Originally Posted By goodgirl I had a Littermaid Mega electronic cat box for several years. I really liked it but it finally died last fall. I'm looking at getting a replacement and have been shopping online (the price has gone up from $149 to $199). I discovered another brand but its a little more spendy. Does anyone here have a Performa? If so, what do you think? Littermaid: <a href="http://www.littermaid.com/showproduct.asp?prodID=17" target="_blank">http://www.littermaid.com/show product.asp?prodID=17</a> Performa: <a href="http://www.petmate.com/Catalog.plx?ID=1678" target="_blank">http://www.petmate.com/Catalog .plx?ID=1678</a>
Originally Posted By retlawfan $199 really? Last time I got one(and I would again if mine died) it was $99 at Target.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling LOL! I read this thread thinking you had come up with an idea of a place to throw the trolls. Can't help on actual electronic litter boxes. Sorry. Good luck though.
Originally Posted By goodgirl retlawfan, Littermaid makes a couple different sizes. The regular Littermaid is usually less than the Mega. The difference with the Mega is that the sides are higher and it's overall footprint is larger. The "Elite Mega" is new since I bought mine and has a couple enhanced features. One that I like is that you can set it to a "night" feature so that it won't come on for 9 hours. Since I keep it in the bathroom off my bedroom, this would be nice. I also discovered this: <a href="http://www.litterworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=43" target="_blank">http://www.litterworks.com/pro duct_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=43</a> Decisions. Decisions.
Originally Posted By retlawfan I like that "night" feature. Next time I'm replacing a box, I've got to look into that one. Thanks goodgirl!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I see the Littermaid on eBay with a buy it now price of $138.99 + $30.00 shipping. The seller has 100% positive feedback with 24863(!) transactions. <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2006-Littermaid-LM950-TENT-Electric-Litter-Box-NIB_W0QQitemZ7747258219QQcategoryZ29853QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2006-L ittermaid-LM950-TENT-Electric-Litter-Box-NIB_W0QQitemZ7747258219QQcategoryZ29853QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>
Originally Posted By m2 I've been looking into purchasing one of these too. The Litterworks is the one I keep looking at. Sure makes it look a lot easier.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose I've always wondered about these, I have 4 Jumbo litter boxes for my four very large cats--the littlest is 18 lbs, no they're not fat, they're large breed cats : ) these boxes always looked sooooo small to me plus i need more then one---anyone with large cats use them? do they really work??
Originally Posted By goodgirl I have two cats. Indoor only. I bought a Littermaid Mega five years ago. I really liked it. The motor finally died last fall so I went back to a regular box and scoop. Ugh! I forgot how diligent you ahve to be. With the Littermaid I would need to empty/replace the receptacle about every three or four days. This was great when I was out of town for the weekend. And when I was gone for longer periods of time it made life easier on my sister-in-law who checked on and fed the cats. The receptacles are about $1 each. I think they come in a box of $20. So for me that's about $10 a month in added expenses on top of the litter. But it was well worth the convenience. You can just empty the receptacle and re-use it numerous times but I usually didn't fuss with that. The cat does his/her thing in the box. When they step into the box, sensors detect this and it will halt any action of the rake for ten minutes. This is so the cat won't be half-way into doing his/her thing and get the bejeesus scared out of them. Ten minutes later the motor starts and the rake comes across scooping everything out into the receptacle. The cats find this intriguing and even after five years would dash to the bathroom to watch it happen. However, when you think about it, cats have no concept of how the timing thing works. When they need to use the box they walk up to it and stare. It's like their little mind is thinking "If I step into this thing, will that machine thingy start up." Then they hop in and so their thing. I liked the concept of the litterworks thing but it wouldn't fit in the area where I keep the cat box. Aurora, you might be able to get away with only one cat box. However, it would probably mean you have to replace or empty the waste receptacle each day.
Originally Posted By Labuda We tried an electric litterbox - scared the crap out of our kitties to the extent they started using the tub instead of the litter box. Luckily, petsmart allowed us to return it. PHEW!
Originally Posted By goodgirl Well, I ordered the one trekkeruss put the link to. It should arrive Thursday or Friday. The company seems very responsive. Labuda, my cats *miss* their electronic litter box. Ten minutes after doing their thing, it raked it all away into the receptacle. With the "manual" method, I clean the box each night before bed. In the meantime during the day, when I go in to use the bathroom, one of the cats will follow me in. Stare at the litter box. Then look at me questionningly as if to say "There's stuff in there. Aren't you going to get rid of it?"
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I've got my fingers crossed that your transaction goes without incident. I'll be streesed out until I know it's arrived at your door!
Originally Posted By m2 Labuda, that has been something I have been concerned about. Did they just not like the fact that it was covered or do you think it was other issues? Goodgirl, let us know how it works out please.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I just ordered one too. I'm having new carpets put in today and I don't have a lot of options on where to put the litter box. I'm tired of vacuuming up litter, so hopefully this will do it. Thanks trekkeruss!
Originally Posted By Labuda "Labuda, that has been something I have been concerned about. Did they just not like the fact that it was covered or do you think it was other issues? " They saw it in action and it scared them, plain and simple. They did NOT like the whole motorized thing.
Originally Posted By Kala I'm ordering one too. (thanks trekkeruss!) We love our Littermaid and are on our 2nd. I agree with goodgirl you can't beat the convenience! We have 3 indoor cats and it is so much easier for us to maintain. I'm hoping the higher sides will keep more litter in. One day I expect my kid critters to come down the stairs with a siamese cat in tow they dig so much.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Just an FYI since ordering and my kitty using her's now... LOVE IT! Working beautifully. My cat is evil though. The sweeper freaked out my boxer Sammy. The first several days, when the sweeper would do it's thing Sammy was stand about 3 feet away, stretched out on all fours trying to look in and bark incessantly till it was done. Once it was done, she'd go sniff at it and lay down by it. Waiting for the next time. She was obsessed and scared of it all at the same time. Then I bust my cat Nicia being evil. She would walk up on the plank, put a paw in and then dash away!!! She figured out that would trigger the sweeper. Then she'd lay on the futon by the window looking smug as Sammy went nuts. LOL - Cats are crazy.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>We tried an electric litterbox - scared the crap out of our kitties to the extent they started using the tub instead of the litter box. Luckily, petsmart allowed us to return it. PHEW!<< My mom recently offered to buy one of these for my cat (her "grand-kit"), but I'm afraid Bob's reaction might be about like that. He's never really liked wind-up toys, and sometimes freaks out at loud noises. So, two questions for y'all: 1. Bob's a big boy (20+ pounds, most of it fat). Do these things come in larger sizes? 2. How loud is the motor?
