Litter Boxes for High Spraying Cats

Originally posted February 23, 2016

Litter Boxes for High Spraying Cats

I am only aware of three litter boxes that are on the market that can work for high spraying cats. My mom’s cats, Caymus and Murphy, pee almost standing up, or as they pee, they lift their bottoms, whereas Charlie and Trigg keep stay in a squatting position the entire time they are peeing. My mom had to get high sided litterboxes because of that problem. When I discovered high sided litter boxes also helped to keep the litter inside the box, it made me want some as well. We have previously reviewed the NVR Miss litterbox – which I love. However, they are not high enough for my parents’ cats. My parents ended up buying a plastic storage container like a Rubbermaid one. This video shows the boxes my mom went with – but it’s a video of Caymus rolling around in his litterbox.

And I have recently comes across Nature’s Miracle High-Sided Litter Box and the
IRIS Open Top Litter Box with Shield and Scoop as well. There are also quite a few high sided litterboxes on Amazon.

Do you know of any others? Because my mom’s cats are so tall, my mom had to get a storage bin (like from Wal-mart) and use those for litterboxes instead.

Here’s an idea of the type of box she has and uses for her cats:

If you go with a storage bin – just try to find one that has flat sides on the inside, so that you don’t have clumps of pee that are stuck in various nooks and crannies, which makes them impossible to remove.

There are a lot to choose from on Amazon, my mom ended up going with clear ones after having the black ones.

Things to keep in mind when choosing a large plastic storage bin for your litterbox:

flat sides (as mentioned above)
height – be aware of the height of the box – and keep in mind that your kitty will be jumping in and standing on 2-3 inches of litter – so then subtract that 2-3 inches from the height, as that is the height your kitty will have to pee standing up. You need to make sure the box is higher for your standing pee-er, so that the pee goes in the box
length – be aware of the length of the box – is it long enough for your cat to move around in (do circles in) to do his or her business?