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rurallib

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2. I am no expert, but here are our experiences

Reply to MicaelS (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2019, 02:33 PM

Nov 2019

we have 2 cats and 2 litter boxes - one upstairs and one down. I was talking to a friend 2 weeks ago and he said experts say it should be number of cats +1.

2) We have one little kitty who is 12 now. For the longest time she would poop outside of the box. Talking with a friend one day and he said check the litter. So I tried a couple of different litters until we found one that met with her apparent approval about 5 years ago. It was the Costco litter that comes in a huge bag.

As for placement, we have the food in the kitchen and the litter in the bathrooms.

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So cat lovers, riddle me this... [View all] MicaelS Nov 2019 OP

Vets recommend one litter box per cat, plus one extra. fleur-de-lisa Nov 2019 #1

I am no expert, but here are our experiences rurallib Nov 2019 #2

I read one time that, in a multi-cat home you should have 1 more avebury Nov 2019 #3

I have 4 cats, just one box, but every time one uses the box, I dip it out and wipe the used part tblue37 Nov 2019 #4

BTW, my apartment is about 700 sq. feet, on BR, one bathroom, so I do NOT have room tblue37 Nov 2019 #5

I've read that you should have one per cat plus one extra, but The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #6

Officially, there should be one more than the amount of cats. haele Nov 2019 #7

Try Cat Attract. It's heavy, so I hate lugging it around, spooky3 Nov 2019 #8

I have 17cats who use 3litterboxes, so there's no hard and fast rule. Usually, a poop is a Karadeniz Nov 2019 #9

We are a 2 cat household with 3 litter boxes Niagara Nov 2019 #10

I also have one black kitty, one box. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2019 #11

1 litter box per pair of Kittehes jpak Nov 2019 #12

Six cats, 5 litter boxes mockmonkey Nov 2019 #13