The Politics of Litter

Why you should NOT...
- toilet train a cat
- use an automated or self-cleaning litter box
- be obsessive about cleaning your cat's litter box

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Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cat litter
• litter box
• toilet training
• cleaning a litter box
• disinfecting litter box
• My Cat From Hell
• Jackson Galaxy

[MaggiesRevenge]

My parents taught me to sprinkle a bit of baking soda at the bottom of the litter pan before putting in a bag. Does this fall into the range of violating the cat's territorial marking by being over cleaned?

[alintahawkins]

Lol Jackson where do you get your T-shirt!!??

[oOSarahJamesOo]

:) your too awesome

[luv2shopliz]

any hints on how to get my cat to drink more water

[kattfaan]

I LOVE your show! Its so nice to listen to someone who have such a good connection with the cats and their raw nature :) Could you perhaps make a video sometime on how to handle anxiety with shelter cats? I saw you had one video out but im thinking more as in anxious about sounds, new people, scared of children etc. My cat was a nervewreck when i got her and even though she has come a long way she still needs to get a bit of confidence in herself. She is scared to death with my 2 year old nephew

[TheRebeccaanne2012]

sorry for the conintue messagaing this way but for some reason my computer won't let me do it (please PM me and I can explain the whole story regarding my question)

[TheRebeccaanne2012]

PLEASE HELP Jackson Galaxy please help... I have two cats that have come from abusive histories one was abandoned outside in the middle of winter in 30 below weather he was just a kitten at the time the other was neglected and mistreated with his litter mates before going to the shelter and later being adopted by me... Anyhow to sum it up they both appear to have severe bandonment issues my friends say is its because I coddle them to much. You give such great advice I was hoping you could help

[puppurnippin]

Thank you, JG! The litter box is one of the first places that signs of illness or stress show up, and I use my daily scoop-fest to take a barometer of my cats' health. Amount, frequency, color, size, shape, smell – everything tells a story. I have one box per cat plus one extra, with two different types of litter (clumping and clay), and it makes all the difference in the world. Scooping is MUCH easier and faster, and the felines are happy. Thanks again for posting!

[jlautner]

@rasheeda5477 The ASPCA and Best Friends Animal Society and others recommend one litter box per cat plus one. And they should be LARGE.

[jendarjen]

So glad you posted this. I had someone really pressuring me to do the automatic litterbox and I thought it was just to expensive. Plus one of my babies had UTI once so now I watch for that religiously. Plus I've read a review about the "soup" it makes when cleaning- Gross!!! Scooping sounds a lot less nasty.