Tidy Cats Breeze X-Large Multi-Cat Starter Kit Litter Box, Litter Pellets & Pads

I have 3 shelter cats. One has always hated using a litter box another cat has used. Another is huge and stands to pee. He’s the one in the photos. He’s not just long. He’s big framed (see his paw). Most big breed cats are built like a basketball player. Mine is built like a linebacker, and he’s a healthy 20 pounds ( he’s been as much as 25 so we worked to get him to 20). He has a big chest a d wears a large dog harnes. Turning around in a skimpy box is really awkward for him. So he often used the bathtub or the floor. Also, he peed over the side of “extra large” boxes as their maximum height is 10 inches. We searched for a big enough box or storage tub, etc. that would work for all of his seven years since he pooped into the tile of our litter box when he was just five months old. You can see it in the photo how big he was for that box which was supposed to fit adult cats. Most recently we’ve been using a 25 inch long metal pan sitting on large pee pads. That was actually our best solution until I found this box. I’ve been thinking about trying the breeze system, but couldn’t find a box big enough I saw this one in person, and thought it might finally be our solution. We own two houses with a total of five bathrooms, and unfortunately, this box only fits in one of the bathrooms. So I set it up and was still in the room when my first cat came in took one look got in the box used it walked out. She didn’t even consider whether she liked the litter or not.. that evening. I noticed my second oldest cat lying in the doorway of that bathroom.. this cat is extremely particular about litter boxes being clean. From the time he was six weeks old when we got him, he has objected to using a box and another cat has already used and he will go in and cover other cats poop with anything he can find and then he comes to get me.. so I knew why he was lying in the doorway he had something he wanted to show me. We’ve been through this countless times. But this time what he wanted to show me was this miracle box he had found. Loudly purring he rolled around on the floor, rubbing against my legs and meowing at me.. I asked him if he liked the box and he got up and ran over and used it right in front of me. Then he came back and meowed at me again before leaving.. The next morning, I found all three had left poop in the box. Neither of our other boxes had been used at all, and they are the ones in the bathroom my cats have always preferred. In that bathroom, I keep one with pine litter and one that is empty because my big guy likes a box with no litter in it.. That afternoon, my giant cat came in and use the box in front of me. This is really odd. None of my cats previously ever wanted me to see them. Use the litter box.. why they’ve all three changed their attitude about that I have no idea, but it suggests they feel safer in this one. My big guy had no trouble at all moving around in this box and getting comfortable. Like my other two he took to the box instantly. I will say that my cats do easily adjust to any type of litter we use. Your mileage may vary.. It’s now been three days. None of my cats have touched the boxes downstairs. Since they spend most of their time downstairs, they’re getting more exercise because they’re bothering to go upstairs to use this box. So we have three cats using one box. I’m changing the pee pad once a day and it’s well saturated when I do partly because my little girl is diabetic so she pees a lot. The height of the box is perfect. There hasn’t been a drop of urine outside the box. I’m considering getting the smaller version for downstairs because the bigger one just won’t fit, but if things continue as they are, I may take the other boxes out entirely and just have the one box upstairs. Imagine having three cats and only needing one box! So far only three pellets have been kicked out of the box. The smell of the pee pads as they fill up is pretty strong, so I’m trying to think of things to improve that. I have researched zeolite pellets and learned that the type that are used neutralize acids, which makes them a healthy choice of litter. I have heard that the pellets can be washed in salt water, which kills bacteria, so I may try that rather than adding to landfill. It’s easy enough to wash that small 3 1/2 pound bag. Worth of pellets and let them dry the sun. I

My cats would pee in this, however, they would not poop in it. I tried for a week, and they continued to only use the other clumping litter litterbox for poop. Despite the two cats using it for pee, and the pee pad being full at the end of the week, it didn't smell like urine like it often would with clumping or crystal litter. However, my cats attempted to eat the pellets multiple times (even after using it to pee on) and also found the small, hard and cylinder shaped pellets fun to play with, so they would play in the litterbox or take the pellets out of it to play with. My best guess as to why they would not poop in it would be that they don't think there's enough litter in the box for it. The XL states to use two bags and it comes with two bags, however it fills the box very little. Looking at the pictures, the regular one seems to fill up more and be more difficult to remove pellets from with paws, so I will try that next