My days of pooper-scooping are OVER.

[whorlichan]

Yesterday, Tass and I arrived at home to find two very large boxes blocking my door. They were parts of my order from PetsMart: the automated litterbox, its hood, and some specialized baggies for it.

I pulled all the stuff out of the box and set it up where the old litterbox was, and my cats immediately investigated. They didn't seem to care (unlike what the literature says, to set it up next to the old box, and let them acclimate for a couple of days or weeks) that it was new, and started using it immediately.

Then it cleaned itself...and the cats were AMAZED. They sat there watching it, barely blinking, as it went through the cleaning cycle, and then jumped back into it to see what had happened inside.

They LOVE this thing. It's a toilet and entertainment in one!

I also sat and watched it, mesmerized. And although it's kind of loud, I didn't hear it during the night, so I assumed the cats hadn't gone--WRONG. I slept through it and it works SO PERFECTLY. There is no poop anywhere in the box, all the clumps of pee are gone...

And I never had to touch any of it. This is so awesome.

This also bodes well for my week away in January. My biggest fear was that Tass would be scared to touch the litterbox and I'd come back to a house full of poop because the cats won't use a dirty litterbox for long. Now, all I have to do is remind him to feed them so they don't die.