How often to change clumping litter Reddit

Hmm, for me, I scoop daily, but when I change the actual litter is definitely not that frequent. I don't even have a routine for it! I hope I'm not a bad cat mom.

I top up the litter as the volume goes down (from scooping out the clumps. After a bit the litter just seems not as fresh (I use a clay one that gets a bit darker colour). That's when it seems kind of "dirty" to me. I won't top it up that week, but will instead dump completely and scrub the box out. I'll also do this if he's been peeing in the corners a lot or where its gotten the container kind of gross.

So I definitely go a lot longer than every week, so you should be fine.

My litter box never stinks and the cat seems fine with it.

I'm genuinely curious. I grew up in a very clean household with cats where the box was changed every day. Now as an adult, I'm a very clean person with a cat. I scoop her box every day, sometimes every other day since she's just one cat. If I'm scooping and notice a bit of a smell, I take out a lot of litter and replace it. Once every few weeks, I empty the whole thing, rinse it out with soap and water, and replace all the litter.

However, I've noticed a lot of people my age who get a cat (college kids who get cats lol) don't clean their box regularly. I visited a friend with a cat who had the nastiest smelling and looking litter box I had ever seen. Visited a friend of a friend who had a similar situation, the box looked like it hadn't been cleaned in weeks. And finally, my roommates bedroom (and apartment when she leaves her door open) reeks of litter to the point where I won't have anyone over because I did once and both of them said it smelled so bad they had to leave (both have allergies, but have been comfortable in my previous houses with more pets, and they're close friends so they were comfortable saying it was the litter stench). They had actually planned to sleep over and wound up getting a hotel instead. I was definitely embarrassed to say the least. I did not have a cat at the time, so I don't know if my cat's box smells or not.

I get where people start to hate cats because they just smell how bad it can reek. So I'm genuinely curious- am I crazy or is it normal to not clean the box for a while at a time? I don't think I've ever walked past my cats box and smelled it, but maybe I'm just used to it or something. So honestly, how often do you clean your litter box (and how many cats use it)? I don't plan to change my ways and let it go longer because I hate the litter smell, but still curious.

The problem comes when the cat:

• pees so much it goes through all the litter and gets the bottom of the box dirty

• accidentally pees on the side of the box (my cat likes to sit on the side of the box when he pees. He never ends up peeing outside the box, but it may end up dripping on the inside walls)

• you make the litter crumble when you pick it up and you end up with pee-soaked small chunks of litter all over

So it depends on both you and your cat's habits, as well as the quality of the litter and the size of the box.

I discovered these plastic bags that you can put in the litter box, so I use a relatively thin coat of litter which I change weekly, and I give the whole box a wash every 2-4 weeks.

We have two cats both under a year old. Our litter says in the instructions that it should be swapped out every 2 weeks but I find it starts to smell after a week despite scooping out the clumps and poo everyday. We change ours completely once a week and clean the boxes with disinfectant. Every day we scoop out clumps (we use a high level clumping litter).

It definitely does depend on what litter you use, some litter is anti-bacterial which could prolong it's life, as will ones that have clumping for easy waste removal. You can also get auto cleaning litter trays although they are expensive.

I've always owned single cats. My previous cat was front declawed (not my choice), so we used liners in her litterbox, disposed of everything every other week, and scrubbed the box itself seasonally. She didn't go to the bathroom very frequently, either, so we scooped it every other day.

Our current cat goes to the bathroom more frequently, so we scoop daily. We also forgo liners because of her claws; instead, we scrub the box and replace all of the litter monthly.

We had mats under the boxes for both cats, and we've always regularly shampooed our carpets, vacuumed, etc. People have always told us they can't "smell cat" in our home, which is awesome.

But I'm curious about how much other people clean their boxes. Some people have told me changing the litter once a month is "gross," while others have told me it's "too frequent." Some people tell me they prefer to have multiple boxes instead of scooping one box regularly. So what do you do with your cat(s)?

An easy set of questions might be:

• How many cats do you have?

• How many boxes do you have?

• What type of litter do you use (clay, pine, crystal, etc.)?

• Do you use liners, mats, a Litter Genie, any tools like that?

• How often do you scoop?

• How often do you change out all of the litter?

• How often do you scrub the box?

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