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How many cats per litter box?
We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain |
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A.Pismo Clam wrote:
We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain The general rule is one more litter box than the number of cats in the house. That is... 2 cats = 3 litter boxes, 3 cats = 4 litter boxes. Whether you need another litter box depends on the number of boxes you now have. |
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A.Pismo Clam wrote: We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain It depends. I had 3 grown cats on a single litter box. No problems. Some say: number of litterboxes = number of cats + 1. |
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"Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... A.Pismo Clam wrote: We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain The general rule is one more litter box than the number of cats in the house. That is... 2 cats = 3 litter boxes, 3 cats = 4 litter boxes. Whether you need another litter box depends on the number of boxes you now have. We do okay with two boxes for two cats. |
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Joe Canuck wrote:
A.Pismo Clam wrote: We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain The general rule is one more litter box than the number of cats in the house. That is... 2 cats = 3 litter boxes, 3 cats = 4 litter boxes. Whether you need another litter box depends on the number of boxes you now have. Or just trial and error. My 2 cats are fine with 2 litter boxes. Lucky, Pam |
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"A.Pismo Clam" wrote in message ... We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain The "rule" is one litter box per cat, plus one. Otoh, except for when one of my cats was pooping outside of the box many years ago (& I therefore had 2 cats, with a total of 4 or 5 boxes, in order to solve her problem), I usually have the same number of boxes as I have cats. Right now, 2 cats and one main box, with another box that gets occasional use. Otoh, I scoop the main box out 3 times/day, sometimes more, and it's the biggest litter box I could find. Considering your cats are medium - largish, I'd have corresponding sized litter boxes. Definitely not little ones. Otherewise, a cat could have all 4 paws in the box, & squat, *assuming* it's peeing/pooping _in_ the box, when in reality the cat's rear is overhanging the box's edge! Cathy |
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It depends upon how often you scoop the box and if your other cats will
tolerate the 3rd. Personally the last time I brought a cat into the house I put out another box until I was sure everyone was getting along. Now I have a huge deep box, use scooping litter and clean it twice a day and all 3 use it happily. Now the only time I put out an extra box is if I'm going away for the weekend. That way " The Queen" will have a clean box for herself. Celeste "A.Pismo Clam" wrote in message ... We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain |
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I had 2 boxes for 2 cats.
"Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... A.Pismo Clam wrote: We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain The general rule is one more litter box than the number of cats in the house. That is... 2 cats = 3 litter boxes, 3 cats = 4 litter boxes. Whether you need another litter box depends on the number of boxes you now have. |
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p.s. they pee'd in one and pooped in the other!
"Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... A.Pismo Clam wrote: We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain The general rule is one more litter box than the number of cats in the house. That is... 2 cats = 3 litter boxes, 3 cats = 4 litter boxes. Whether you need another litter box depends on the number of boxes you now have. |
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A.Pismo Clam wrote: We are about to introduce 1 more sweet, all-black kitty to our other two tabbies which have been with us for 7 years. Do we need another litter box to accommodate the newest, who is about 8 months old and 6lb. 4oz? The other two are about 10 lbs each. Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain Yes. No more than two cats per box - I recommend one cat per box when I place cats. HTH, -L. |
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