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self-cleaning litter box? (lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com)

submitted 11 months ago by mike_wooskey@lemmy.d.thewooskeys.com to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Does anyone have any experience with self-cleaning cat litter boxes? The ability to connect one to Home Assistant doesn't really seem useful to me - maybe it would be nice for HA to alert you when the litter box needs to be changed. But I'm really just curious if any particular model of self-cleaning litter box is any good - even by itself, without any "smart" features. We now have 4 cats and it would be nice to not have to clean litter boxes manually 1-2 times every day.

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[–] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (11 children)

I and many people I know swear by the litter robot. Off the top of my head I can think of 5 different households in my social circle with 1 or more litter robots.

For 4 cats you might want two litter robots as they tend to fill up quickly with multiple cats. Or set up the litter robot in addition to a traditional litter box so the cats can choose where to poop.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (10 children)

I have a LR3 it is great until it isn't.. Both my cats used it for several months but my oldest cat with joint issues refuses to use anything but an open litter box now (doesn't like the confined space).. Also possibly fixed in the LR4 the LR3 FULL sensor easily gets false positives due to dust build up from litter and is a PITA to clean.

I have been looking at a lot of reviews for alternatives but all of them eventually seems to have some flaw around reliability.

[–] Thrashin_Victim@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

This post right here.

I have gone through 4 replacements of the LR3.

When it works it is good but when it doesn’t it usually is due to a hardware fault.

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