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, hardly ever 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 characteristic wand.
We’ve in fact had minor hiccups with Blue alongside the way in which however all had been non permanent and have fizzled out, both a results of exterior influences that she has since tailored to or part of her growth and age. To not toot her horn, however I feel she’s a reasonably superior cat. The one we most not too long ago overcome although, and to no fault of Blue, is her litter field monitoring.
What Triggered Blue’s Litter Monitoring
There have been a number of totally different causes monitoring was such a significant subject in our home. We’ve needed to discover methods of combating every and at last we’re in a spot the place I’m not discovering litter strewn throughout our laundry room flooring 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 lovely 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 types of yuck. Even after they remained dry, all that digging prompted litter to nestle deep into the tufts. Once more, we’d discover litter in all types 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 had 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 outdoors of a clay base. All of our testing efforts had been moot as a result of we by no means thought-about clay to be the wrongdoer for our woes. We’ve not too long ago modified to a corn primarily based litter and voila! Nothing gave the impression to be sticking to her paws. This litter was corresponding 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 comprise the litter whereas Blue scratched and kicked about. She’s a big cat so she grew out of a normal 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 giant excessive sided field so she might come and go as she happy however we nonetheless ended up with litter in every single 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 resolve our drawback. Little to no litter was escaping from the big 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 extremely good job of conserving the small overflow from hitting the precise flooring. 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. In fact, each cat goes to be totally different however these are the few tips we’ve discovered by means of a few years of trial and error. Blue is pleased with a useful and simply accessible rest room spot, and our home is freed from soiled litter. An actual win-win for our family.
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