Comments on: Clevercat Top Entry Hidden Cat Litter Box

By: Manci Hunter

Manci Hunter — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:25:05 +0000

Well, i am in the market for an innovative cat box, and saw this one, however the review talks about how well it will clean your dogs teeth. i am not sure if the dog chews on the plastic while the cat uses the box, but it was not helpful for me deciding whether i liked it or not.

By: Ida Hand

Ida Hand — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:14:56 +0000

If you want your previously litter-trained cats to start urinating in a chair in the corner of the room and ruin your hardwood floors, buy this product.

Our cats hated it. The space was too small for them to climb into. They started peeing on top of the platform, then decided, it was too much trouble. So they found the next best thing: a chair in the corner of the room. By the time we discovered it, the urine had already ruined our floors.

I called Clever Cat, and they wanted nothing to do with returning my money. In fact, the man on the phone was a bit of a smart@#$. He insisted that most companies don’t take back their own products…which is a big load of crap!

DO NOT BUY THIS HORRIBLE PRODUCT. Save your floors, and keep your cats happy!

By: Lydia Dominguez

Lydia Dominguez — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:10:48 +0000

So, in theory, this should be the awesomest litter box ever. Except that my cats kept knocking it over or refusing to use it. They just didn’t dig the top entry way, a little to weird for them. And it wasn’t bottom heavy enough, so they kept knocking it over and spilling the litter everywhere.

By: John Gannon

John Gannon — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:10:21 +0000

This litter box didn’t work for me. After about 2 minutes of sniffing around, my cat put her paws on top of the box, which immediately caused it to tip over — it’s not very stable and it’s top heavy, so it didn’t take much. Also, since the top doesn’t really latch on, the litter went everywhere.

In theory this could be a good product, but the Clevercat people have some refinement to do.

By: Jackie Schweppe

Jackie Schweppe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:09:56 +0000

For whatever reason, my 11 year old cat who has never made a mess anywhere outside his litterbox, did not like the introduction of this box. Although he’ll use it for solid waste, he won’t urinate inside it. SO, after trying out this box and replacing his old standard littler box with the trashcan style, he started urinating on the floor. I brought back his older standard litter box, and he stopped. I don’t know if he’s the only cat to have this reaction, but know that at least one did not want to jump down into a box to urinate in it.

By: Gina VincentNull

Gina VincentNull — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:09:27 +0000

I bought this pan because my cat squats right inside the door to her regular covered litter pan, hangs her bottom over the edge, and pees on the floor. I bought a pan with a high side but she still can’t keep everything inside. I hoped the Clevercat design would prevent spillover, but Ginger just bypassed the middle step and peed directly on the floor when confronted with this product. I tried it both with the top off and on, and it didn’t seem to make any difference. It looked like a good idea, it just didn’t work with my cat. FWIW, she’s sixteen years old – a younger cat might take to it more readily.

By: Cathy Carroll

Cathy Carroll — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:08:41 +0000

They are right. This works very well, but you dont need to pay $24 for it. My dogs never managed to eat cat poo again after I simply cut a whole in the top of any rubber tub with a lid. Six bucks and youre set!

By: L.T. Blount

L.T. Blount — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:08:20 +0000

I bought two of these for my 5 cats. They hated it because they had to crawl inside and then stick their head out before they could go. Instead of going in the box they went on the floor so I took the lid off and now 3 of 5 will use it. The walls are also too high for them to use comfortably. I finally bought a large box with a low end at one side and also a breeze box. They pee in the breeze box and poo in the other box with crystals. (highly recommend Tidy Cat crystals and their breeze box!)

By: Cassandra Bishop

Cassandra Bishop — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:07:32 +0000

I couldn’t bring myself to pay $30 for a glorified plastic bin, so I made my own for about 1/3 of the price using a plastic tub (~$7) and a small towel (~$5). I used an Exacto knife (you could also use a small saw) to cut the hole in the lid, sanded down the edges of the hole and covered them with electric tape, and hot glued down the towel (to help pick up stray litter, you could also use a doormat or litter mat). This litter box is the best that I have tried so far. I had a traditional covered litter box before, and I had to sweep out my bathroom floor every day or two. I also tried an automatic scooping litter box, but my cat was afraid of it and refused to use it.

To help my 7 year-old cat adjust, I left his old traditional covered litter box out after I made this one but did not scoop it out, and after about a week, he switched to this new one and seems to love it. And I love it too because I only sweep up litter about once a week now!

By: Beata Prendergast

Beata Prendergast — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:06:43 +0000

My 20 lb cat kept knocking it over…. not stable from the side at all. Also the grooves in the lid kept getting litter stuck in them…. I know having litter in the grooves is part of what it’s supposed to do… but that it would get STUCK there and I had to go after it with a scrub brush almost daily was really not helpful. Between having to right it on a regular basis (and clean up the litter that spilled out when it tipped to the side), and having to scrub the top of it… it was a hassle. Also scooping it was a pain for me and scooping down to that depth actually bothered my elbow quite a bit….. so it was literally a pain. I can see where it might work great for some, but a base to stabilize it side-to-side and either an open grid at the top so that the litter could fall through, or a different design on top so the litter didn’t stick in the grooves would have made a world of difference.