Washing your Cats Litter Box in the Kitchen Sink

lana mack

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What is your thoughts about this ?? I love our Cat Willow but have a problem with my husband washing her Litter Box in 

In our Kitchen sink. I would love to hear different responses from others PLEASE !!!
 

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This is a people problem, not a cat problem ;). Have you told your husband that you don't like that, and why? Have you asked him to disinfect the sink when he's done (I assume you object on sanitary grounds)? What would you consider an acceptable alternative (washing it in the bathtub, or outside, etc.)? Communicate clearly and unambiguously.

Personally I'd be glad that he's washing the box, lol! :tongue2:
 

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Nope. Nope. Nope. 

My cats are normally indoor/outdoor but my boy has been indoor only due to medical things for a few weeks now. His gets sprayed down with the hose (cleaner every other time because I don't want to kill his scent on it too much but will be fully disinfected when he goes back out) and air dried. We put a spare one out until the other one is dry. If we had space issues and couldn't do it outside, I would do it in the bathroom AND spray down the bathtub after I finished. 

Dirty litter in the kitchen sink is just not right. Kinda off topic but it reminds me of years ago when some lady tried to convince me that bringing her kids travel toilet into my place of employment was sanitary. She said she dumped it in the toilet and rinsed it out in the bathroom sink. Saw absolutely no problem with that and then putting it on her stroller which she also wanted to take into the restaurants with her because she didn't trust people not to steal it. Just gross. Ended up with me telling her no way she could sanitize it in the bathroom sink which was too small and had no disinfectant to fully clean it AND the sink. She was fully ready to sue where I worked because we wouldn't let her kid potty in her stroller and would cause him to be traumatized by forcing him to use a real toilet. I did have different variations on this story because some people had just a seat to make it smaller or on with handles but none were allowed in because of the sanitary reasons of what happens to the seat when they aren't using it. This lady though literally just had it in the stroller under her kid the whole time and he just pulled down his pants and did his business without them stopping or anything. I think it was more laziness personally. And for the record, where I worked did have a baby/kids center with nice changing tables and mini-toilets that did not autoflush so those kids too little or scared had options that didn't require becoming a walking bio-hazard (Mouse Boss as a hint for the curious).

Still gives me the creeps to think she might be doing that in bathrooms elsewhere. :shudder: 
 

Edit, sorry for the hi-jack side story. Just same thread of thought. 
 
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I wash litter boxes in the bathtub. Never in the kitchen sink. That is nasty.

Having said that I have seen scores on women on TV washing their babies in the kitchen sink. I think this is gross.
 

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Cat litter boxes should be washed outside with soap and a water hose. If the sink or bathtub is used, then it should be immediately disinfected by spraying bleach. Just my opinion.
 

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Depends where you live. Not possible in many places in the winter to do it outside.
 
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Just wash out the sink or bathtub with a cleaner / disinfectant afterwards and thoroughly rinse with lots of water. Avoid Lysol cleaners. That is toxic to cats. A "natural" type cleaner is safer but read the label and follow the instructions exactly on using the product.
Depends where you live. Not possible in many places in the winter to do it outside.
If one doesn't have access to outdoor space, like apartment dwellers, cleaning anything outside with a hose is not an option.
 

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I did say if the box is washed in the sink or tub, to clean with a disinfectant. I said that because I realize that it is not an option for everyone.
 

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No, absolutely not. I wash mine outside with the hose in the summer, in the bathtub in the winter. I also wash my dogs in the bathtub. Either way, it gets washed out with bleach and hot water afterwards. That is just nasty washing a kitty waste pan in the kitchen sink. I wash their dishes fine. Ask your husband if he has any issue with washing out undergarments in the kitchen sink and see what he says, basically the same thing really.

I wouldn't even have a problem if it was in the bathroom sink and it was large enough to do so but food is prepped and washed in a kitchen sink, plates you eat off of are loaded up and washed in that sink. 
 
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I guess if it's tiny & fits than fine. I scrape mine out & then rinse it in the bathtub. I fill it up & add bleach & let it soak for awhile, then I take the toilet brush & scrub in the corners & stuff. I should also mention my box is pretty big, it's over 2' long & over 13' deep. I don't bleach very often. When I had my own house, I took it to the front & squirted it out with the hose. Then I would add dish detergent & give it a good scrub. Since the soap isn't toxic to plants, I would just empty it out on the plants.
 

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Absolutely disgusting. Something I personally will never do.

My cats' litter boxes are scrubbed outside in the hose. For those that don't/can't get to a hose, use disinfectant wipes.
 

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I always washed mine outside on the deck with the hose all year round. I've heard of someone putting their litter box in the dish washer to clean it. Talk about gross. Someone said that some breeders do this to kill any disease that might be around.
 

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I've got the apartment situation too, and in a 100 year old building with mostly original plumbing.

I just wipe down the box with paper towels and a nontoxic cleaner.  I would not risk washing a litter box in either the sink or the tub especially with clumping litter.  Just a small amount of that will cause a potentially difficult clog.  I use pine pellets, but the one time I washed the box in the tub, the sawdust lurking in the corners gunked up my drain.  

So no sink washing for me!
 
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