As cat parents, you must have known our feline friends are born with a wonderful trait – cleanliness. From the past, this gifted one has been helping multiple cats to survive in wild nature. Every day, most cats spends hours for grooming themselves. This habit helps them to remove any excessive things on their fur.
This trait also explains how seriously cats care about their litter boxes – where they often send our their wastes after delicious meals and get their chubby stomach ready for a new session.
So, do we really know how much important a litter box mean to our furry friends?
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What are risks of leaving cat litter boxes uncleaned?
Firstly, your cats have all rights to refuse using it until it meets their standard. This means cat’s waste remain in the body a long time, which increasingly causes kidney or bladder damage. Even if they finally find a need to let things out, other clean areas will be come their toilet – which is for sure not a good idea to their owners.
Secondly, risk from bad odour smell will directly harm cat parents, especially if there is any pregnant one in your family. You may think it’s just bad smell, but slowly you will find out how serious it impacts your transmission.
How often should we clean a cat litter box?
The short answer is minimum once per day. Remember this is just a minimum number. Many pet websites suggest doing twice per day if you can, so any cat waste can be scooped out before the next time our feline friends use litter box.
At The Tails Zone, we always commit to get cat litter box cleaned twice per day as a standard routine. However, our committed staffs will observe each cat litter box closely to provide extra time in case cats need to use their litter boxes more often.
Besides, if you choose our Villa option, this task will be done by automatic litter boxes (self cleaning litter boxes) from popular cat-trusted brand Petkit. For Deluxe and Suite options, our staff will handle all traditional litter box cleaning process.
What is a proper way to clean litter box for odour free?
We have a cat’s litter box cleaning routine at The Tails Zone, which all cat owners can take as reference.
Before a new boarding:
- Previous used litter box will be sanitised carefully with water and soap. No chemical is used to not harm cats’ sensitiveness.
- Replace with 100% fresh litter to assure safety for each cat.
During boarding journey:
- Scoop out clumping litter twice per day in normal situation or more if excessive cat waste is detected.
- Wash the litter scoop with soap after each time.
- Clean the cover daily if there is any cat waste stain.
What type of cat litter is best to use?
There is no the best cat litter, only the most suitable one for your own cats. All cat lovers need some tests to figure out which one can tick all the boxes for your cat-parenting journey.
Among all, clay litter is the most popular one due to its wisely cost-saving characteristic. However, if you cats show immune symptom such as sneezing after each usage, it can be a sign that you need to change your litter type.
Other than clay litter, cat parents cat also consider many not-less-popular ones including crystal, pine, wheat, grass, corn, walnut, paper or tofu (the highly recommended litter by many cat parents). After being familiar with one type of litter, most cats prefer to continue using it without sudden change.
Understanding this need, The Tails Zone provide customisation service which you can decide the litter type your cats will use during boarding journey. We believe this small-but-important step will lead to smooth experience when your cats are with us.