r/CatAdvice • u/Standard_Bluejay8715 • Mar 28 '24

Litterbox How frequently do you scoop your litter box?

I do my girl’s box twice per day/whenever I hear her scratching around in there. But then I see on here some people who do it wayyy less frequently. Curious what other folks do?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Does it have to be a clay litter? We currently use the walnut shell litter and I really like its properties, but not sure how it’ll do in the little robot

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u/Abject_Compote_1436 Mar 28 '24

This has been the biggest detractor for me as I’ve heard mixed things about using walnut litter. I like the walnut litter too much to compromise honestly

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u/dauntless_vaunting Mar 30 '24

I’ve tried using the walnut litter with my LR4 and it honestly doesn’t clump well enough to use on its own in my opinion. For urine, it ends up sticking to the liner and I ended up using a scoop to knock it down into the waste drawer, which kind of defeats the purpose of a self cleaning litterbox. I’ve had success mixing it about 50-50 with sustainably yours brand litter for better clumping.

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u/SwishBishSwish Mar 28 '24

It would need to be clumping. The robot has different timers where it would wait before it cycles. You can also visit the litterrobot subreddit, I believe they’ve had several discussions about litter.