Pivot Pet

An automatic litter box is safe when it detects your cat before the drum moves, waits after the cat leaves, stops the moment the cat comes back, and keeps the exit open the whole time. Miss any one of those four and the machine is a risk, no matter how many sensors the box claims. Below is a 12-point automatic litter box safety checklist you can run before you buy, plus a supervised test to do on day one. It also covers red flags, kittens, secondhand units and what to do if the machine jams. For the wider question of whether automatic litter boxes are safe at all, start there instead. Quick answer: are automatic litter boxes safe? For most...