Cleaning litter boxes advances hygiene and providing an adequate number of boxes is crucial to keep your cats stress free and healthy.

As you know, we have three Maine Coons: Freya (5 years old), Siggy (5 years old) and King Thor (18 months).

Freya weighs 11 pounds, Siggy 10 pounds and King Thor 20 pounds.

On an average morning, I have three pounds of litter to remove every morning from our six boxes, or two for every cat on our three floors.

To make it convenient, I use a paper bag on the large cleaning stations. I carry it to each litter box and remove the droppings. The litter itself is replaced weekly.

Cleanliness is important for cat health. When a litter box is left with balls of urine and feces, cats are more likely to hold their urine. For males like King Thor, that can prove risky. This behavior increases the odds of developing Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) or life-threatening urethral obstructions, requiring immediate emergency veterinary care.

If you have decided not to clean your boxes regularly, you can be risking blood in the urine, a warning sign of kidney disease, diabetes or urinary tract infections.

If you have multiple cats, as I do, dirty boxes can cause stress, and that can result in their releaving themselves outside their stations.

Multiple litter boxes reduce the chance for aggression, if you have more than one cat. Freya and Siggy use their own boxes and King Thor, the largest ones.

This size works for all three.

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