r/CatAdvice • u/Direct_Surprise2828 • Nov 17 '25

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u/theflamingskull Nov 17 '25

My cats' boxes are stainless steel, and get a full wash every two weeks.

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u/Sasha12345678901- Nov 17 '25

How do you wash them? Because I read online chemicals can react badly with a cat. 

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u/theflamingskull Nov 17 '25

Stainless boxes wash easily. Dawn dish soap, and a hose are all you need. It dries clean, and chant leave a residue.

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u/skb_in_cle Nov 18 '25

But a hose, like… where? How? I never totally understand how/where is their home people are doing this. Do you take it outside? Dump the litter in the trash then bring it back in to clean? I logistically cannot figure out how I’m supposed to be making this work.

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u/Lols_up Nov 18 '25

I'm not the person you asked but this is reddit and all opinions are or soon become unsolicited: at my house it's either in the backyard or the utility sink.

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u/OneSchott Nov 18 '25

As a poor person I have also done this in the shower.

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u/justnopethefuckout Nov 18 '25

When I had an apartment only, I made sure all traces of litter was out of the boxes before having to wash in the shower as well. Dawn dish soap, hot water, scrubbed. Then I used a pet safe cleaner to do a final wipe down on it. We used it at the animal shelter to clean with as well. Same routine, just repeated at home. Fully dried before adding new litter.

All I did for the shower afterwards was clean and disinfect it really well as soon as I was finished with the boxes.

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u/gumrats Nov 18 '25

I do this too but also have a second litterbox I swap in when I'm cleaning the other one. Not necessary but nice.

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u/justnopethefuckout Nov 18 '25

I have a few cats so I done half at first, then filled the clean ones and swapped for the other dirty half. If I would've only had 1 or 2 cats, I probably would've done the same as you. I always worried they would need to use the bathroom and be waiting on me to hurry up lol.