They are referring to the litter box you can’t smell anymore due to smell blindness. I love a nice cat, but it’s really frustrating how many people insist the litter box in their house doesn’t smell.
It’s entirely possible to have a cat without your house smelling but so many cat owners get lazy with the litter cleaning. We have one cat, use corn based litter (can’t stand the clay smell of the cheaper litters) and scoop it once a day at least. I’ve had guests multiple times confirm with me that I had a cat when they came over because they couldn’t smell anything and are used to that smell you’re describing. One friend demanded to see where the litter box was because they didn’t believe me lol. As long as you keep on the litter it only takes like thirty seconds to scoop it so there’s no hassle doing it once or twice a day. Also using the correct litter makes a big difference too.
Yup, if I’m home I clean the tray 2-4 times a day, it’s a 1min job and my place doesn’t smell like piss. If I hear him going I’ll clean up directly after.
We switched from corn (“world’s best” brand) because it started just turning to dust. There would be so much unfouled litter that was basically useless at the bottom of the pan that we were going thru a ridiculous amount of it for 3 cats.
We switched to the Arm & Hammer zero dust and holy shit it’s so much better. Like I’m kicking myself for not switching sooner.
I scoop every day, usually more than once. On the weekend I completely dump them and refill with new litter. Monthly I pull everything out and wash it down outside.
We bought two huge plastic totes and cut cat sized holes in one end. One jumbo litter tray goes inside each, and it goes on this neat pad I found online that traps the litter from their paws really well. I keep both in the closet in my office (not used for anything else) which has sliding barn doors so we just leave each end cracked open.
I don’t think my house smells bad. I hope.
I don’t think my house smells bad. I hope.
Best way is to ask guests imo, since we’re nose blind to it. That’s how I know my house doesn’t smell, guests who don’t own cats tell me so. We use world’s best though and have great results from it, we also only have the one cat so that might explain the lack of dust compared to what you were dealing with. There’s definitely some dust but not enough to cause an issue or get anywhere outside the box.
Yeah I think it’s a matter of three cats, one of whom is an excessive scratcher/cover-upper-er. The corn was getting pulverized into nothing. It just seemed like at some point the formula or productionprocess changed because at first we thought Worlds Best actually lived up to the name after using fresh step for years (worlds worst!)
I vaguely remember a while back talking to my partner about the same thing when changing the litter, I think you’re right in that they did change formulas at some point.
Yeah nah fresh litter is completely and overwhelmingly fragrant, and im not about to spring for litter that’s 3x as expensive to avoid that.
Unclean and fresh litter are both pungent. One is worse, for sure, but this is just finding an excuse to claim you’re better than others lol
The litter we use is unscented, you can only smell it if you stick your head directly in the open bag. It’s only like $5-8 more than the other bags too, well within reason for a home that doesn’t smell. If you’re interested this is what we use. Can’t recommend it enough, it completely eliminates the smell as long as you keep up with cleaning. But go off on how much better I think I am than others I guess.
I have yet to find an ‘unscented’ litter that actually works as litter, and manages to actually be unscented. Perhaps, and this is a crazy thought, different people have different senses of smell and life experiences.
Yes, you literally believe you are better than others, your entire post was ranting about how other cat owners don’t clean their litter boxes as well as you do.
I didn’t know a single sentence at the beginning of my comment qualified as a rant. I’m sorry you feel so attacked by pointing out that a cat owners house doesn’t need to smell and that it was confirmed by others in the comments.
different people have different senses of smell and life experiences.
Maybe you should listen to your own words and realize that our homes don’t have to smell just because yours does. Have a nice day.
And there you go acting superior and not listening still, incredible. My problem is specifically the smell of the sand itself. Sounds like your nose isn’t sensitive to it and that’s great for you.
And there you go accusing somebody else of acting superior with that tone. While the projection is palpable it’s tiring, please, go away.
It’s only a problem if you leave the litter box out. Ours are all in the master bathroom, so that the living room doesn’t smell. The bathroom certainly smells, I’m extremely sensitive to smell so I straight-up go in with my nose covered, but the rest of the place is fine.
I also recommend wax melters. Wal-Mart sells this “Orange Buttercream” wax that smells exactly like Froot Loops, it’s amazing.
Does that not sound crazy to you? You cover your nose in a room in your house?
Imagine having someone else live in your house and they shit in your toilet, god humans stink, does that not sound crazy to you? From your posts here, I think you have some issues. Did you grow up in a stank ass house with a million cats or something?
Nope, but did work as an EMT for many years. Walked into a lot of houses, poor, rich, clean, filthy. You could tell the cat home from the first second.
My “issue” is cat owners not realizing their place smells like urine and often shit too. I just find it crazy that people dedicate a whole room to a creature shuttin shitting in it and just think that’s normal.
A human using the bathroom doesn’t leave waste in the room, it’s removed when you flush. You do flush right, or do your guests use a litterbox too lol
I mean, I’m used to holding my nose going into (or near/past) the bathroom anyway, since I have the misfortune of living with other people… people who are smelly savages… with horrible diets…who don’t clean up after themselves properly… Blech. At least kitties are cute and fun. It’d be worth it to me.
If you have a toilet that doesn’t flush, then it’s not too far-fetched.
It doesn’t make the whole house smell. Just the room it is in.
The amount of people in this thread telling on themselves is staggering.
“I am to lazy to clean my cat’s shit and that’s their fault and everone is like that too”.
Don’t forget the destroyed furniture. My computer chair and curtains will never look nice.
Just lots of scratch posts and reward positive behavior with treats and praise.
Also clipping their nails from time to time helps. Unlike declawing (which is basically a surgical amputation, and is basically animal abuse), nail clipping doesn’t hurt the cat and isn’t a permanent thing, but it does help with damage control
Cats like sleeping on perfumed clothes. Mine always smelled lovely.
I’ve never heard of someone else who experiences the same with their cat! My kitty is very snuggly and so she always smells like a combination of my and/or my mom’s lotion, perfume, body spray, or whatever. She smells lovely and it’s freaking adorable.
I’m sure it also has a lot to do with the fact that she’s really good at keeping herself clean, too. It’s kind of impressive. She’s worlds better at it than plenty of cats I’ve taken care of. Especially kittens, lol.
But, I admit, I am extremely biased because I love and adore her more than anything, more than I could ever describe, and she’s the reason I haven’t offed myself yet, lol. So…Just a smidge biased, here…
Clean the litter box daily and move away from clay cat litter. I dont know what it is, but arm and hammer litter has been night and day for me. No dust, far far less odor. Litter lasts longer
Tidy cats clay would break apart every time while scooping, quickly ruining the entire batch of litter with urine smell.
I’ve been using pine pellets. I get them from a farm store that sells them for animal bedding but they work amazingly for cat litter and just breaks down into sawdust
Now, if we could just get the dog to not pee and poop on the couch, carpet and beds that would be amazing, but given she also will dig dirty diapers out of the garbage to eat, my hopes aren’t very high…
I have “the choice”. It is one cute choice.
Huh? Cats are clean. Try getting a dog where they rub their face and ears all over your furniture.
As a cat owner, cats are nasty.
They step all over where they pee and poop and then walk all over everything, often times tracking litter with them.
Imagine thinking cats don’t rub on things.
Going to chime in with others and say that it doesn’t have to be this way. Daily litter cleaning is a must but I also use an air purifier with a carbon filter that I run after my cat takes a dump. It takes some planning and gear, but you can keep your place smelling nice.