PetSafe Legacy ScoopFree Crystal Pro Self-Cleaning Automatic Cat Litter Box – Front-Entry Motion-Sensing Cat Box with Integrated Health Counter – Includes 1 Disposable Crystal Litter Tray

Happy thus far 😊 No more strong urine or feces odor
Week 1: I didn’t set this up when I first got the new litter system a few weeks ago because I wanted to use the rest of my cats clumping arm and hammer litter first. So this is the end of the actual first week of my kitty boy using it. He was petrified of it the day I set it up, for the entire day, which is probably due to the earthquake we apparently had here last Monday in Buffalo, 2/6/23, in which he may have thought that this thing made all that commotion.After work, when I realized he hadn’t used it, I then put him in it while I sat next to him, petting him and talking calmly, telling him it’s ok. He still didn’t want anything to do with it, so I then started to throw treats by it and even a couple inside of it. He did muster the courage to go by it and get some of the treats but he wouldn’t go in it to retrieve the ones inside.The next day before I left for work, I made sure to leave one treat in the litter box near the opening and sure enough, he went in at some point to retrieve it and then at some point, he then used it. I noticed this right away, once I seen some of the litter on the litter tracking mat and then realized the cat treat was gone and then I seen yellow in the litter. I have to say that I was ecstatic 😁Now a bit about the litter. It does do what it is supposed to do and does definitely dehydrate the feces, which while scooping the waste out today (trash day), it didn’t smell at all. It also does do the same for the urine except that it doesn’t do it immediately and so the urine obviously goes straight to the bottom and sits there, so constant stirring / mixing (daily, but no more than every few days) is a must when using these cardboard litter pans or having your cat track the wet urine outside of the litter pan, if they step in the spot they just went in.I do have a bed liner protector under the card board box to protect the floor and was thinking of doubling it up, but so far I think it’s fine with the cardboard top placed underneath. Plus it has a smooth sleek sticker inside which protects the cardboard from becoming saturated, but eventually will if you don’t stir/mix the litter every 1-3 days. This may extend the life for 1 cat for a full 30 days. I would assume the more you stir/mix up the litter,.the quicker it will.dry out in between uses and the longer the box will last. I couldn’t say that for a multiple cat household, but I’m sure it will at least extend its life by a few extra days.One thing I really don’t like about this litter is that it’s crystals are huge. They definitely stick in my cat paws and he tracks it everywhere even though there is a tracking litter mat directly in front of the liter box. He does try to get it out of his paws before he leaves the pan, pawing at the lid, which I am assuming thats why. I definitely suggest wearing slippers or shoes while walking wherever the litter is tracked otherwise it does hurts when stepping on it. With that, I’d definitely suggest sweeping or vacuuming at least once daily is a must too.Now more about the actual unit its self. This came with everything you need to start using this right away including a bag of crystal silica litter and a disposable cardboard litter pan, which today while scooping the waste out, I did find it broken on the left side, which I’m assuming happened because maybe I didn’t put any litter in that spot which only one piece of waste was on that side (which is where I actually thought it was collected), while the rest stayed on the other side and when the litter and feces was being pushed back, it some how crushed it and it broke and came loose (see picture).I’m not sure why there isn’t an option to buy this system with the plastic pan, which I actually did buy the plastic pan at the same time, which also came with a bag of the crystal litter. So I will be putting up with this litter for an entire 2 months before I switch to pretty litter, which I hope doesn’t track nearly as much as this one and if it does, hopefully it doesn’t hurt nearly as much.It really does do exactly what it says it is suposoed to do and its so quite and thats music to my ears. It definitely goes off 20 minutes after my boy has been in the box to rake any feces to the waste compartment area and I guess to help distribute the urine, but it doesn’t really incorporate the urine that collects at the bottom that turns to slush. So this means you’ll have to stir / mix it up with a standard scooper to help distribute the urine evenly to help with the dehydration process.It also does keeps count of how many times my cat goes in the box and obviously goes up when the rake button is pressed manually after stirring the litter. So you’ll have to try to keep track of how many times you might have pushed the button to rake the litter after you’ve mixed up. I’ll continue doing this even after I’ve switched over to the plastic tray next month or sooner if this box or litter doesn’t hold up for the entire month. All in all, the use of this system during the first week, I am happy with it. I’ll definitely update weekly for at least the first month and maybe when I switch over to the plastic tray.EditWeek 2: Everything is still good except this time while removing the waste to dispose for trash day this morning, I did notice the urine odor isn’t really absorbing as much and I’ll have to assume will only get worse as the days go on. However, now that I’m not on top of the litter pan, I have to saythat don’t smell anything being just 5 ft from it. I also decided to mix a good amount of baking soda in with the litter, so hopefully it will keep the urine odor down.If the results are the same next week, I’ll give an update sometime soon thereafter depending on when the odor starts to be more noticable and if the litter and card board tray holds up for the entire 30 days or if I’ll have to change over to the plastic tray early! But yeah, so far, so good still.Week 3, the odor was a bit more noticable but not too unbearable…Week 4 update… I just changed the card board tray out for the plastic reusable one, in which I did put a litter liner ( I buy the Johnny cat jumbo liners 5 pk, since they’re thick for about $4 a box) over it and after putting the new crystal litter in, I raked it and the liner didn’t interfere with the rake at all since there is a bit of a gap between the liner and the rake.Now update on the card board tray… The tray held up very well, even after deciding not to stir up the litter at all this past week, since I knew I was changing the entire thing out. Plus I wanted to see if by chance by not doing so for the full week, if the tray would have began to leak on the bed pad liner I have under it. It did not, but I’d still say to stir it often because it will help extend the life of it.Now regarding odor… It was starting to get a bit strong with both feces and urine odor, but not over powering. I also, did buy a pair of sheer white curtains off Amazon (see pic above) for like $10 and took the bottom that is stitched and folded up once and stitched it up so that it wasn’t dragging on the floor to help keep any odors from leaving the closet I have it in, since I have to leave the door opened for him to have 24/7 access. I put these up with spring loaded curtain rods I purchased at Walmart for $3.50 each, since I rent and also so that the curtain can be up as high as possible. Lastly, I also purchased a urine absorber 2 pk and has a box with a velcro sticker on it so you can stick it to the litter box. Which I stuck sideways to the very front, top of the lid (see pic above) from walmart for $3.50, that is claimed to last for 30 days but I just put it on about a week ago when I noticed a slight urine odor, to help prevent it from getting really unbearable. Not sure if it helped since it was getting toward the end of the litter life cycle and it’s bound to smell somewhat like it did.Over all, I have to say that even though there was somewhat of a stronger odor during this last week, it is no where as bad as clay litter that doesn’t help.with odor at all! I definitely would recommend investing in this litter box system with the option of either buying disposable or the plastic reusable tray and if doing so, placing a litter liner over it as shown in the picture above, making sure to have it as smooth as possible on the bottom so it doesn’t interfere with the rake.

Great cat litter box. Keeps things clean and smell free! This box seems a little smaller than the ones that used to be on the market but cats love this to keep themselves away while they do their business. Take system works great and keeps the odor down. Change it once a week.

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Comme les avis étaient mitigés, je me suis lancée et je ne suis pas du tout satisfaite.Tout d’abord, les points positifs : esthétique, fonctionne bien, les toilettes du petit chat sont nettoyées plusieurs fois par jour, changement de litière super facile et plus de lavage du bac.Ensuite, les (trop) nombreux points négatifs : le râteau semble un peu fragile, les urines ne sont pas vraiment déblayées, on doit ramasser les crottes au minimum une fois par semaine, les odeurs commencent à se faire sentir à peine une semaine après le changement de litière et deviennent insupportables dès la deuxième semaine d’utilisation, les cristaux collent bel et bien aux pattes et se retrouvent absolument partout dans la maison car le tapis qui retient les grains de litière conventionnelle n’est pas efficace avec les cristaux.Comme je pouvais me sauver du nettoyage bien dégoûtant, je me suis fait une raison en acceptant de plus que doubler mon budget litière. Mais quand j’ai constaté qu’il faudrait changer le bac à litière chaque semaine pour éviter les odeurs alors que je n’ai qu’un seul chat, je me suis interrogée et les nombreux inconvénients ont pesé plus lourd que les quelques avantages.C’est un produit qui nécessitera pas mal d’améliorations et qui, selon moi, n’est pas au point. Je ne recommande absolument pas, à moins que vous ne soyez prêt à tripler/quadrupler votre budget litière et à devoir quand même manipuler les excréments de votre chat chaque semaine…