
Two things help me keep the cat box clean as a pet owner. Their names are Cthulhu and Monster...
But no seriously it's a terrible chore so suggestions! 1. Is that your roomie uses a litter box liner because it makes the inevitable full clean so much easier. 2. Is if kitty wants to feel like a pretty pretty princess poopin on diamonds the silica crystal litter is waaay easier to deal with. I use that and those lil dog waste bags you can buy rolls of at the dollar store. Stick hand in bag pick up poopies reverse bag tie and trash. The crystal litter can last for weeks otherwise so long as the solid waste is being removed daily especially with a liner in the box.
These are great tips but my roommate is a fucking egregious slob who can barely remember to flush the toilet when HE uses the bathroom, let alone tend to the basic needs of this creature. Honestly, it's amazing this cat's still alive.
Do I need to make you a sassy cross stitch for the bathroom?
Yes please.
Hahaha
When one of my cats feels the litter boxes (we have four of them, including in my bedroom, for three cats) is not up to her level of cleanliness, one of them pees on my bed. Yesterday, the blankets wasn't enough, so she went for my pillow instead.
RIGHT AFTER I CLEANED THE DAMNED BOX!
Personally, I do the liners (so worth it), and poop and scoop into doggie bags daily. The litter gets topped up ever other day, then the entire contents of the liner every week.