Hello, I’m Amanda! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and Blue, my fluffy hearth level Himalayan-Persian cat.
There are a lot of fantastic issues about welcoming a cat into your loved ones. The sass. The independence. The conditional affection (they clearly resolve when and the way lengthy you get to play, snuggle or pet them however we wouldn’t have it another approach!). They self-groom, not often have accidents and for essentially the most half discover methods to maintain themselves entertained, though we’d like to endlessly play fetch or with the function wand.
We’ve in fact had minor hiccups with Blue alongside the way in which however all have been non permanent and have fizzled out, both a results of exterior influences that she has since tailored to or part of her improvement and age. To not toot her horn, however I believe she’s a fairly superior cat. The one we most lately overcome although, and to no fault of Blue, is her litter field monitoring.
What Prompted Blue’s Litter Monitoring
There have been just a few completely different causes monitoring was such a serious difficulty in our home. We’ve needed to discover methods of combating every and eventually we’re in a spot the place I’m not discovering litter strewn throughout our laundry room ground and trailing up our stairs into the frequent areas of our home.
1. Paw Tufts
Being a Himalayan Persian, she was blessed with thick fluffy tufts between her paw pads. Whereas they’re cute for essentially the most half, on the slightest little bit of moisture they appear to draw and maintain onto any form of clay primarily based litter, which might later flake off because it dried. All kinds of yuck. Even once they remained dry, all that digging prompted litter to nestle deep into the tufts. Once more, we’d discover litter in all kinds of locations. Our least favourite place, the mattress. We by no means tried to trim her paw fur as a result of we chalked the mess as much as the kind of litter we have been utilizing. There needed to be one thing higher on the market.
2. Litter Varieties
We tried a number of varieties of litter. Non-tracking, low mud, hypoallergenic, multi-cat, unscented. Our mistake was by no means venturing exterior of a clay base. All of our testing efforts have been moot as a result of we by no means thought of clay to be the perpetrator for our woes. We’ve lately modified to a corn primarily based litter and voila! Nothing appeared to be sticking to her paws. This litter was akin to clay for clumping and cleansing, with out the mess or mud that got here together with conventional clay litter.
3. Litter Field
Now that we had eradicated monitoring, we looked for a field that would include the litter whereas Blue scratched and kicked about. She’s a big cat so she grew out of a regular field pretty shortly. An enclosed field wouldn’t do as a result of she was afraid to enter it. A high-sided field couldn’t work since she’s not a lot of a jumper. We tried to chop a slot out of a big excessive sided field so she might come and go as she happy however we nonetheless ended up with litter all over the place. We determined to check out a big commonplace sized litter field within an additional giant Tupperware bin. We made an entrance slot on one aspect and the litter field was positioned on the alternative aspect of the entire. It took a second for Blue to turn out to be located with the brand new structure however it proved to unravel our downside. Little to no litter was escaping from the massive Tupperware. Hooray!
The Remaining Scoop
We nonetheless use a litter mat to catch any entry that’s inevitably trailed from her exiting the field which does a very good job of holding the small overflow from hitting the precise ground. Common scooping and month-to-month litter adjustments additionally means she’s having to dig much less to discover a appropriate spot to do her enterprise. After all, each cat goes to be completely different however these are the few methods we’ve discovered via a few years of trial and error. Blue is proud of a purposeful and simply accessible toilet spot, and our home is freed from soiled litter. An actual win-win for our family.
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