Cat Genie Makes Pooping AutoMagic
- January 4th, 2007
- 5 Comments
I have cats. Two of ‘um. I once got one of those LitterMaid things, but after a few days, I realized it was a lot more complicated than just changing the litter box manually. Sure it’s a gross chore, but it’s nothing difficult.
So I’m sure you can anticipate my reaction for this new cat poop accessory. That’s right, in the spirit of LitterMaid comes the Cat Genie Automatic Litter Box. And it takes it so much further than the LitterMaid.
Rather than simply scooping the poop and placing it neatly into a little poop container for you to dispose of (read: throw over the fence into your neighbor’s yard), it actually connects to your home plumbing to send turds sailing toward the sea. It also sprays some sort sanitation juice to make it all less yick.
Now, I’m not going to consider all of the possible problems here. Just let me point out two. First, look at the size of the of the box. Cats are weird with litter boxes. They might get in it, but if it’s small, they’ll gladly just crap over the side (then they’ll scrape the floor to cover it with nothing). Secondly, who the hell has a phantom pipe sticking somewhere convenient just for a litter box? Oh and it costs $350. GG.
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Lindsey (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Poop. Turds. Crap. I appreciate you keeping the post fresh by using various B.M. synonyms. Well done!
Terry (Who am I?)
1 year ago
I almost bought one of these the other day until I thought about two facts - where is the pipe that I will hook up to this thing, it’s too small - my cats will crap over the side. Nice in theory, but a few more bugs to work out. I bought a littermaid instead.
Karen (Who am I?)
1 year ago
This is the one thing that I hate about blogs. People post things as facts that are factually incorrect. No problem with opinion after you know the facts. So, as an owner of the CatGenie I will tell you.
1. Bigger area than the Littermaid.
2. Pipe? It took me 15 minutes to set-up in my bathroom and it involves no plumber or crazy hook-up. Go to the website and see how to set it up VERY EASY.And, if I wanted to I could have put it into my laundry room.
3. Cats (2) love it and took to it no problem and I know I am not the only one with such success.
Also the price from the product page you referenced is WRONG it sell for $299.99. The price you posted was from either Ebay and some hack that is overpriced on Amazon becaue for a while they were backordered and anyone that got more units were trying to sell them for a premium.
read more: http://www.catgenie.com
Barry (Who am I?)
1 year ago
This is the best thing made for our cat. It is NOT too small for a cat. It is just as large, but round, as most boxes. For a pipe, I have it in a closet next to the laundry and it reaches the washer pipe/drain well, and that washer on the other side of the dryer that is next to the closet.
Don’t guess at how things work. Ask someone who has one.
Ray
10 months ago
Excellent product, bought one in July and regret not purchasing this wonderful invention sooner.
i have two large cats and both use the catgenie with ease. I also love the automatic setting feature that begins the cleaning process… great for those times I am out of town etc…
great product- that works for me!
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