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TexasTowelie

(111,906 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 11:42 PM Oct 2016

If cats could poop into a human toilet, wouldn’t life smell sweeter?

For as long as mankind has kept cats, one question has nagged: How can you get rid of the smell that comes from the litter box.

“I’m a longtime dog lover just because of the litter box (issues),” said Elizabeth Slone, the Lexington inventor of The Purrfect Potty.

But then she acquired a cat the way so many dog people do — fortuitous accident — and “the first thing I thought was, I’m going to try to teach that cat to use the toilet.”

People have tried putting cats outdoors to potty (which can be unsafe for the cats), they’ve covered kitty litter boxes to at least limit the release of the odor, or used self-sifting litter boxes and litter box liners. And there’s a wide variety of cat litters that promise to kill that smell: Icy-looking crystals, pellets infused with baking soda, extreme clumping action to form an odorless clump. Cat owners have tried odor eliminators in spray, scented wax, oil and candle forms.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article110008767.html

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If cats could poop into a human toilet, wouldn’t life smell sweeter? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP
A similar product was featured on TV's "Shark Tank" a few years ago. No Vested Interest Oct 2016 #1

No Vested Interest

(5,163 posts)
1. A similar product was featured on TV's "Shark Tank" a few years ago.
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 02:41 AM
Oct 2016

I'm not a cat person myself, but that product did catch my attention.

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