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Self-flushing, self-cleaning cat box

Jun 20, 2007 1:17AM PDT

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Oh, good grief!
Jun 20, 2007 1:35AM PDT

So now ya' gotta' compete with your cat for bathroom priority when nature calls? My marriage came with two cats. I quickly learned how badly they could stink up the place so built a privy for them....a two seater no less...in the basement. Basically it was a large box with a hinged lid and front entrance cloth door. It had a sensing device that knew when a cat walked in. It turned on a light and a fan that ran for a specific period of time and vented to the outdoors. It took them only a short time to get used to it. My family encouraged me to seek some sort of patent. All I really wanted was fresh air. Happy

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"'Turned on a light'
Jun 20, 2007 2:07AM PDT

That's a feature missing from that $329 job.

With either yours or the other, maybe a battery back-up should be considered. in case of a power failure. Happy

Angeline
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Yep, the box would be dark otherwise
Jun 20, 2007 2:12AM PDT

I did not install window lighting. Complete privacy was the plan (as if the cats really cared). As for a battery backup, I didn't think of that. Hey, if I don't have on in my bathroom, the durned kitties don't get one either unless they learn to change out their own batteries. Happy