{"product_id":"self-cleaning-cat-litter-box","title":"Self-Cleaning Cat Litter Box","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"yep-lb\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n.yep-lb{font-size:17px;line-height:1.68;color:#24312B;max-width:1060px;margin:0 auto}\n.yep-lb *{box-sizing:border-box}\n.yep-lb h2{font-size:32px;line-height:1.2;margin:0 0 14px;color:#163A2B;font-weight:700}\n.yep-lb h3{font-size:21px;line-height:1.3;margin:0 0 9px;color:#163A2B;font-weight:700}\n.yep-lb p{margin:0 0 15px}\n.yep-lb .sec{margin:0 0 38px}\n.yep-lb .open{font-size:21px;line-height:1.58;color:#163A2B;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 16px}\n.yep-lb .eyebrow{text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.1em;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;color:#E4572E;margin:0 0 10px}\n.yep-lb .rule{width:48px;height:5px;background:#E8A93B;border-radius:3px;margin:0 0 16px}\n.yep-lb .pane{background:#F5EFE3;border:1px solid #E7DDC8;border-radius:16px;padding:26px 28px;margin:0 0 28px}\n.yep-lb .dark{background:#163A2B;color:#EAF1EC;border-radius:16px;padding:28px 30px;margin:0 0 28px}\n.yep-lb .dark h3{color:#fff}\n.yep-lb .dark p{color:#D7E3D9}\n.yep-lb .warn{background:#fff;border:2px solid #E4572E;border-radius:16px;padding:26px 28px;margin:0 0 28px}\n.yep-lb .warn h3{color:#E4572E}\n.yep-lb .grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(248px,1fr));gap:16px}\n.yep-lb .card{background:#fff;border:1px solid #E7DDC8;border-radius:14px;padding:22px 22px 20px}\n.yep-lb .card .n{font-size:30px;font-weight:700;color:#163A2B;line-height:1;margin:0 0 6px}\n.yep-lb .card .t{font-weight:700;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:16.5px}\n.yep-lb .card .d{color:#56635B;font-size:15px;line-height:1.6;margin:0}\n.yep-lb table{width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:6px 0 0;font-size:16.5px}\n.yep-lb td{padding:12px 2px;border-top:1px solid #E7DDC8}\n.yep-lb td:last-child{text-align:right;font-weight:700;color:#163A2B;white-space:nowrap}\n.yep-lb tr:first-child td{border-top:0}\n.yep-lb .cols{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(270px,1fr));gap:16px}\n.yep-lb ul{margin:0;padding:0 0 0 20px}\n.yep-lb li{margin:0 0 9px}\n.yep-lb .yes li::marker{color:#2E8B57}\n.yep-lb .no li::marker{color:#E4572E}\n.yep-lb .q{border-top:1px solid #E7DDC8;padding:20px 0 4px}\n.yep-lb .q:first-of-type{border-top:0}\n.yep-lb .qq{font-weight:700;color:#163A2B;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:17.5px}\n.yep-lb .fine{font-size:15px;color:#56635B}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"open\"\u003eThere is a moment — usually in winter, usually when you have been out for an hour — when you open your own front door and smell your own house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou had stopped noticing. The cold air reset something, and for about four seconds you smell the place the way a visitor smells it. Then your nose adjusts again and it is gone, and you carry the shopping through to the kitchen and think: I need to do something about that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not about being house-proud, and it is certainly not about loving your cat any less. It is arithmetic. A litter box needs attention twice a day, every day, with no weekends and no sick leave, and the day you are too tired is the day it shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe part that actually costs you\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe smell is the symptom people notice. It is not the expensive problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe expensive problem is that cats are fastidious about where they go, and a box that is past its best is a box a cat will start looking for alternatives to. Behind the sofa. On the bath mat. On the pile of laundry that was clean this morning. By the time it happens you are no longer dealing with a chore, you are dealing with carpet, replacement, a vet visit to rule out the medical causes, and — the part nobody says out loud — a slow souring of how you feel about an animal you love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeeping a box genuinely clean, every single day, is the cheapest insurance against all of that. The trouble is that doing it by hand depends entirely on you never having a bad week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"warn\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eLet us answer this one first\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e“What if it turns while my cat is inside?”\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px\"\u003eThat is the fear, and it is the right fear. It is the reason most people read about these for a year before buying one. So here is exactly what stops it, rather than a promise that it is safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"n\"\u003e4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003ePairs of infrared sensors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eBeams across the opening. Break any one of them and the drum stops where it is — not at the end of its cycle, immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"n\"\u003e3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eHall effect sensors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eThese track exactly where the drum is at all times, so it cannot stall mid-rotation or half-turn and leave a gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"n\"\u003e0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eDoors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eIt is open-topped. There is no flap and no tunnel, so nothing can close behind your cat, because nothing closes at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it actually works\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drum rotates after your cat has finished. Clean litter falls back through a sieve and drops into the basin to be used again; the clumps, which cannot pass through, roll forward into a sealed drawer underneath. That is the whole mechanism. There is no chemical, no cartridge and nothing you have to subscribe to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne consequence of that design is worth saying plainly, because it is the thing owners notice in month two: \u003cstrong\u003eyou buy less litter than you used to.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-scooping throws away clean granules with every clump. A sieve does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"warn\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eRead this before you buy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYour litter decides whether this works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the single biggest reason machines like this get returned, and it has nothing to do with the machine being faulty. If you use the wrong litter it cannot work, because the whole thing depends on clumps that hold together and granules that fall through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cols\" style=\"margin:18px 0 0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\" style=\"color:#2E8B57\"\u003eWorks with\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"yes\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBentonite clumping litter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMineral clumping litter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\" style=\"color:#E4572E\"\u003eWill not work with\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"no\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTofu litter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrystal and silica litter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0\" class=\"fine\"\u003eTofu and crystal do not clump the same way — they either pass straight through the sieve or jam it. If that is what your cat is used to and you do not want to change it, please keep the tray you have. We would rather you spent nothing here than spent this much on something that will frustrate you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat the chore becomes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot nothing. Something much smaller. Instead of scooping twice a day, you pull out a sealed ten-litre drawer, lift the bag, drop a new one in and push it shut. How often depends on how many cats are using it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pane\" style=\"margin-top:18px\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne cat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEvery 10 days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTwo cats\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEvery 7 days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree cats\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEvery 5 days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFour cats\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEvery 3 days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"fine\" style=\"margin:16px 0 0\"\u003eA ten-litre drawer lasts a week and a half for one cat because only the clumps reach it. You will still top the litter up and give the unit a proper clean from time to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeasure the spot before you order\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a machine, not a tray, and the most common disappointment is somebody buying it for a space it was never going to fit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"n\"\u003e21.25″\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eWide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eGive it a little more than this so the drawer can come out at the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"n\"\u003e20.27″\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eDeep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eAbout 2.6 square feet of floor in total — roughly a kitchen bin's footprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"n\"\u003e3–22 lb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"t\"\u003eCat weight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d\"\u003eEntry is 16.33 by 15.35 inches, so a large cat can turn around without touching the sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0\" class=\"fine\"\u003eIt is mains powered. There is no battery and no cordless version, so it has to live within reach of a socket — and ideally the socket your old tray was already near.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGive a nervous cat a fortnight\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eThe cats that refuse these are almost always the ones that were rushed. Do it this way instead and most come round without any drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003ePut it exactly where the old box stood. Leave it switched \u003cstrong style=\"color:#7BD3A0\"\u003eoff\u003c\/strong\u003e, fill it with the litter your cat already uses, and let them treat it as an ordinary tray for the first week or so. Keep the old box alongside. Only once they are using the new one without hesitating do you turn it on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0\"\u003eTaking the old box away on day one is how people end up with a problem on the bath mat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHonestly, who should not buy this\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cols\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rule\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBuy it if\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"yes\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou have one to four cats and the scooping has become relentless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou already use bentonite or mineral clumping litter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou have the floor space and a socket near it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour cats are between 3 and 22 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rule\" style=\"background:#E4572E\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThink twice if\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"no\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou use tofu or crystal litter and do not want to switch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour cat is elderly, anxious, or has never coped well with change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere is no socket anywhere near where the tray lives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou have a kitten under 3 lb — too light for the sensors to be relied on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eQuestions we get asked\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"q\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qq\"\u003eDoes self-cleaning mean I never touch it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo, and anyone telling you otherwise is overselling. It takes the twice-daily scooping off you entirely. You still empty the drawer, top up the litter and clean the unit out properly every so often. The honest claim is that it turns a daily job into a weekly one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"q\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qq\"\u003eMy cat refuses covered boxes. Is this the same thing?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo — and that is the main reason to choose this one over most automatic boxes, which are tunnels. Cats want a clear line of sight while they are in a vulnerable position, and in a house with more than one animal that is not fussiness, it is how they avoid being cornered. An open top looks far closer to the tray they already use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"q\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qq\"\u003eHow many cats will it really take?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUp to four comfortably, on the emptying schedule above. The standard veterinary guidance still stands though — one box per cat plus one is the ideal. An automatic box does not repeal that rule, it just takes the scooping out of all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"q\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qq\"\u003eIs it loud?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a motor turning a drum, so it makes a sound. It is closer to a fridge cycling on than to a vacuum, and it runs for well under a minute. If it is going in a bedroom, bear in mind that it will run at three in the morning, because that is when cats do things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"q\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qq\"\u003eWhat if my cat simply will not use it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSend it back inside 30 days for a full refund. No restocking fee and no argument. Cats are cats, and we would much rather take it back than have you fighting with yours over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"q\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qq\"\u003eMy cat has stopped using the litter box recently. Will this fix it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePossibly not, and please do not buy it hoping it will. A cat that suddenly stops using a box it was happy with can be telling you about a urinary or kidney problem, and that is a vet visit, not a shopping decision. Rule that out first. If the box simply got dirty faster than you could keep up with, then yes, this is the fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the price\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eThis is the most expensive thing we sell, and we are not going to pretend it is an impulse buy. So here is the way to think about it rather than a sales line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eYou are buying back roughly ten minutes a day — call it sixty hours a year — and you are buying a box that stays clean on the days you are exhausted, which are exactly the days a hand-scooped box does not. For most people the second part is worth more than the first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0\"\u003eFree shipping across the United States and Canada, tracked, usually 7 to 10 days. Thirty days to change your mind, money back, no restocking fee. If it is not right for your cat, we would rather have it back than have your money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"YardEdgePro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67630115979307,"sku":"YEP-LITTER-01","price":235.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/7478\/7115\/files\/01-litter-box-cream.jpg?v=1792291244","url":"https:\/\/yardedgepro.com\/products\/self-cleaning-cat-litter-box","provider":"YardEdgePro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}