SteveZilla Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The Cat Genie works best if you have room in your bathroom. It hooks quite nicely to the side of our toilet. Unfortunately' date=' we only have one bathroom, and it's teeny. We're working on being able to put it in the basement, but the cats who use it most are scared to go all the way down there.[/quote'] I won't have room in the bathroom in my new apartment, but I will have room next to the clotheswasher. [rant]Several of the nicer places around here (but not *real* nice) are part of some "cheap housing for the poor" subsidy from the government. And I make too much money to live there. Which means I have to pay as much (or more in this case) and get less because I am slightly too successful. Yay Democracy & Free Enterprise! [/rant] But it does work. My roommate's biggest complaint is that the automatic cycle uses up twice the soap' date=' and the stuff you need to replenish is on the expensive side. But if you can afford the up-front costs, it's an excellent investment.[/quote'] That seems strange that an automatic setting would use up more than just pushing the button to activate the cycle. One warning: if you let solid waste sit for longer than 12 hours' date=' it needs to be scooped by hand. But it does scoop easily, and the pellets can be flushed without clogging up your pipes.[/quote'] Thanks for the tip! My biggest problems with the thing are the space it takes up in the bathroom' date=' and the little pellets all over the floor. But clay pebbles would be way worse, and these can just be swept up and poured back in to be reused. I suppose I could do that, myself, but I'm sort of in denial that it's still in our eensy bathroom.[/quote'] I would keep a dust buster near the cat genie just for the purpose of picking up the pellets and putting them back in the bin. You say there isn't room in your bathroom -- is your cat genie not sitting next to the toilet? EDIT: My roommate says to invest in the one that has a hood. The pellets stay in better, that way. It's $14 more. But the Cat Genie is used by two cats, and it seems well-suited to the task. I might go this route then. After spending $300 (IIRC), $14 more is nothing. A concern I have is that the difference in height of the drain hose between hooking it on the toilet and hooking it on the washer drain pipe might cause it to not flush as fully... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Partly to teach the kids the responsibilities of pet ownership, partly because we haven't seen one that we think will serve our situation satisfactorily, we keep to dealing with the litterbox by hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The hose is probably about three feet long. It flushes just fine, even though the Cat Genie sits on the floor and the toilet is higher in elevation. I think there's some pressure in the hose. I think the automatic setting doesn't have an option for "short cycle," but pushing the button does. So it always assumes it's a bit behind the times when it's running by itself, and hedges its bets by cleaning that much more thoroughly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER My biggest problems with the thing are the space it takes up in the bathroom' date=' and the little pellets all over the floor. But clay pebbles would be way worse, and these can just be swept up and poured back in to be reused. I suppose I could do that, myself, but I'm sort of in denial that it's still in our eensy bathroom.[/quote'] Unless you do the vacuum thing every time one walks into the bathroom (with my kids, ages 12 & 13? Get F***ing Real ), the clay stuff will get wet (from spray over the shower curtain, or even just our damp climate this time of year) and cake to the floor. I got to do the bathroom floor before Thankgiving. Siegfried (I think it's him) insists on peeing in the corner of the box, about 6" above the surface. We have a high-sided box partly for that reason. (The other reason was that Loki, when he was alive, was an energetic excavator in there; the tall box minimized the scatter.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER My litter boxes are all medium sized totes with a hole cut in the end. Got them cheap for $5 apiece and much less scatter. We had one cat that would start crouched while peeing and stand up. Solved that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The momcat and kittens go in Sunday to get fixed. Probably the momcat will not come back to the house. We'll have the kittens for a week or two afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Daughter's birthday party survived. Next up: Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Good luck on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER This is a test. This is a test. PHEAR my RANDOM KOLORZ, MorTals!11!! Thanks to Sketchpad for the inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER This is a test. This is a test. PHEAR my RANDOM KOLORZ, MorTals!11!! Thanks to Sketchpad for the inspiration. ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER ouch. This is WORSE!! Ok, that's enough of that nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER No no! Moar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER no, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Turns out that only the one female in the litter got fixed Sunday; they were short of time. The three males get it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER My sympathies -- they have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Speaking of having things removed, I had my wisdom teeth plus an impacted molar removed this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Could have been worse. Could have been an impacted Colon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Many congratulations to my sensei! He's getting hitched to his girlfriend, Akiko-san, in a Shinto ceremony taking place in Yokohama on the 22nd, this month -- Tai An No Hi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER For a second there, I thought you had said the girlfriend's name was Akido-san. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Aikido-san would be so cool . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER This thread is now barely more than 100 posts longer than the Musings on Random Musings thread. Going inert for two weeks didn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER your fault! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER your fault! Hey, now! Save that for the Blame The Person Above thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER what thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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