Litter maid litter box?

[TSM1993]

I have a littermaid litter box that my cats do use. I was just wondering if anyone knows of other litter that can be used in this instead of the specific litter they make for it. It is a little expensive.

 

[jedijill]

I always used a regular clumping litter like Tidy Cat or Fresh Step with no problems.

Jill in CO

 

[Crystal824]

Me too. I use Tidy Cat and never had a problem.

 

[Married2Mickey]

I have found that even store-brand litters are fine as long as they are the hard-clumping kind. Definitely nicer on the wallet

 

[TSM1993]

Thanks.

 

[jcgjbg]

Hi...Just my experience. I like the Littermade but the Pet Mate stopped working after a few months. They replaced it and the replacement only worked 2 months if that. The co. said...oh..sorry, it is out of warranty...They would do nothing.
So, I wasted a lot of money and would like to save anyone else. I bought the Petmate...and so far so good. I like the Tidy Cat small spaces...but the cats track it into other rooms.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

We have two cats and use Fresh Step scoopable. No odors and I buy it at BJ Wholesale club for $12 for 40 lbs. And nearly everytime BJs sends out their coupon book there is a coupon for $2 off.

I went to Lowes and bought plastic a 5 gallon bucket with a lid and I line it with a garbage bag and I scoop every other day and then dump it on garbage day.

 

[Dancemom03]

We love our littermaid box but probably would never have spent the $$ for one if I had not gotten pregnant years ago. We're on our second box now but it's so worth it though. One of those things I didn't know I needed but wouldn't live without now that I have one.

I've used most litter brands. I prefer Fresh Step Multi-cat but that's only because one of my cats won't use the littermaid litter. He's our oldest, and pre-littermaid box so he knows when we change things. After a few weeks of him using the spare box downstairs after we filled his with the littermaid litter, we poor humans finally got the idea and went back to fresh step before he mounted further protests.

Having used many different brands, I do think that, even though the littermaid litter costs more, we used less of it and the cat box scooped faster/better with that brand because it is lighter. A friend who uses LM seconds my opinion that it's some of the best litter she's ever tried for mutliple cats and said she used less too when we discussed it a few years back.
When the motor on our first box broke years ago, I called them and was told that sometimes the other deluxe litters are heavier and cause stress on the motor after awhile. It makes sense to me because I have noticed how slow the scoop moves at times using FS, and especially Tidy Cat, along with some other scoopable litters, but they do work and are more reasonable in price.