Cat owners...

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...speak to me of litterbox solutions, O dearly beloved f-list.

We went down to one litterbox when we moved, because the laundry room only had room for one. Someone, and we think we know who, is expressing displeasure at this setup in a rather obvious manner. So we need to go back to two.* The ultimate solution, which we shall resort to if necessary, is to stack the washer and dryer and put the second litterbox in the newly-vacated spot. This will probably block the door into the garage, but as we have two doors into the garage, one from the laundry room and one from the hall outside the kitchen, this is not a plan-killing situation.

I do realize that it's going to be hard for you to suggest places for another litterbox to go without actually knowing what the house looks like, but oh well. I lived for 2 years with the litterboxes in my office and NEVER AGAIN.



* And to think that when he was a kitten, Sora couldn't wait to ditch his cute little litterbox and use the one that the big cats used...

Comments

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We have the litterbox in a half-bath on the first floor. We haven't had a problem with noncompliance events on the second floor or elsewhere, even with multiple cats.

The peeing is certainly about MY TERRITORY MARK HERE MINE MINE MINE. Did the previous occupants have pets? Cleaning really really well may help remove odors, also confining peeing cat to small space with box to reinforce training (MEEEEYOOOOWWW of course being the hazard with that).

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The guest bath is a jack-and-jill one, with a small room with a sink coming off the hall, then a narrow room with a toilet and tub, and then a final ... not room, but niche in the guest bedroom with a sink in it, sort of like a hotel. So not much place to put another litterbox, except for the tub itself, and as our water pressure and hot water capacity is AWESOME enough that we can take showers at the same time, we'd rather not do that!

There's a closet near the laundry room -- and we ahve a plethora of closets plus a large attic so no lack of storage space -- that might work to hold a litterbox with a cathole in the door.

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A thing to consider is that if your laundry area is small, and you stack the machines, you can put in a nice little counter for folding on (although yes, you lose the use of the tops of both machines for that, or to run a counter over both of them). Stuff like litterboxes can go under the counter unobtrusively.

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Toby's washer and dryer are these front-loading behemoths, currently standing on pedestals. You expect to hear the theme from 2001 playing as you open the laundry room door on them...

If we stack them and put a counter in, the second litterbox has to go under the counter. :) We'll probably end up doing that, but ... aargh the work involved in stacking the damn things.

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Eeek!, are they the Maytags? I do not know who in their right mind would have bought those (obviously you inherited them w/ the house, so I feel free to insult them). They don't use much less water than a usual American top-loader and I have heard bad things about breakdowns and maintenance.

You should get appliance guys to do the stacking, if you decide that's the thing for you. The machines have to be handled in a certain way, the washer AFAIK (this is a standard thing for front loaders with fast spin) has a massive counterweight in it somewhere, and the manufacturer probably has a special stacking-stabilization kit that needs to be correctly installed. Do not try it yourselves!

I have had lighter-weight (Whirlpool, Creda, and Miele) machines, which are stackable, but the idea of stacking larger machines is actually a little scary.

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Toby bought them. :) Before we were dating. He did the whole compare-and-contrast Consumer Reports thing and bought them. They've been fine, except for now we're going to have to hire someone to help us stack them -- we did ask Lowe's, where he bought them, and Lowe's only stacks if they're freshly purchased and delivered by them, aargh!

*goes and checks* Ah, Whirlpool Duets. Mind you, the laundry room here is small and was constructed with top-loaders in mind. XD