I have a cat, and a 1-bedroom apartment. The bathroom is too small for a litter box, so its in the corner of the living room behind a little folding screen with a plant in front of it (so its well hidden but still in the main living area). I am SO PARANOID about ‘cat smell’. I scoop every day in the morning before work, and ALWAYS before any guests come over. I also use a disposable cat litter pan, as her main cat pan. It sounds weird, but its this cardboard type that come in packs of three on Amazon. Every couple weeks I throw it out and replace. I feel it’s more sanitary this way and I’m not stuck scrubbing a nasty cat pan in my kitchen sink. I have asked guests, my mom, fiancé, and sister (who would 100% be honest) if they can smell anything and they all say no. I use Arm&Hammer ‘double duty’ litter. I’m just sharing this in case anyone needs advice!

I have a friend with three cats. They keep three litter boxes in their spare bathroom. Oh my god..... it’s disgusting. It reeks. I know they have three cats so it’s going to be a lot, but she doesn’t clean them often. We stayed there once for a weekend and right when we arrived I had to use the bathroom and the cat pans were covered in turds.. they looked like minefields. In my opinion, a general rule of thumb would be to ALWAYS SCOOP right before guests arrive.

Just tell your friend. In the long run they will appreciate it.

Oops hit post too soon - have a biological instinct to bury their waste. So if you don’t give them enough litter in the litter box, they can’t bury correctly which not only gives many cats anxiety, it also makes your house smell bad!

If the smell is confined to the powder room, that’s really just par for the course with having a cat. That’s the cat’s bathroom. It’s gonna smell. If the scent is all over the house, your friend either needs to do a better job of cleaning her cat’s litter box, or (more likely) she isn’t giving her cat the best cat box experience. Cats need a lot of litter to dig in to fully bury their waste, which helps with smell. If you only use a small layer of litter, the poop/pee is going to sit right on top and the cat won’t be able to cover it, so the smells are worse. Every time I’ve been in a house where I’m like “whew there’s a cat here” when I see their litter box there’s like, 1” max of litter in the box and a bunch of half covered or not covered waste. Cats have a biological instinct to

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Anonymous wrote:If you are having to post here to figure out how to talk to your "friend" I have my doubts she is your friend, and especially doubt that you are her friend...

The problem here is you are treating this like something other than a simple thing. Your bathroom probably doesnt smell great after YOU have used it. Would you want people to smell your ass fumes and say it was "gagworthy"? Im guessing no. And if you didnt smell it because you dealt it, well, wouldn't you rather know?

"If the conversation gets that far.." What does that even mean? You might mention the catbox and then all convo thereafter will cease?


How often have you even been over there? How long has she had cats? This sounds like you have not known her very long.

You are psycho

Nah. It just isnt clear why she is treating this like a complex problem.

If it smells that bad, she can just say so if in fact she is a friend. In front of anyone I would define as a friend, I would not feel it necessary hide that I smelled something that was making me gag.

I have a very sensitive sense of smell, so I take it pretty seriously if I read "gagworthy" and I think its pretty weird to just sit and take it for hours on end and pretend it isnt happening.

It just doesnt make sense.

If its someone I did NOT know well I would probably bear it depending on why I needed to be there, and then excuse myself as soon as possible, and probably avoid returning if at all possible.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are having to post here to figure out how to talk to your "friend" I have my doubts she is your friend, and especially doubt that you are her friend...

The problem here is you are treating this like something other than a simple thing. Your bathroom probably doesnt smell great after YOU have used it. Would you want people to smell your ass fumes and say it was "gagworthy"? Im guessing no. And if you didnt smell it because you dealt it, well, wouldn't you rather know?

"If the conversation gets that far.." What does that even mean? You might mention the catbox and then all convo thereafter will cease?


How often have you even been over there? How long has she had cats? This sounds like you have not known her very long.

You are psycho

Anonymous wrote:If your friend is open to the post-comment advice that you might offer, tell your friend:

1. A single cat box must be changed at least 2x per week, and a multiple cat box more often

2. When the box is changed, it needs to be emptied completely of litter and then rinsed our and allowed to air dry for a minute or two before being filled again

3. When it’s dry, it needs a 1/2 box of baking soda evenly spread on the bottom. Only then should the litter be put in

4. It needs to be scooped very, very thoroughly - at least daily for single cat and at least 2x per day multiple cat

Everything besides number 4 is excessive.

If she has only one cat the breeze system works VERY well.

If you are having to post here to figure out how to talk to your "friend" I have my doubts she is your friend, and especially doubt that you are her friend...

The problem here is you are treating this like something other than a simple thing. Your bathroom probably doesnt smell great after YOU have used it. Would you want people to smell your ass fumes and say it was "gagworthy"? Im guessing no. And if you didnt smell it because you dealt it, well, wouldn't you rather know?

"If the conversation gets that far.." What does that even mean? You might mention the catbox and then all convo thereafter will cease?


How often have you even been over there? How long has she had cats? This sounds like you have not known her very long.