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maandag 20 augustus 2012

REVIEW ~ PeeWee Litterbox

We used to have a very very good littermaterial called Cats Best Hygiene Plus. Expensive, but it lasted for a loooong time. We could manage 2 - 21/2 month with one bag. Mom could flush the waste through the toilet so all were happy. But prices rise... rise... and rise... Expensive, yeah but still on the long term cheaper than the cheapest clay litter material available. And we like to have clean paws, not dusty dirty paws.

Then we got noticed of the Swedish PeeWee Litterbox system. Also expensive but gosh, more or less the thing that mom used to do during the time she still had rabbits. Sifting the waste from the woodgrains from the still good woodgrains. She wished there would exists a sorting system for this.
And now, lucky us, who got the chance to test it. Grey believes this is IT. Tiger doesnt care as long as it is diggable. Mom wants it odorfree, dustfree and low maintenance. So there it is... PeeWee.

In brief how it works

When mom went last week to buy a box, they were sold out. Pitty pitty, but the salesman ordered the low version, because that one fits in our current covered box. Mom however already took a bag of pellets home, and put some in our current litterbox.

Here is our first impression (without the PeeWee litterbox!):

Tiger: I dont care what you put in it, as long as it is diggable it is ok for me. I jump on it straight away, I even go there for fun just to cause a mess.

Grey: Puke mom... what is this crap? You know I hate smelly litters, this pine smell is too much, I hate the smelly poo of Tiger. And I don't feel right using a covered litterbox. I use it, but not happily. Didn't you notice? I am NOT going to pee here, I am going to pee in my basket. The poo... ok I do in the box... but with my head out and ass in. So I don't have to suffer the smell. My nose can't handle this. Covered boxes arent my thing anyway.Like I said....

Mom: Bah I don't like woodgrains that dissolve into sawdust. The other stuff was clumping and so much cleaner. Now Tiger is digging like an idiot and after 2 days it looks messy. Not a single woodgrain remained in tact. But, I must say no smell (except pine trees) and the sawdust looks dry and clean, does not at all smell to cat pee and all is still dustfree.  Tiger however manages to get lots of woodgrains out and through the house. She always does, probably even with the heaviest litter available. I have to wait for the box to arrive to see the best results. Still I believe in the system. After all it can't clumb or else the system would not work. At least then the sawdust will fall down and less woodgrains will get dissolved as most pee will drip down to the underbox. 

It was not amusing that Grey pees every day in his basket. I took them away now, because I cannot keep up with my own laundry, but 2 baskets every day is not going to work either.

Luckily the litterbox arrived quite soon. And, the other day I installed the litterbox. It appeared to be too difficult to cut holes in it so it makes it possible for the door to swing in and out in my covered litterbox that keeps smells locked in. So I put it next to the old litterbox. But I hoped and begged Tiger would not prefer this one, she is such a vicious digger, I am convinced all the woodgrains would be shattered all over the floor in no time.

Thats the box!


Here is our second impression:

Mom: Lets put the woodgrains in... Ohhh Grey is right beside me, lets see what he..... wait... Grey I did not yet finish putting the littermaterial in! Ah well.... I see he must have a terrible need... A huge amount of urine is seen in the underbox. I better put some grains in there, like the instructions tell me to do. Poor Grey must have been in need for some time. He refuses to use the other box to pee.

Grey: Ohhhh finallyyyy I need to pee soooo bad! What a relieve! My own airco litterbox, always clean, always tidy. This one is mine! Finaly she understands me. I am going to hug her when I am done here. Ohh heaven is crying out, down in the litterbox.


Tiger: Hmmm interesting, but I prefer more privacy. I see Grey has been first. Good for him, I guess we have now our own litterboxes. 



I agree. It looks to me like they both have their own boxes now. Tiger mostly uses the covered one. Thank Goddess she does.... but she needs to help Grey sometimes with the digging. Grey does not dig often. He is like a cat with obsessive tidynes, he doesnt like getting his paws dirty. Many times I have seen him balancing on the edges of the litterbox to pee without touching the littermaterial.

I guess so far this box is a succes. With the original litterbox it looks like a brilliant system. If from now on the littermaterial will only be 7 euro's a month for 2 cats.... I'd be so happy!

Here is a demo, but it is in Dutch.... 


As soon as I can find the English version, I will put it up here, but the you tube shows it all....