Super Litterbox (hacking the Littermaid)
I hate maintaining my cats' litter box, and so I turned to the Littermaid Automated Litterbox to solve my problems. Unfortunately, this box still has the unfortunate problem of needing to be attended to every couple of days. So, like any good hacker I went and hacked my cats' litterbox. The source product:
At $100 or so at the local pet store it seems like a lot of money, but it's really worth it. I've used one through two sets of cats and for almost 2 years now. No problems whatsoever. The only problem I have is with the crappy trays it comes with to collect t3h crap. They only hold about 2 days worth for my 2 cats, and are a pain in the ass to clean. Enter the mod bug. ;) Take a simple organizer from Lowes ($10) and cut a hole out of it with the dremel:
Find a tub to fit inside the drawer and line with a trash bag:
Installed:
End result? A litter box that doesn't have to be touched (except to add more fresh litter) for weeks on end. When it does come time to clean, just pull open the drawer, and grab the trash bag. Daily maintenance is just a matter of adding some more litter as it the cats use it up. It seems I wasn't the only person to have this idea, as evidenced by this review of the LitterMaid on Amazon.com.
