In need of more LB ideas!

I've tried dozens of LBs for Bea, nothing works!

I've tried:
XL low sided box
XL high sided box
underbed storage tub 22"L x 16"W x 6"H
18 Gal rubbermaid tub with lid off (she refused to use it)
long & narrow LB with 10" high sides, she refused to use it
Tidy cat Breeze System (nothing stays in the box)

Right now I've got a 66 quart clear sterilite tub with one side cut down so it's 6.5" high.....she pees & poops out the cut down edge.....but if I don't cut down the edge she won't use it/can't get in it. She's also got access to a smaller to medium sized drawer outta a sterilite cart filled with litter, will see if that works but I don't think it's big enough for her.

She's always peed & pooped right along the edge of the LB.....not sure how to get her to use more towards the middle.

I've thought about buying a giant rubber stock tank & cutting down one edge in hopes she'd walk further into the LB, but don't want to waste the $$ if it won't work.

What about a covered box?

Maybe a high sided box with a ramp up to the entry?

What about one of those Booda Domes?

Maybe it's not the litter box but what you're using for as litter the problem?

I have plastic litter catch mats outside of my litter boxes for those that like to occassionally pee out of the opening. The ones I have if you can find them are plastic trays with a plastic mesh top. It's easy for them to walk across and catches any overflow from the box. If you've at least got her walking into one type of box, although peeing out of the opening, this might work for you.

I probably found them at Petsmart. There's not a name on them but let me see if I can find them online for you.

She flat out refuses to use a covered box & will opt for a corner.

I've tried switching litters, but might switch her back to Swheat Scoop again to see if that helps.

I've considered plastic trays with rims to set the LB in & washing them 1-2x a day. Not sure if the lady wanting to adopt Bea is willing to do that, though.

What about setting the LB in a larger, but lower, plastic box. Put some newpaper in the bottom of the liner/box.

I have this mental image of a gigantic pool in my house. The gal adopting her lives in an apt, so while it would work out for me, I don't think it would for her....unless I can find a smaller one.

Keep the ideas coming, I'm just going to start trying stuff!

Bea is your lovely girl with the declaw problem if I recall correctly? I would try something really soft in terms of litter, if all else fails try sand, it mimics the cat's natural habitat more closely than proprietary brands of litter and is very soft underfoot. It's not the best in terms of odour control, but if you can get her trained into using the box at all it will be a start

If it makes a difference, she's been using Tidy cat's blue litter. I had to switch her from Swheat when she was first diagnosed with the UTI, it held the smell of urine so bad she refused to use the box & I don't blame her!

Have you tried Cat Attract litter I'm wondering if it's more a litter queston than a box question? And, FWIW, my girl tends to like to pee in the corners of our litter boxes - think she just likes to, or likes to make me crazy.

I'm currently adding the CA additive to the litter. At first, she refused to use the box when I added the CA, so I'm not sure if it serves any purpose or not in her case.

This question is aimed at those of you who have corner pee-ers.....is everything still inside the LB?

I have no idea why Bea's a corner girl, I assumed because of the declaw/re-declaw. But she always goes in the box.....provided she can get in it. I mean, she's not going in a corner or anything, so I can't complain that much!

I have no idea if this would help but when you said she's a corner pee-er this came to mind.

What if you took a rubbermaid like I dunno 12-14 inches high and in the middle of each side cut a space so that it was easily accessible but the corners were high to prevent the pee going over the side--does that make sense? If not I can draw a picture.

Leslie

Sonic is a terror for hanging his bum over the edge of the box when he does a poo. He is really particular about litter and some of them are just too horrible for his delicate little feet so he sits with all his paws on the edge around the corner of the tray and sometimes sticks his bum over the floor rather than over the tray - always reminds me of the 'Princess and the Pea' story

If she's doing the balancing act over the corner and missing, it is probably more to do with the feel of the litter on her paws than anything else. We found that WBCL with its small soft grains was great, alas it's not that easy to come by here. Anything with big grains or a hard texture is just asking for poo on the floor here!

I have a lot of "edge" pee-ers. I also have a stand up to pee pee-er. All of my boxes have tall sides (for my stand up pee-er) and the one where I have the opening cut lower into the box is the one that they pee out the opening (the edge pee-ers). That's the one that I have the tray that's easiest to clean out.

For Bea, I see a taller box with an opening cut out on the side that sits inside a shallow box that is larger than the one that holds the litter.

She walks in the litter, digs around....then goes over the edge. Whatever the reason, I think this lady will be OK with her "issue".....but if you figure she lives around 10-15 years....how long will she put up with it is my concern?

She just used the LB. I *think* all the peed stayed in it.....she wasn't doing anything differently, I don't think....other than being 1" lower with her aim! She is, however, standing/peeing, not squatting like normal. That right there is our issue.