37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mixed results, December 31, 2007
I have 6 cats of various ages and IQs (they sucked me in with the "foster kitty" pitch and of course they never went back to the pound). I can't completely get rid of litter boxes because a couple of them just cannot catch on to the concept. The smarter ones "get it" but use the old boxes because they're easier. It's been a bit of a waste of time for me (although there was a very satisfying incident with a mother-in-law and a wet bum). I purchased this product and the $29 alternative through Amazon, as well as a book on the subject. The $29 product was about as effective and the book showed me that I didn't really need either, just to associate the litter box and toilet in what we'll loosely call the cats' minds. With one or two cats and a lot of patience, this might work. In our unique situation, it was a bit of a dud. The big difference between this and the alternative problem was that this one comes with a couple of litter reservoirs and the ability to make the aperture larger or smaller but again, I'm not sure it was worth the extra $55.
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
My cat fell through:(, May 28, 2008
The litter box insert that goes into this thing rests on a tiny shelf that is less than 1/8 inch wide = NOT VERY STABLE. My cat tried to use it and the whole tray fell into the toilet with the not flushable litter. It was RAWTHER TRAUMATIC for the cat, who didn't do too well with toilet training on it after that. It was also a BIG MESS since I had to scoop all the clumping litter out of the toilet bowl to avoid ruining my plumbing. I ended up getting a stainless bowl to put inside it, rather than risk that stupid tray again. My cat likes the wider seat to balance on, but all the other bells and whistles on this thing have amounted to less than uselss. I WOULD NEVER BUY THIS THING AGAIN OR RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE I LIKED (or anyone who's cat I liked). I got the litter kwiter and it is working out much better so far- at the very least it is quite stable as well as straightforward.
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47 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
New Update 10/22, August 25, 2007
So far the service and support has been truly awful. It has been over a week and they still have not shipped the product - and there has been no indication it is on backorder. They did, however, ship the bags separately - go figure. Will wait another week and update this review.
Update - we received it, yeah!
Well, got it and have begun assembling it. Contrary to past reviews, they very firmly tell you that this will take 2-3 weeks to accomplish. They also tell you that during the initial phase, they tell you not use typical clay lumping litter. My cats have grown up using this so it will be curious to see if they take to it.
Update 9/14
Lesson: Do not buy this from the Botanical (the distributor)!
We found out one of the shelves is broken so I first tried to go through the manufacturer - they told me to go through the distributor. The distributor then told me that if it was damaged in shipment, we should have refused it from UPS. Considering I was not there, that was a little hard to do. Either way, I asked that I did not want to disrupt training so could I get another one - they told me that I would have to pay for that one. Unbelievable!
Update 10/22
The seat is now sitting outside in the rain waiting for the next garbage pickup- the slats would not stay in place and had a tendency to collapse when our heavier cat got on the seat when we had it on the floor. Poor, poor product - not worth $89 that's for sure.
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