Best litter for Littermaid?

I am using Fresh Step Multi-Cat with a Littermaid Elite.

The rake gets stuck all the time. Other times the rake breaks up what it's supposed to rake.

I think it's the litter causing the problems. Sometimes it cements to the bottom of the pan, other times it breaks up. I wonder if another litter would work better?

I would love to get rid of this loud squeeling when the rake is stuck. The box is much louder than I anticipated.

ETA: also, what is the best place to buy the receptacles? Petco wants $26 for 12. Target was a little more reasonable at $18 for 15... but even that seemed high for disposable plastic receptacles.

You can just dump out the receptacles and re-use them....no reason to replace them every time. Only when they get too nasty.

Best results for Littermaid I've heard of was a fine crystal-type litter. I think they sell one at Petsmart. But I've never used a Littermaid, so I'm no expert.

crystal litter? I thought the Littermaid manual specifically said not to use crystal litter? I don't know why, but I think that's what it says.

Also, on the subject - is a LitterMaid Elite ok for 2 cats? I got it because I couldn't get the Mega in the spot I wanted to put the litterbox without it blocking the door to the cleaning supplies closet from opening. I'm wondering if I should have found a different spot and gotten the Mega though.

Well, I heard it has to be a very FINE crystal litter, with the granules no bigger than the granules of a larger-grain scoopable litter. Let me see if I can find the info I saw before......hmmm, can't find it, but if you Google "using crystal litter in littermaid", you can see some interesting discussions. Evidently if you use crystal litter and your box burns out (which they seem prone to doing no matter what litter you use), Littermaid will tell you it's your own fault.

Also, Littermaid makes a scooping litter "especially" for their box. I don't know where you'd buy it or how well it works, but it might be worth a try.

I don`t know if this is good but I use a half and half mixture of Fresh Step and Johnny Cat. "The Dark One" seems to like this blend better than either product alone. I`ve heard some people sprinkle a little bit of baking soda in the box. Is that worth doing?

I am currently using Ever Clean multi cat scoop able litter with my littermaid elite. I only have one cat but on the advice of a friend I tried the multi cat. It works really well. I still have to scoop out whatever urine started out too close to the rake sometimes, but other than that it works almost flawlessly. I check the waste receptacle frequently but I am often able to go a few days without doing any maintenance/scooping whatsoever. I hope that helps

WaitinformyRuca said:

I am currently using Ever Clean multi cat scoop able litter with my littermaid elite. I only have one cat but on the advice of a friend I tried the multi cat. It works really well. I still have to scoop out whatever urine started out too close to the rake sometimes, but other than that it works almost flawlessly. I check the waste receptacle frequently but I am often able to go a few days without doing any maintenance/scooping whatsoever. I hope that helps

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Welcome to TCS. It would be nice if you drop in on the New Cats on the Block and introduce yourself and your cat.

I don't know how you got to this thread for your first post in TCS, but if you look at the date you'll see that it's about 2-1/2 years old. If you want to join a discussion of the Littermaid you can do a search and find more recent threads.

You can use plastic shopping bags to line your receptacle to make them last longer.  As for the litter, I can't help you there.  Having issues finding the right one that my cat prefers otherwise he will not use the litter maid at all.  I know I can't do crystals because he gets them everywhere. 

I would stop using the FreshStep. It clumps too hard and isn't a very good litter, in my opinion. 

LitterMaid makes their own Natural Cat Litter made from corn. You could use corn litter or maybe even some kind of pine litter. 

In all honesty, I think it's just cheaper to have a standard litter box and use either a Litter Genie and/or plastic bags... I have a Litter Genie, haven't bought bag refills, and I just use plastic bags that we get from shopping to scoop the litter into. Litter Genie keeps the odor in. 

You could also line the litter box with baking soda. It will help the litter from sticking and help with the odor. 

Me too.  I am having the same thing happen.  I tried the worlds best cat litter but I could just smell the mold of the corn and my cats refused to use it.  In fact the statement they made us right BESIDE the pan.

I use Arm and Hammer Naturals which runs about $9. It's a mixture that contain some corn but smells piney. It looks like saw dust. I've never had really any issues with it getting stuck to the rake. If my cat uses it near the rake and it does stick, I do have a scooper where I just run the scooper across like if we're the side of a comb and it comes right off very easily. My box stay pretty fresh and clean and I dump the waste once a week. I use grocery bags and line the receptacle and reuse until it needs to be replaced. I did see online where there is a guard which adheres to the litter box near the waste bin. I'm gonna try that just to prevent excess litter from slipping between the box and the receptacle. Good luck and hope this helps.

I use Scoop Away Super Clump. It works awesome in the Littermaid. I get it at Family Dollar for $5.50 for 12 pounds