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Got the Tidy cats Breeze and love it!
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Hi, I use a plastic tub like a rubbermaid tub for my kicker cat and it totally solved my problem. He can easily jump over the high sides but NO litter gets kicked out. I want to try the breeze though, just cause, I don't like dealing with regular litter.
I have 3 cats.... one is REAL picky about wanting daily litter changes. & as soon as the Breeze litter was set up he was interested. & after a day or 2 he was the 1st to use it. My 2nd cat who is 10yrs & Large at 16 1/2 lbs uses it with no problems, dispite his large size. My 3rd cat is just over a yr old & very long but weighs almost 10lbs & even he has no prob using it. I did the recommended side by side litter setting, adding Breeze pellets on to the old litter (which I stopped cleaning the day I set up the Breeze LBox) & after 4 days they were all using it. Even for poo for all 3. I then swapped & put the Breeze box exactly in the spot where the traditional litterbox sat, still leaving the old uncleaned litterbox next to the Breeze Box for an extra 24 hrs. Then took the old litterbox away & all is going well now for the last wk.
VERY satisfied
We'll be adding a 2nd Breeze unit this wkend. That way if we're away for the day they can choose to use another litterbox should poo be placed in one while we're out. My cat's were also used to a hooded litterbox, so I did what another posted did & made a cover from the cardboard box it came in. I plan to buy the pee pads, but plant to 'power steam' (with a cleaning steam machine) the litter pellets for using as extra pellets later. There seems to be No smell left in them & I placed some brand new pellets in a container of water when we got the system & after a wk they're still just ceramic pellets as they came brand new. So they should withstand steam cleaning outside in a cleaning slotted Dollar Store collender & some sun drying. That'll save me having to buy extra bags of pellets to add a tad in when I've taken poo out that took quite a few pellets out with it. Great idea of no smell litter. I noticed if you hold the pee pad up to the light (when new of course
) you can see little pellets & feel them slightly when you squeeze the pad like they're pebbles. So I'm assuming they're a jell like pellet that gives the swelling to the pad when it's wet. It also has a 'slight' fragrance, so that must help to control so there's no order too..... whatever the case, it Works
for the clean 'Breeze' of no Pee smell
Hi, I was wondering why you couldn't just wash the pellets with water or soap and water?
I've read the reviews of the Breeze Litter Box system on Amazon and other sites, and the majority of folks say it is great. I found it for only $19.99 on Amazon.com (I have Prime so I won't pay any shipping). But if you buy one other item to that your total is $25, you won't pay any more shipping either.
Gonna give this a try for my 4 cats. Oldest is 7 and youngest is 4 months old. Will post my experiences ... Stay tuned.
Gonna give this a try for my 4 cats. Oldest is 7 and youngest is 4 months old. Will post my experiences ... Stay tuned.
When I was separating pellets out from my old litter (Yesterday's News Pellets) I rinsed the Breeze pellets, and it worked fine, at least to get rid of the Yesterday's News. I assume that MrsMe simply feels that steam cleaning is easier (with a machine) and gets things cleaner.
Tidy cats says not to clean the pellets (that they haven't been designed or tested for that).
I just noticed that the Amazon Web Site page states that this litter box is 6 x 5 x 4 inches!!! Is this true??? PLEASE tell me that yours is bigger than that! I called Amazon and the woman appeared to check then came back and told me that this is correct. PLEASE tell me that she is wrong!
I'm not at home at the moment, and I don't have a ruler, but there are pictures on p. 2 of this thread. Some people in this thread have said their largest cats (17 lbs and so) don't use it. My cats at 8 & 11 lbs fit, no problem. I can't image those size measurements being correct; it's not a large box, but it is large enough to fit a cat.
I found it on Petco's Web Site. They list the dimensions as 20.3"L X 15.2"W X 11.8"H.
Shame on Amazon!
BTW, how are you guys inserting an image in your posts? When I click "Insert Image", all I get is a very tiny, non-resizable box full of advertisements...
Shame on Amazon!
BTW, how are you guys inserting an image in your posts? When I click "Insert Image", all I get is a very tiny, non-resizable box full of advertisements...
I got my Breeze from meijer for 33 dollars plus 10% off on top of a 5 dollar manufacturer's coupon (from a bag of Purina ONE who said feeding that didn't get me anything! (we're not on that anymore, though), AND there was a 10 dollar off by mail coupon stuck to the box. Score!
This week meijer has them for 25% off, at least in my region.
My kitty hasn't used it at all but since I got her as a pregnant stray and she was using the box well I didn't want to give her a lot of change in case it stressed her so I just set up the box and left in in my room (but not by her normal box which is in the bathroom closet). However, her soon to be 6 week old kittens use the Breeze.
Not to mention love to play in it.
They also use their other boxes filled with Kitten Attract and World's Best.
My gift to their future families, kittens trained on pellets and clumping clay.
This week meijer has them for 25% off, at least in my region.
My kitty hasn't used it at all but since I got her as a pregnant stray and she was using the box well I didn't want to give her a lot of change in case it stressed her so I just set up the box and left in in my room (but not by her normal box which is in the bathroom closet). However, her soon to be 6 week old kittens use the Breeze.
My gift to their future families, kittens trained on pellets and clumping clay.
check out this thread for info: TCS Member Titles & PerksOriginally Posted by critterlover723
I found it on Petco's Web Site. They list the dimensions as 20.3"L X 15.2"W X 11.8"H.
Shame on Amazon!
BTW, how are you guys inserting an image in your posts? When I click "Insert Image", all I get is a very tiny, non-resizable box full of advertisements...
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Those dimensions are correct. I don't know how or where Amazon got those much smaller measurements.Originally Posted by critterlover723
I found it on Petco's Web Site. They list the dimensions as 20.3"L X 15.2"W X 11.8"H.
Shame on Amazon!
BTW, how are you guys inserting an image in your posts? When I click "Insert Image", all I get is a very tiny, non-resizable box full of advertisements...
Most of us use an image hosting site such as photobucket.com, to insert pictures in our posts. You upload the photos to their site and then use the
OK folks I took the plunge and bought the Breeze system at
Walmart last nite. It was $34. with 10. mail in rebate sticker on outside
of box. Inside was a $5 on a breeze system Grrrrr. and another $1 coupon.
I only have 1 cat so I just have 1 box. Anyway, I put it up actually
in the location of her old box and moved her old to front side next to it, like
a L shape. She used old box for her #2 afterwards. Last night
during the night she did not use her old box but used the breeze for
all her #1's. This appears to be a good sign. The test will be if
she #2's tonight in the breeze. I found 1 litter pellet on the floor,
sure beats 400 pieces of tiny cat litter. I am going to love this.
I do have a question for you users, do you remove the litter pellets weekly
or bi-weekly to wash the bottom of the box or just once a month.
Once a month seems kinda long.
Brenda
Walmart last nite. It was $34. with 10. mail in rebate sticker on outside
of box. Inside was a $5 on a breeze system Grrrrr. and another $1 coupon.
I only have 1 cat so I just have 1 box. Anyway, I put it up actually
in the location of her old box and moved her old to front side next to it, like
a L shape. She used old box for her #2 afterwards. Last night
during the night she did not use her old box but used the breeze for
all her #1's. This appears to be a good sign. The test will be if
she #2's tonight in the breeze. I found 1 litter pellet on the floor,
sure beats 400 pieces of tiny cat litter. I am going to love this.
I do have a question for you users, do you remove the litter pellets weekly
or bi-weekly to wash the bottom of the box or just once a month.
Once a month seems kinda long.
Brenda
It sounds like your cat is transitioning very, very quickly! Don't worry if it takes a while for her to use the box for #2; it sounds like she's going to transition very well indeed.
I just replaced the pellets for the first time (I started transitioning to the system in mid-May, so that's three and a half months), and that was too long. Just a few days before I switched the pellets, the Breeze had started to smell; when I took out the old pellets (and I needed to sacrifice a chopstick to get some fractured pellet pieces out of the grate) I found quite a bit of dried urine on the sloped plastic around the grate.
I'd say you should simply sniff the Breeze once a week when you change the urine pad, and wash it off (even without changing the pellets) if it smells of urine. I rinsed my whole home-made Breeze + pellets, and, while the pellets take some time to dry completely (like, a day) there isn't anything wrong with them slightly wet. So you could remove pellets, rinse litter box, and replace the pellets, or simply rinse the whole thing. Just follow your nose (and your cat's behavior).
I'll probably end up washing my breeze once a month and changing the pellets once every two months.
I just replaced the pellets for the first time (I started transitioning to the system in mid-May, so that's three and a half months), and that was too long. Just a few days before I switched the pellets, the Breeze had started to smell; when I took out the old pellets (and I needed to sacrifice a chopstick to get some fractured pellet pieces out of the grate) I found quite a bit of dried urine on the sloped plastic around the grate.
I'd say you should simply sniff the Breeze once a week when you change the urine pad, and wash it off (even without changing the pellets) if it smells of urine. I rinsed my whole home-made Breeze + pellets, and, while the pellets take some time to dry completely (like, a day) there isn't anything wrong with them slightly wet. So you could remove pellets, rinse litter box, and replace the pellets, or simply rinse the whole thing. Just follow your nose (and your cat's behavior).
I'll probably end up washing my breeze once a month and changing the pellets once every two months.
Update: Ok been six days - still no #2 in the breeze.
She uses the old for her #2 and breeze for #1. She has never
had 2 litter boxes. I think I am going to remove the old box
and see what happens tonight. The worse that could happen is
she will poop on the floor. What do you think, what should be
my course from here?
Benda
Since Tidy Cats does suggest it, now might be the time to try not cleaning the feces out of the old box. Personally, I just waited and kept cleaning both boxes, but then I really wasn't in a hurry (I had old litter to use up, for one thing). Just removing the old box probably won't be a problem, but why risk it?
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3rd update:
I did stop cleaning the old box for the most part only removing waste
every 3rd day. Anyway, I did remove the old litter box late yesterday.
She did poop and pee in the breeze and no accidents so we are switched
now. From using the breeze it confirmed my knowledge my cat
only pees in the same spot everytime - the front of box enters
and squats. She poops in the opposite end the back side. I changed
the pad and put fresh down also when I removed old box so it was clean.
She expects clean since on my old litter system I scooped at 3 times a day
with just the one cat. I decided with the breeze based on the same
pee area everytime that I was to try what I used to do when I had
a litter trained dwarf rabbit in the house. For my rabbit I had a litter
box and a piece of wire that fit over it down inside, under the wire above
the litter box I used the styrofoam containers that your meat comes in the grocery.
I would remove the wire and pick up the styrofoam container and dump
waste down the toilet everyday sometime twice. I found out I can
do the same thing with the breeze I put pad in drawer and on top
I could fit a low profile styrofoam tray on top of that and close it.
It works perfect I used it last night and all the pee was in tray and
I just pulled it and flushed it down, rinsed and replaced.
This will keep me from buying those pads and it will be clean everyday.
I am going to look in the
kitchen dept. this weekend and see what possible other tray
that maybe is a bit longer that would work. My solution.
Brenda
Wow, what a great idea, thanks for the tip!
Hi Ms. Blackie,
Your idea to use a styrofoam tray sounds like a good idea, but doesn't the pee in the tray smell the high heaven until you empty it (cat pee smell is the worst!)? The pads are supposed to be treated with something to eliminate that odor, but the styrofoam isn't...makes me think that the odor from the pee sitting in the styrofoam tray would keep my cats from returning to the box ... and me from returning to that room!
Your idea to use a styrofoam tray sounds like a good idea, but doesn't the pee in the tray smell the high heaven until you empty it (cat pee smell is the worst!)? The pads are supposed to be treated with something to eliminate that odor, but the styrofoam isn't...makes me think that the odor from the pee sitting in the styrofoam tray would keep my cats from returning to the box ... and me from returning to that room!
I empty the tray twice a day, once first thing in the morning and
late evening. Actually the tray will not hold much pee, I am to try
to find something a little bit longer as more permanent solution.
I actually coordinate my emptying with my own flushing
so I dont waste water and sewer costs.
If you had a tray big enough to hold a couple days of pee and
didn't empty it, I'm sure it would stink, it does have some coverage
since its under litter pellets in a drawer.
I do still leave the pad in case of going outside
the styrofoam tray, up to this point it has not happened.
Well i noticed with the pad the smell was ok up to 3 days but after
that you opened the drawer and the smell was getting stronger by
5 days it stunk pretty bad in my opinion. Yes the pad does have
pad with a baby smell to it when wet but after 5 days pee is overpowering.
They say to replace weekly and I do believe it, I would not go beyond
the 7 days for my house.
I realize that my system of a tray requires more maintaince then the pad
and its not for everyone certainly but I dont mind and the same to
me but less time since scooping actually took more time and I dont have
to sweep up litter. If you want to just ignore the box and scoop out #2s
everyday or two and then the pad system is for you. If you
leave for a short trip certainly the pad is the way to go no maintaining.
I used this system for my indoor rabbit for years and I dont mind
maintaining a bit cleaning for my animal they cant do it themselves.
Many cat owners dont even scoop but every few days and too me that
that is not reasonable care. My system also has a second
benefit to me as this cat has had UTI's in past and I watch everyday
the amount of peeing that is occuring and I adjust the amount of
water added to her canned. Actually I worried about the pad
since I could not see what was occuring. The scoopable litter you
can get see what is going on with the pad you can not.
I love this system and I will never go back to scoopable litter
There is so much bad to say about scoopable litter unless of course something really other great invention happens for cat lovers.
Brenda
