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For folks who are like "who is that guy again?".... Mingus was one of the most important jazz bass players in 20th century and a key figure in both bebop and free jazz. And quite a character. This is but one of his legendary achievements!
Not just a bass player but a legendary composer. Here's one of my absolute faves, Pithecanthropus Erectus. https://youtu.be/p0H2G_W-O0I
(I can hum this juuuust about well enough for my own purposes. It took a lot of practice.)
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Hmm yes, I've noticed that with my old house. Oddly, the only time I could smell it was when I put my shirt over my nose for a while (so I could smell the inside of my shirt) and then took it off. Hopefully my current flat doesn't smell like cat pee.
Hopefully my current flat doesn't smell like cat pee. The only real solution may be brutally honest friends and family with decent senses of smell :-) But I mean, if you're emptying and changing the litter regularly I'm sure it's fine! At least that's what I tell myself if my brother hasn't been around lately...
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Not just a bass player but a legendary composer. Here's one of my absolute faves, Pithecanthropus Erectus. https://youtu.be/p0H2G_W-O0I
Boogie Stop Shuffle (I can hum this juuuust about well enough for my own purposes. It took a lot of practice.) https://youtu.be/uYFachqAup4
I left my cat alone in the house for a few days with my housekeeper popping in to feed and entertain him. He had a little over 2 day spell on his own at the end when my housekeeper couldn't come in. When I arrived home I discovered that our housekeeper had accidentally closed off the door accessing his litter box. I searched the house looking for the mess but couldn't find anything.. until I went to the bathroom and…
Did they continue using the toilet after that?
Our neighbor when I was growing up had a cat that would use the toilet and flush. I was amazed as a kid. Not sure I want to share the bathroom with our cats. We just got a litter robot last week it's pretty amazing. We set it up in a hall closet to get the two litter boxes out of the laundry room. It should pay for itself in 3-4 months by using less litter than our two traditional litter boxes (yesterdays news litter…
I've been looking at getting an automatic cleaning litter box for a while now. Would you mind recommending the type that you bought if you are so happy with it?
It's been great so far, the kitten really liked it, she will even come to watch it run when it does it's cleaning cycle.
Older cat was a little skittish as first but took to it as well, I left out the old litter box for a few days but soon she started going to the cleaner automated one.
With two cats I empty the bottom tray liner twice a week, every couple days I'll vacuum the ramp and around the litter box to keep the small clay litter confined to that area.
We're using the BoxiePro Deep Clean, Scent Free, Probiotic Clumping Cat Litter.
I'd go ahead and get the wifi one esp. if you travel or are out of the house, I also setup a camera to keep an eye on it and initially to see which cat was using it.
We weren't using scoopable litter before so I'm estimating this will save us over $4k in litter costs over the next 3 years. We were using yesterdays news litter, changing out two litter boxes every other day was about $12 in litter. I like putting plenty in their boxes it seems cleaner for everyone.
So it uses very little litter I add a solo cup of litter a couple times per week, so I expect the $28 bag of boxie will last at least a month.
It sounds crazy to spend this much on a litter box but since we weren't using scoopable it will actually save us money.
Plus when we're out of town our neighbors won't have to change the litter boxes, maybe once on a long trip.
It is larger than a standard litter box. We set ours up in our hall closet off the kitchen, wide closet, double sliding doors. I'm going to build a small rectangular cat door off to the side of the main doors so we don't have to keep the door open. I'm going to build a full depth and width shelf above it so it's in it's own space in the bottom of the closet.
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I've had a Litter Robot for nearly a year and also really like it (wrote a more detailed review here[0]), although it's definitely not perfect. Mine is the Litter Robot 3 with the WiFi functionality (lets me keep an eye on how often they go even when I'm not home). I do believe the price isn't worth it for _most_ people, but do not regret the purchase. [0] https://liza.io/litter-robot-3-review/
Thanks for the review. Would you say it cuts down on smell? That is my biggest issue with cat ownership and I've been looking for ways to further reduce it (beyond better litter, baking soda, etc.). Edit: Thanks for all the replies. I am still on the fence about it, and may try further options to reduce the smell (at least enough so that a cat-person like myself can live with it ;))
You will smell it when you open the drawer to change the bag a couple times per week but only till you tie up the bag to take out.