Comments on: Should You Use Plastic Liners In Your Cat’s Litter Box?

By: catese

catese — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 01:33:10 +0000

Just wanted to add that you need to check the liner and the drawstrings with your cat first… plastics mimic smells and pheromones that cats adore, this is why some cats love plastic bags and will sit in them and play with them – other cats will eat any sort of plastic bag or wrapping – like my furry nightmare does. If they show no sign of eating it, then it is safe – if it’s something they want to eat as they’ll literally start chewing it. I can’t have any plastic wrappings or bags of any sort lying around my house, when I take him for a walk (rescue 13y/o house cat) i have to make sure i’m scouring the floor for anything he will try to eat. He is an utter trashpanda, so beware liners could pose a very serious danger to your cat (even playing with them is a choking, suffocation, or strangling hazard).

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:22:45 +0000

In reply to Renee. We've used those disposable litter boxes as well. They come in really handy. Did you know that they have disposable corner litter boxes now too? Awesome!

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:04:11 +0000

I tried the Johnny Cat liners and found that they are very strong. With my cat that likes to dig, they last 1-2 weeks before slowly getting holes in them. However, I feel like the litter (non-clumping pine pellets) might’ve smelled more that way plus it seemed like my cat might’ve been annoyed with the liners despite continuing to use the litter box. Ultimately I decided to use pine pellets (sold at farm stores like Farm and Fleet as horse bedding pellets, 40 pounds for $6) in a Nature’s Miracle jumbo disposable litter box. I replace everything monthly ish. It’s super easy and the yearly cost is probably around $65 which doesn’t seem too bad for the convenience, plus the disposable boxes help keep the smell down since they contain baking soda.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:26:22 +0000

In reply to Bill. Hmm, I've never heard of Johnny Cat. I'll have to check them out! Hopefully your cats continue to use them without any problems.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 11:32:02 +0000

My cats have been using them for years. I use a brand called Johnny Cat. I can’t imagine NOT using them.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:43:48 +0000

In reply to Lucky Little Kitten. We agree 100%, Lucky! Imagine if hoomans tried to flush their business with a plastic liner in the toilet. It probably wouldn't work out too well! ;) It's a good thing your hooman is good about cleaning your litter box. Thanks for stopping by!

By: Lucky Little Kitten

Lucky Little Kitten — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 22:14:15 +0000

Hi Amber, Misha and Tippy- its Lucky the Little Kitten here, your Instagram furriend. Love the blog guys and thought I’d come over and show my support.

I hate litter tray liners for many of the reasons you mention here. I also like to feel the natural roughness of the litter below my paws. I also like to scratch and scrape it up and over my toilet business to cover it up myself and stop it from smelling but I can’t do that properly if I have a shiny, slippery bag in the bottom of my tray.

This ultimately means that it is up to my human to clean my tray more frequently. Big deal hey.

I am pretty much well trained and will use a litter tray indoors and bury my business outside in the garden so my human has it easy really.

Thank you Amber

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 22:09:09 +0000

In reply to SG79. Yep! They haven't been available for long, but they look really cool. Hopefully they're as good as the insane price you have to pay for them. lol

By: SG79

SG79 — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:06:23 +0000

Interesting. I didn’t know that those “robot” litter boxes were available in the west but boy, are they expensive ($650 CAD thanks to the devalued currency). Had a rather strong case of nostalgia with that Luuup box 😀