Does anyone have any suggestions about recycling the clay kitty litter. Can i remove the solid waste and then run water over it in a container with bleach, dry it out (this will be done in my yard) and then reused?

Miss Calli has been an outdoor cat since she adopted me about 2 years ago. she has always gone outside to relieve herself. I would let her out by one of the thre exit doors or she would use her cat door in the upstairs kitchen window regularly. Lately she has been not wanting to go out much and has defecated next to the stairs on 2 occasions. I keep her upstairs mostly (so she doesn't mess up the furniture in my arts center downstairs)and she now favors resting on my desk (she changes her favorite sposts regularly). I assume I need two litter boxes - she keeps herself pristine - upstairs. I had hoped this (needing litter boxes) would be avoided - she doesn't seem sick or anything... before I came here there were multiple cats up stairs and they were not cared for properly, I guess, anyway the wooden stairwell reeks of urine no matter what I do - before Miss Calli adopted me. So help! and Thanks.

Hello. I have had the same four cats, together, for almost a decade. We have lived in this house for three years. Same littler feline pine, same huge box (one) 24X18X38, same water supply ( two fountains), same Rx food, basically the same life. We are home and play with the cats a few hours at night. The four cats are all inside cats. They are all adopted from Paws when they were at the end of their circuit and were to be euthanized.
I have three boys, and one girl.
Arioch the cat in question is one of the two alpha males.
Yes, I have two alphas. One that has friends, Arioch has two friends, Bell Female, and life companion Moccy. Wumpscut the other male is a loner and does not snuggle, but is older and has his own space.

We, my husband and I, travel two weeks, several times of the year. I have had two pet sitters, both we have used for travel in previous years.
This year after returning from a trip, my large male tabby of 17 lean pounds had retrained himself to pee in several places.
One is under my desk on the wooden floor. (it will have to be cut out and replaced)
One was along side of the human toilet and the other is right across from his cat box, along the line of the metro 1940's titled floor, and the bath tub seal.
We have been home for one month now, and the urine is daily and I can not seem to conquer it. I have spent far more time at home and with this cat then ever before in all the years I have owned him. I have been except to work.

I have a very old house, and the house does not have the same room and door structure as more modern houses.
I can, and did close off my office to the cats. I can not figure out how to retrain this cat when he is peeing near the litter box, in the room I need the litter box to be in.

We have done the following.
Before the trip I added Good Cat to the drinking water as recommend by my vet.
I also added a Feliway Electric Diffuser, and we sprayed the corners of the rooms, and any right angle with the pump. We did this because my cats seemed tenser than normal prior to my trip, and I did not want there to be issues when I was away. We were traveling out of country and not out of state, and I did not want extra issues, so I tried extra precautions.
Taken all the cats to the vet. I did this first actually. They all had UTI screens and then the vet grew the urine cultures for bacteria. (no issues)
I tried a second cat box in the same area. With a hard clay clumping litter.
They all peed and defecated in the second box, which was directly over the place of the issue, but Arioch just peed right outside the second box.
After two weeks of switching around boxes, with no mind to the other cats, we took the second box away, as there was no change. Just a larger mess.
I realize cats are super sensitive to litter and boxes.
I was able to scoop every other day, and dump weekly for years. I had weeks where the dumping of the litter was every 5 days, not seven but for the most part I have had the same pattern in for years.
We have taken time to clean the box, (which I did weekly prior, with soap and hot water). Because it is pine not clay, after dumping the whole box, I could take the box to the tub, wash it, and dump it into the toilet, so cleaning it was a snap, so it actually got done.
In January I noticed the plastic of the box held a smell, and the whole box was replaced. Same large rubbermaid modified container, same dimensions.
We left on our trip in May, so I do not believe it was the new box.
I have always taken time to clean the box, (which I did weekly prior, with soap and hot water). Because it is pine not clay, after dumping the whole box, I could take the box to the tub, wash it, and dump it into the toilet, so cleaning it was a snap, so it actually got done. Since returning in hopes of making this area nicer and more appealing for them, I have scooped more than once a day. I have totally changed the litter every three days. It does not seem to matter. Arioch has peed on the floor, across from the box the same day.
The urine has now loosened the tiles, broken the seal and has seeped into the substrate.
I am really upset. The house was built in the 1930 and this can not continue.

I have contacted several different cat websites, and seen two vets. I am to the point that I need to resolve this in a weeks time or give my cat away.
I had a long heart to heart with my husband, who is kind and reasonable, I cried like a broken hearted teen on Sunday. As a result, my husband installed a video monitor the size of a tennis ball, high up on the bathroom wall. It clearly shows Arioch walking to the tub and urinating on the tiles.
I am writing because you seem to have answers to questions, and being out of time, I want to make sure that I ask the right things.
Sincerely, Katylin

Yikes! The cat sprayed on the register over ductwork. I've used carpet cleaner on the carpet area, have used household chemicals on the register and inside duct, but cannot get rid of the smell. Ideas??

I had a important question.
Im going to be moving int he next few weeks and where iM living now, my landlord found out nad I need to get them out of my present appartment,I had no choice. I cant give them up cause i love them too much, so my my friend agreed to take them in for a few weeks, until I get settled into my new place. the only down fall aboutt his is? they will be staying in a unfinshed basement, I will bring all there toys blankets and stuff, but Im worried that they wont be ok. my female is also pregnant, awful timming, Im going through a tough time. do you have any suggestions you can give me to make this pleasent enough for them> and the option of giving them up is out of the question?

Wow! I have a cat who goes to the vet every 2 months for medication for crystals in her urine. I have never thought of putting her to sleep! I couldn't imagine killing her cause I am a cheap a$$!!

don't be so hard so hard on yourself. you both made the best choices that you could make under the circumstances. When others are quick to point the finger, they usually have something that they have not forgiven in themselves... Forgiveness is a gift that we can all start giving ourselves and then pass it down to others... I am certain that it was a tough choice. Your cat was suffering too long and each time was just getting worse. I am not saying that I would have him put to sleep, I have had the same reoccurring episodes with mine, but I don't condemn the decision that you made because it was a human decision rather than allowing him to suffer any longer. Be good to yourself and move on. No one has the right to judge.

You both had choices rather then putting your cats to sleep. Unbelievable. You are both lucky that you can't be put to sleep for being stupid, selfish and naive. If there were licenses obtained for having a pet yours should say "LIFETIME DENIAL".

Pathetic.

I've been sick for 5 years. I guess both of you clowns would have said "Oh, it costs to much put him down." You make me sick.

I have had my cat treated for urinary crystals 5 times at around $300-$1000.oo a pop. He was just taken to the vet this morning to be unblocked again but I am going to ask my vet to put him to sleep. I feel horrible I just can't get ahead because every dime I save I have to spend on his vet care. It is normal for a vet to cure the cat's problem temporarily with a catheter and antibiotics. Usually the vet keeps my cat for a week. Then he eats a special dry food that usually does the trick for most cats to fix it for good. Not mine though he is always sick.

i recently had no choice to put my cat to sleep. He wouldnt urinate so we took him to an emergency vet and they told me he had crystals in his urine, i then found out afer he had been put to sleep that the vet never did any tests to know if his urine was crystalized. Can you please let me know if this is normal practice or should he have been tested.