This Potty Is Scary
Jul. 30th, 2007 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miss_ytI got Roo a newfangled litterbox. It's actually a self-cleaning Boodabox. See, you put in clumping litter, and the cat does its thing, and a few minutes after the cat gets out, this motorized rake in the box pushes the clumped litter and poop into a hatch that opens as the rake approaches and closes as the rake retreats. This means all the icky stuff is in a lined compartment and it's easy to dispose of.
When I first put this thing together, plugged it in and turned it on, the rake went through its motion. Roo was present at the time and watched this happen very carefully. Then, when I tried to get her to go in the box, she hissed at it, ran away and hid under my bed (this is in my bedroom at my parents' house, remember). I was afraid she wouldn't use it, she'd pee on the carpet or something and Mom would kill both of us.
Fortunately, she does use the litterbox. I heard the motor going once last night and once this morning (I should turn that thing off when I sleep), and there's no pee or poop in places where it shouldn't be. I also saw her use the box later on: she approaches slowly and goes in with trepidation, as if she's afraid it's going to eat her, but she uses it. And then she kicks litter around, quite a lot of it - good thing Mom put a plastic sheet under the box.
I'm really glad that Roo's getting used to it, because I paid a lot of money for that thing and it will make it much easier to clean up after her. It would kind of suck if she were too freaked out to use it.
When I first put this thing together, plugged it in and turned it on, the rake went through its motion. Roo was present at the time and watched this happen very carefully. Then, when I tried to get her to go in the box, she hissed at it, ran away and hid under my bed (this is in my bedroom at my parents' house, remember). I was afraid she wouldn't use it, she'd pee on the carpet or something and Mom would kill both of us.
Fortunately, she does use the litterbox. I heard the motor going once last night and once this morning (I should turn that thing off when I sleep), and there's no pee or poop in places where it shouldn't be. I also saw her use the box later on: she approaches slowly and goes in with trepidation, as if she's afraid it's going to eat her, but she uses it. And then she kicks litter around, quite a lot of it - good thing Mom put a plastic sheet under the box.
I'm really glad that Roo's getting used to it, because I paid a lot of money for that thing and it will make it much easier to clean up after her. It would kind of suck if she were too freaked out to use it.
