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Kip wins the litter box battle

So much for buying an automatic scooping litter box.

Seriously, all those websites and reviews should include a disclaimer. “If your cat is at least 3 years old and set and his/her ways, s/he will protest the new litter box and litter by peeing on your couches and in the kitchen and smearing his feces all over the machine.”

A disclaimer like that would have really been useful to me. Long story short — we had to buy another regular litter box (a hinged hooded dealio from Target) and go back to the old Scoop Away litter.

So tomorrow, my job is going to be trying to get the hood and permanent litter tray shipped back to the vendors for a refund. On Tuesday, Trin’s going to clean up the litter box and get that shipped off.

Litter distraction

You may be wondering what happened to me this week — did the hives overtake me? Did I drown in work? No, the hives didn’t overtake me, but I am on a two-week regimen of steroids to make sure they go away. I didn’t drown in work, but I am regretting a recent decision that turned out to be a big deal — a new litter box for Kip.

I swear I did my research. I scoured all sorts of reviews on Amazon for all the automatic litterboxes available out there — which include an impressive array of automatic, even flushing, self-cleaning models — and was impressed by ScoopFree‘s average four-star rating from more than 400 reviewers. So I made the decision (with Trinity following along, of course) to shell out about $160+ for the new automatic litter box, a hood and a permanent tray.

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