We’re moving from a larger home to this above apartment and I am lost on where we would keep the 2 cat litter boxes. Previously we’ve kept them in a separate laundry area.
i don’t know what that little closet is but that could work!
Coat closet. That’s what I had and added a door buddy with a bumper to keep it open and closed off from my kid and dogs.
I used this bc I have a nosey dog. My cat loves it
My dog koolaid manned right through one of those.
Oh yeah?
OH YEAH!!!!
Hello- again. Friend of- a friend
I knew- you when... BWAH BWAH BWAH BWAH
Our comMON GOAL WAS WAITING FOR…
Gotta get those tootsie roll treats with the pee-flavored sprinkles.
We call them Reese's feces at home
I just laughed out loud, thanks for that
I did the same. Great way to start the day.
For a second I read this as your dog’s name was koolaid 😭😭😭😭😭
Several people have. It’s pretty funny. But her name is Sascha.
Same, complete Leeroy Jenkins. We use gates with cat doors now.
Can I just say Koolaid is one of the sickest dog names I've ever heard
I lopped off a bottom corner of my laundry room door to let them in & out with door closed.
They appear to be renting.
They could ask the landlord about temporarily replacing the door (and storing the original) so they can get a cheap door and cut a cat door into it.
I use it because the dog likes to eat the cat shit.
In one of my apartments, I just popped the door off it's hinges, replaced it with a curtain, and stuck the small door in storage. When move out time came, I put it back.
Yep I did that to all the closets in my last apartment, not even for my cats just cause they were annoying
….that was a lot easier than what I did…. I spent a week designing a system to keep the door open using 3D printed parts, springs and some steel guide rods, I wish this was a joke. Sometimes I wish I spent longer brainstorming before starting a project lol
To be fair, I didn't do a lot of brainstorming. My approach was much more caveman. "Door in way. Remove door!"
I’m the same way. For some reason I apparently love the brainstorming part of projects, and I spend most of the time planning, sketching, and fiddling. Usually I even give up before actually finishing the build out part lol
You just changed my life ❤️ we keep the litterbox in the downstairs half bath, but I have a beagle who treats it like a snack bar. I've been looking for a narrow baby gate because the door frame is only 2 ft wide, and they are all $50+. This strap is the perfect solution. Right now, we're using an empty vacuum box across the doorway
That’a actually brilliant
Omg I love this! I am moving to an apartment from a home and have been going crazy over what to do since my two dogs are nosey…I never realized this existed!
I think that's your coat closet off the entry
Does your cat have separation anxiety? I ask because in our previous apartment we kept the litter box in our walk in closet. My husband and I went on our honeymoon and learned that our previous bbby had sep anxiety by him peeling all over our closet and around his box out of anxiety with us gone. I mention it because I don’t want another renters closet to get destroyed!!
Don’t remove the door, put a cat flap on it to keep the smells in. If you’re renting, just replace the door when you leave they’re cheap, but comfort is priceless
That could be a linen closet door facing bathroom. It would make your towels have the sweet smell of amonia and cat
If you’re buying rather than renting you could get a cat hole surround for the closet door, we’ve got one on our utility that’s cat shaped and looks pretty cute. That way the door can be shut to help smells but the cats can come in and out easily.
If you're renting, get a door from the home shop, put the cat hole in that, then swap the doors back out when you leave. I did this when I had to have a dog-free car space.
If you can, ask the apartment manager to take the door off for you. This way it’s A) documented, B) they might take the door so you don’t have to store it, and C) you don’t get charged if the door gets dinged up.
Yes to this, just make sure it is DOCUMENTED. Put it in a written maintenance request or email to the property manager. Do not just call and ask. Because if you do just call and they agree to remove it without any written communication. When you move out and ask them for the door back. They will 100% put it on you and try to charge you for it.
That's definitely for coats and shoes, but is probably one of the better options
It's so close to the front door that it has to be the coat room
The washer and dryer might be able to be stacked and you could make a coat closet out of the other half. Then the coat closet could be a kitty closet plus a bit of shelf mounted cleaning storage.
This is what my partner and I did for one of our cats' litter boxes! After taking off the door, we installed a tension rod and hung up a cute curtain to distract from the litter box :) For the other litter box we removed one of the cabinet doors under the bathroom sink and slid it in there.
Possibly behind the door in the en suite bathroom. Keeps it away from the public areas.
This could work but then i’m imagining the feeling of stepping on litter after a nice shower 😭
keep a broom in the same room. First thing I do every morning is cleaning the litter areas, after putting on the coffee and before taking the shower.
Actually cleaning it like this is the only way, verything else is just mitigating and putting off the actual work. Sweeping the bathroom every day is a 30 second endeavor
I set Roomba on their schedule 2x/day.
Until it runs through a hairball and tracks it everywhere...
Or poop. I just had to clean my robot vac because the cat had an accident.
I've had to do this twice because our cat goes through bouts of refusing to shit in her box after we move it. Sunday morning rolls around and the roomba is going before I got up. Shit everywhere
I run the robovac right after I leave for work, after I've done a quick walk through to check for accidents and cat toys.
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I have a bad back & I just bought a stick vacuum Bissell that's lightweight & easy for me to use. I can't use a broom without spending a week in bed flat on my back. It was about $50. Picks up spilled kibble, litter AND dust bunnies great. We have 2 big longhaired cats, it's more like dust rhinos when they shed their winter coats.
They are playing our song 🙀
I had a roomba, it was my cats arch nemesis. He'd get low to the ground slink after it and hiss at it the entire time it ran.
I had a foster kitten who would ride it. 🤣
I was hoping mine would at least hate it less. Which I guess he did because that was an improvement to the normal chaos lol.
Riding it sounds adorable!
gj proud of you
Oh sure just get a roomba
This is why my answer is "wherever you will clean it daily."
Look at you who has time before work like a normal person. Unlike me who wakes up 30 mins before I have to be at my office 10 mins away lmao
Or those of us who work from home and wake up 1 min before the first meeting, eyes still closed laying in bed, clearing your voice to make it sound like you’ve been awake for hours and have already cleaned the cat litter and showered lmfaoooo 🤪🤪🤪
i remember having a friend that had 2-3 cats and kept the litter box in the bathroom. the combination of used but "clean/scooped" litter and hot steam almost made me pass out it was the worst smelling thing Ive ever smelled in my life.
We use a sawdust-based litter that is so much better for smell than any clay-based I’ve used.
The only way. Zero ammonia smell, everything is flushable. Doesn’t get tracked around. Way healthier for an indoor environment
But it’s almost impossible to sweep all of it up and you still end up stepping on some.
That's actually why I got a cheap cordless stick vacuum. I just keep it on the charger, and grab it when I have to clean up cat litter and such. Makes it soooo easy and gets every lil bit!
It’s just part of having cats 🤷♀️
Bathroom slippers!
Well, I can, it seems? Mats in front of the boxes and all. And it's not that it's Lego if you miss a random particle?
I had this exact issue and switched from mini crystal litter to pine pellets. Not only did it solve the problem of stepping on litter, it’s a whole lot cheaper and smells 10x better. I hung a little hand broom/dustpan on the wall near the box for the occasional stray pellet.
I wish. My cats said NO to pine, several tries. They vote with their poop.
They vote with their poop.
Would that we could do the same.
This statement caused my brain to produce some hilarious (+ kinda gross) mental images! 😄 🤢
The way the political system is, I think we have.
My sister’s cat, when my sister tried to change the litter, just refused to use the litter box for 24+ hours. She held it. Any other cat would have peed on the bed or something.
Needless to say, the cat quickly won. No battle of wills when her health would be affected. She was a smart cat. We had her 21 years before she crossed the 🌈 bridge.
My cats kept scooping the pine pellets out and playing with them
Yes! I get 45lb bags of pine pellets for about $7. at Tractor Supply
Literally the only time I've ever regretted this choice is at Christmas time when the smell of pine needles makes me think I have a dirty litter box to clean 😂
I switched to wood pellets because I also hate the feeling of cat litter. It's also better for the environment and easier to maintain.
I also made the switch a few months back and I find it also smells wayyy better than litter
agreed, not a fan of keeping litter in bathrooms, where it can be humid and wet. and depending on the type of litter you use, loose litter does not mix well with water.
We keep ours in the bathroom, having the fan is great, cuz one of our boys doesn't cover up his poo.
We got some nice big bath mats from IKEA that seem to do a good job at containing litter even in tiled areas like our bathroom
There‘re mats for pets that catch litter.
My cat just jumps straight over the litter mat rendering it more or less useless.
My 16y/o old lady did that this morning, complete with an “i pooped” victory lap and celebration scream
I always thought of that as fleeing from the scene of the crime while shouting "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!",🤣
And thats why i got a covered litterbox so the little shit is forced to step on the mat
Wood litter is much better for this. Still makes a mess of wet sawdust, but it doesn't turn into concrete however.
Yah they do spread it around. Other option is the utility closet or the closet in the second bathroom, with a little cat door for getting in and out.
I didn’t even notice the closet in the second bathroom. that could work, thanks!
Make sure it has ventilation or scoop daily
Not closets!
Yup - Never a small enclosed space you store other items in. They're a pain to clean and everything will get ruined unless they're in containers.
Also, that tiny closet is too close to the front door. Never want anyone to smell anything from the litter box as they enter the home.
I’m going to (very respectfully) disagree. I have my litter box in my front hallway closet, with a latch to keep it open enough for my cat to get in and out. Given my apartment’s set-up, it was the only viable option.
I use a Booda Dome litter box, with a Litter Genie next to it. I open the cover and dump into the litter genie at least twice a day. When I pass it, I look. That’s it.
The set up is right next to my front door, so it seems like the worst place. But I have literally had friends come in and ask me “why does it NEVER smell like cat in here??” and the answer is, I sift the litter regularly and often.
It takes about a minute a day, no muss, no fuss. If you don’t leave dirty litter in the box, your house won’t smell like cat.
I would take the door off the closet and take a bottom shelf out if needed and use the upper shelves for cat-related stuff and cleaning stuff. Plus, the nice thing about a bathroom is that you can run the vent as much as you like.
Dont forget a nightlight though. Cat prolly wont wanna do its business in complete darkness.
I always hate leaving my cats in the dark, and they do only need 1/6 the light that humans do to be able to see, so they can see in really low light but a closet I feel like would be too dark
Cats are claustrophobic, that will be your doom. Don’t use public spaces but def not closets
Shouldn't be a problem if you clean it regularly or you could get a higher grade litterbox that catches most of it.
From my experience, cats prefer litter boxes in a public/open area where they spend majority of time. I have 3 litter boxes, 1 in my bedroom in the corner, 1 in office, and 1 in living room right in the open next to high traffic area, and the living room one is the one that gets the most use out of the 3. The more private one in my bedroom gets the least use out of the 3.
My cats have their litter box in the mud room, which is a room they like a lot (especially all the shoes lol) and often play in but which is out of the way. They're happy.
You'd have to remember to keep those doors open.
Sacrifice half of a small closet, bottom part for litter box, top part for the rest of his stuff 😁
Edit: as this took off a little, a good recommendation if someone wants to do the same is to get the floor covered in something water resistant/ water catcher (name?). I used a custom dishwasher pan, in the eventuality that the cat would miss a bit, so the wood flooring wouldn't have to be ripped out.
clever!
Gotta scoop religiously tho or everything stored in the closet will smell like a cat box, just like how everything smokers own smell like smoke.
One thing that can help with this is placing some odor absorbing packs in the closet. There’s a bunch of different ones you can buy. Arm and Hammer actually makes some too
My cats litter box was in the closet and I just kept the door open and never had a problem! People didn’t even know I had a cat because they couldn’t smell her at all! It was the best location. She liked her privacy!
A lidded litterbox helps wonders with this if the cats are comfortable with them ! If not, its a no go. Aim for one with a decent sized opening tho if they've never had a lidded box before. It'll make them feel more comfortable if they have more room to leave.
Yeah, our cat seems to like it! I know they are nocturnal and that they see well in the Dark, but I even installed a motion sensor and a small LED for him 😅
Technically, cats are crepuscular not nocturnal. They are most active dawn and dusk. So they cannot see in complete darkness, but can see in dim lighting. The motion sensor with LED is a great idea!
I’m an adult who never got over my childhood fear of the dark, so I have nightlights in every room of my house lol.
Don’t be ashamed night lights are fucking awesome and theres so many different patterns they project
Yeah, and they help you see the cats before they trip you, haha
This is the way.
Also, get yourself a litterbot to minimize smells/work. We have just one and were able to get rid of the other litter boxes despite having 3 cats. Cleans itself after every use. Super clever design basically eliminates any risk to kitties. Just gotta make sure it’s filled up with fresh litter regularly - the companion app will let you know well.
Also, it does require an actual cleaning of the components maybe every other month or so, to keep the gearworks clear and functional. Upside, continuous tracking of the kitties litter use and weight, which can be great for catching any health problems early (kitty suddenly losing weight, or not going potty).
Got a night light LED for the babies too, and even a spot to put in some carbon filters for even more smell reduction.
It’s quite frankly the best money we’ve spent in a few years.
I had to do that once and temporarily replaced the closet door with a curtain on a tension rod. But litter dust will settle on things inside the closet.
We did this downstairs in a utility closet, it keeps things out of view and offers the cat some privacy.
This is what I do. I live in a small 1br apartment but have a small hallway closet that I keep my litter box in. It's basically a "half bathroom" but specifically for kitties. I line the floor with litter catching mats and also have their litter genie and various pet supplies in there. I have a flex-latch that keeps the door cracked open a few inches so they can get in and out and so it doesn't close on its own blocking their access.
Just by the look of the floor and the closet doors, i’m guessing Sweden? 😂
Maybe get a couple of those hidden litter trays that look like plant pots? Then you could put them in the living room corners.
There’s an ikea hack somewhere, of a cabinet that someone modified to take a litter box. I’ll see if I can find it. That would work in the living room - unless the box amplifies the scratching 😳
Edit: link to post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ikeahacks/s/N4wqGYtvOR
i’m gonna look into that!
I got the $70 "fake plant" covered litter box. It works out well and it took one of the cats going into it for my grandkids to realize what it is. The bottom drawer is the litter tray, so it's easy to clean and keeps the litter contained.
Ikea Brimnes cabinet
I have a "litter furniture" thing because I'm in a small apartment and the litter needs to be fully closed off else the dog will eat out of it. It just sits in the corner of my living room and looks like you have room for it in the top left of your living room. Great option, helps with the smell and with scattering litter around too
We have this setup in our house and it rules, they get easy access and it's totally out of sight. Definitely recommend this route.
I live in a pretty small apartment with no room in the bedrooms or bathroom for it, so we put it in the corner of the living room away from the kitchen and couch and then got a little room divider screen to put around it and put an air purifier in that corner as well.
This is what we do too. We have two litter boxes that face each other, air purifier in the middle, blocked off in their own little corner. When people come over, we move this setup to my home office.
I don't know what's sitting there but I would put it here.
But, are both bedrooms being used? If not, could put it in one of the bedrooms
Looks like the door way to the bedroom
It’s shelves. I would put it there. Also if there’s room with the washer and dryer or the water heater, a second box could be placed there. But not the closet you mentioned, that’s the entrance closet.
I was also thinking the water heater closet, could even install a little kitty door. I'd probably avoid the laundry closet though, the dryer brings in ambient air and could pick up the smell. Also the noise might scare some cats.
Yeah I noticed that after looking at it again. They'd have to leave their door open all the time.
I did notice this though at second look - looks like the door to this is on the outside of the bathroom. Could use that, looks like a small closet
My gf and me have a rather small apartment, the only room for the litter boxes are in the bathroom, we have the doors open the whole time. We never had a problem to pee/poo infront the others so for us this wasn't a problem.
I have this in my living room. It contains the smell and the litter.
If my in-laws are coming, right next to wherever they sleep. 😁
walks them into the guest room, removes litter box from on top of the comforter, places at foot of bed instead "Aaaand here we are."
LOL i like my in laws so not this one
you have two bathrooms, just use one for the cat
This would be my suggestion. And you can still use the restroom. Go potty, scoop, wash your hands, and go. I just don't recommend showering in the restroom with the litterbox. There's just no containing it...no matter how many times you sweep, that litter will get on your wet feet. I've tried everything.
No idea what are you doing. We have two cats, 11 yo, and the litter was always in the bathroom. It's a closed litterbox though, with a mat in front of it, so it contains stuff pretty well. Never did I step on any litter in the bathroom, although both of them seem to have a "litter pocket" in their paws and they always hold on to one piece until they come to the bed/kitchen counter/desk, then drop it off. Like clockwork. Probably there's more litter under my desk at any given point than on the bathroom floor.
Some cats fucking spray that shit like they’re throwing confetti at a surprise party. My current two are pretty good about it but I’ve had cats that kick it right out the door as hard as they can.
One of my cats likes to leap out of the litter box and sprint down the hallway as quickly as possible, flinging poop and litter in his wake. Yes, he is orange.
I'm a pet sitter so I usually set up a litter box for my cat in the bathroom since I don't allow other pets in my bedroom. Rubber mats and clumping litter help intensely. But my bathroom mat is pretty long so I fold it in half when no showers are happening. That way the litter stays on the other side of the mat and side that gets fold into stays clean x)
Just want to say there’s a special place in hell for architects that don’t consider litter box placement.
thanks!!
If you search up like cat litter furniture box, something like that would look good. It would be the first thing people see ss the walk in so if done nicely I think that’s the ideal place.
Seconding this. Plus, it will help reduce litter tracking everywhere. If that’s not an option, I would sacrifice some of the storage in the small linen closets in the bathrooms to house a litter box in each (you can remove the doors while you live here and replace with a curtain for easy access if you don’t want to leave the door cracked open all the time)
You can't remove the water heater lmao
A litter box right next to the dining room table? Am I seeing that right?
I wouldn’t have a litter box near the kitchen!
Behind the door in the en suite, across from the toilet in the en suite, sacrifice the space under one of the sinks in the ensuite.
If you're ok with a decorative cabinet to hide a box, you can also consider that corner to the right of the TV, next to 2 windows to help with ventilation.
Edit: to the concerned redditor who reported me to reddit care services for this post, ummmm, thanks?
Someone reported me earlier today.
It was probably a dog lover
Completely random. Am I the only one who thinks the brown, round table and chairs looks like a koala?
I would take off the under-sink cabinet doors in one of the bathrooms and put it in there, and then put a tension rod and a curtain over that
This is pretty smart
This is what we did when we lived in a small apartment with a cat.
We sacrificed the second bathroom bathtub/shower. Our apartment has a similar set up and we tried on the bathroom floor but she's very talented in the litter everywhere department. It sucks because that bathroom is mostly useless now, but at least the litter is contained!!
No issues yet jumping in and out, fingers crossed, but she turns 2 next month and has no mobility issues. We'd like a second cat, but we'll cross the second litterbox bridge when we get there!
In the hallway behind the refrigerator. With the utility closet there and another door to that bathroom that can be used, it should have little traffic and will be a quiet place for the cats to use the litter boxes.
Idk about "little traffic" - the main door to the apartment is right there, so cat poop will be the welcoming scent prob every time someone comes home.
This. Get a tension rod and curtain to hide the space. Air filter and deodorizer. A little kitty spa.
This, but in the bathroom that way the first scent in the house upon entry isn’t the litter box. If we have a bathroom with 2 entries we basically always sacrifice one and put the box in front of it. I like it in the bathroom, easy to clean the floor, I see it all the time to remember to clean it, and there’s a fan in the room to help with the more pungent cat shits 😂
This may have to be it
Excuse me Mam may I ask what app you used for that 3D model?
It looks like it came from the apartment complex website for the show model.
It almost 100% is. When I went viewing apartments they all had layouts that looked just like this
Looks like Sweet Home 3D to me
If possible, you could do a makeshift "hidden" litterbox under the sink in the master-bathroom. I see it has a dualsink, so maybe there?
Obvious answer is to give your cat one of the bedrooms
Idk but that couch gotta face the tv.
Bathroom is always a good option, you can run the fan if you need to. They have options that hide little in plain sight.
I love this floor plan. Is there a sub reddit I can go to that's just cool photos like this?
I dunno but that table sure looks like a surprised koala.
Ideally in a bathroom, you have an en-suite and bathroom, I suggest en-suite as this would be private as bathroom would be for guest use as well and dwellers
I don't understand why so many people keep suggesting to put the litter boxes in rooms with doors. It is very likely to accidentally close the door and either lock a cat inside or lock the litter box away. I would only use the living room. I like the idea of using a piece of furniture, like a cabinet, to disguise the litter boxes.
I would get one of these and put it against the wall to the left of the TV
So when you and your cat are shitting, you can make eye contact. Awesome
So the cat and the human can look at each other while taking a Dump?
I have two showers too but we just use one, so we put the litter box in the other
Sell your washer and dryer and get a stacking set and put the litter boxes in there
They have cabinets you can put the litter box in that looks like what the tv is sitting on in the living room area. They also have smaller night stand sizes. Also I recommend a litter robot. Like $700 but best investment ever! I have two cats and I empty it maybe every 4 days and I have it in my walk in closet. A lot less odor than standard litter box.
In my utopian fantasy, we all live in such a cat-centric society that all apartments come with a built-in litter pan nook.
this 3d rendering brings me joy. I have been looking at for 15 min straight.
In the corner next to the TV so you can make awkward eye contact while it shits.
I’m not sure if you’re renting or not, but since I own, I bought a stacking kit and stacked my washer dryer freeing up space in the laundry room, then I put a cat door like this one in the door.
I’m sorry…I can’t get over your table looking like a little 🐻’s face. ☺️ Can’t give advice about the cat litter placement.
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Probably right here keeping the bathroom door closed. It’s not ideal to walk by that when you come home but I think it’s better than the alternatives.
One of the bathrooms, or the corner behind the dining room table (and hope there's no number twos when you're eating) 😂
For years I had no place but the bedroom closet. It worked for me, but you need to keep on top of cleaning it frequently. Now I have a utility room (box #1) and a big linen closet in the bathroom which I modified to have a door on top half and a curtain on the bottom half. There are 2 boxes in the bottom of that curtained off section. That has worked out great, and the door keeps any scent from making it's way into the top half where towels are stored. Again, it's absolutely key to clean the boxes frequently and refresh the litter to control odors.
If you own this place, I would cut a small cat door into a closet door and put the litter box in that closet. Whichever closet you can sacrifice to not put linens or food in. We did this and that closet now has the litter box on the floor, a cat door with a flap cut into the door, and the shelves above are only tools/spare decorations/etc that won't become smelly.
If you can't cut a hole you can leave the door open for them but it's less ideal. The flap really cuts down on smells and litter being scattered.
Second restroom and never close the door
Whichever bathroom I use less. I had a similar set up at my last place bith with WAY smaller bathrooms. I made a 'cap' for over the 2nd tub that I never used and a ramp for kitty to go up. That way, litter was mostly confined to the cap, and when company came over, I could just pull the shower curtain and hide the boxes.
Or if one bedroom is not being used as a bedroom, in there.
I would turn one of the bedroom closets into a cat safe space and use an outdoor shed/garage for storage since don't have a car, the cats will still have the run of the house tho
If there is a door next to the washer and dryer say sacrifice that closet for the cats. Remove the door and put them in there.