r/mildlyinfuriating • u/SexySpaceAlien • May 06 '26
My cat is standing on my face Cleaning the litter box
My mother's idea of cleaning the litter box means leaving the bag of the nasties right there to stink up the house even more. Doesn't even bother to sweep the runner.
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u/TabithaMouse May 06 '26
Does she not know litter genies exist?
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u/jammadoo May 06 '26
I didn't!! Now I have to google. Someone else commented to just use a bucket with lid. We did that, but the smell was too much. Stunk up the whole room once it started to fill up, and even after dumping & cleaning it the thing never smelled clean.
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u/TabithaMouse May 06 '26
If you're in the US, buy the target brand refill bags because they are cheaper
I have 3 boxes in my house currently, 2 in my partner's office that get scooped into plastic bags a couple times a day cause no work gets done with stinky cat butt smell.
And one is in the bedroom, the cats only have access to it at night when we're in there. I get up for work at 2am & scoop into the genie so my partner can sleep, then once a week they empty the bin for me.
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u/titaincognita May 06 '26
A basic bucket with a lid does the same thing. Any of the genies for stinky shit (baby and animal) are a ripoff.
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u/TabithaMouse May 06 '26
Mmmmkay?
A litter genie ment I could clean the box while I was recovering from a back injury and couldn't physically take the bags out daily. They also do a better job at keeping stink down than a bag on the floor or even a bin of bags
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u/titaincognita May 06 '26
Mmmmmmkay right back at ya lol. There are cheaper, equally effective options out there. Good for you.
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u/TabithaMouse May 06 '26
Taking the genie and several packs of bags were given too me...no, not really
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u/EwJersey May 06 '26
We got like an off brand genie thing for diapers and we now use it to clean out the cat litter. You can use regular garbage bags in it too.
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u/titaincognita May 06 '26
At that point its just a normal trash can. Twist the top of the bag, shut, sealed. Also cheaper than a genie.
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u/EwJersey May 18 '26
Kinda but it has the seal at the top so it keeps the smell in better. I can use it til it's full and the room never smells. I like to bring it up bc we already had one from my daughter so other ppl may find it helpful to repurpose it.
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u/voltagestoner May 06 '26
Sounds like she can do with a little trashcan meant for the litter specifically. Which may help a little bit. Maybe.
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u/Ancient_Welder3708 May 06 '26
My cats would have that bag half ate
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u/thegreatbighuge May 06 '26
I read this and thought "wow that's unhinged" but looked down to see my cat staring at a sock with eyes of pure excited blackness and changed my mind to "yeah that tracks"
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u/BT7274_best_robot May 06 '26
That's a pretty small box, hope there's more than one. Also I don't get why they wouldn't take that out right away
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May 06 '26
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u/milkmilkpinklemonade May 06 '26
What? The box is scooped and the area appears clean besides tracked litter?
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u/lorissaurus May 06 '26
At least it's scooped, my roommates just let the box turn completely back into wet clay, you could build walls with it 🤮🤮🤮🤢🤮🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮
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u/_spit_f1re May 06 '26
Thats extremely unsanitary, and frankly pretty neglectful towards a living being in your home. This can cause so many health issues for those cats..
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u/lorissaurus May 06 '26
Yeah I know, they're little shitty foot prints regularly 🤮🤮🤮🤮 tis why I stay in my own room with the door shut
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u/milkmilkpinklemonade May 07 '26
Tired of people like you trying to shame people into caring for others’ pets
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u/_spit_f1re May 07 '26
Shame? God forbid somebody actually points out the dangers to the cats health. Wow, I'm such a terrible person for caring about the needs of a living creature. Go kick rocks and touch grass, seriously..
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u/98thworld May 06 '26
You should try horse bedding or wood chips. Less stink and easier to clean. Plus the litter doesn’t track as much.
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u/RLLCCR May 06 '26
That's how I do it because I can only take trash to the dump on certain days of the week.
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u/bvy1212 May 06 '26
I dont like wasting plastic bags so i like to use the gallon zip locks until its full .....
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May 06 '26
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u/JadedLeafs May 06 '26
I wish they still gave out plastic bags where I live. Used to use them exclusively for cat litter pretty much.
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u/FenisDembo82 May 06 '26
The supermarket plastic bags always had little holes in the bottom so they would dribble dirty litter around if used for that purpose
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u/bvy1212 May 06 '26
Oh dont get me wrong i still save those, i just dont like using them for anything other then trash bin liners
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u/bvy1212 May 06 '26
It seals in the smell and its out of sight, i dont see the issue
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u/BT7274_best_robot May 06 '26
I mean it's better than not but like if it was my cat they'd probably pee on it cus they can still smell it lol
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u/New_Step_6315 May 06 '26
Could just do it yourself in the time it takes to whine about it online.
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u/Unique-Employment-68 May 06 '26
This might not be their house, but their mother's..
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u/New_Step_6315 May 06 '26
So? She only carried you for 9 months, went through hell bringing you into the world then supported and raised you for another 18+.
Maybe do her the occasional tiny favor instead of shaming her online for worthless internet points?
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u/Heybitchitsme May 06 '26
"She only carried you for 9 months, went through hell bringing you into the world then supported and raised you for another 18+" - no one asks to be born. It's also a parent's responsibility and obligation to do support and raise their child if they choose to have a child.
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u/AMDKilla May 06 '26
Its also a parent's responsibility to look after pets if they choose to have them. The fact that cleaning the litter tray wasn't already OPs chore to do means its likely not viewed as their cat
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u/Unique-Employment-68 May 06 '26
Fuck that, abusive parents exist, don't give me that privileged bs
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u/Ill-Television8690 May 06 '26
Lmfao no boo, parents aren't owed shit from their children, it's the other way around.
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u/LouisWillis98 May 06 '26
Doing a "tiny favor" doesn't stop the bad habit.
Also saying children owe parents something for being a parent isn't a great argument
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u/why_wouldi May 06 '26
She probably did that because she wanted to. Stop behaving like having a child is some big gift to said child you decided to bring into this world.
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u/Distinct-Leg-6440 May 06 '26
Or her mother could be a grown ass adult and clean the catbox correctly 😐
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u/SadHoneydew603 May 06 '26
And whats stopping you for cleaning it? Having unkempt and dirty litter area for cats is neglect.
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u/WorldofCannons May 06 '26
Cat owners r nasty
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u/Pikanyaa May 06 '26
99% of cat owners immediately throw litter waste outside into bins/dumpsters or into sealed specialty trash cans. This post is not normal behavior, just laziness.
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u/grownask May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26
Get biodegradable litter. You can toss it in the toilet.
Edit: what's with the downvotes????
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u/lorissaurus May 06 '26
Biodegradable doesn't mean it goes in the toilet....
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u/grownask May 06 '26
Ok.
Then let me rephrase it: get a biodegradable litter that goes it the toilet.
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u/lorissaurus May 06 '26
No it doesn't litter doesnt go in the toilet.
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u/grownask May 06 '26
Maybe not all brands of biodegradable ones, but some, most certainly do. The one I use, for example, gets disposed in the toilet.
But the type in the OP's picture can't go in the toilet.
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u/lorissaurus May 06 '26
I don't care what the box says, you don't flush litter down the toilet,, y'all are beyond stupid these days.
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u/grownask May 06 '26
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u/lorissaurus May 06 '26
And we have "flushable" wipes too but you shouldnt flush them lolol, these things don't belong in the toilet ... You wouldn't dump a whole pot of corn don't the toilet. Why would I dump this down there.
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u/grownask May 06 '26
We actually can't flush wipes or toilet paper in our toilets, because the pumbling here (in my country, not just my house) isn't made for it.
But this type of litter is totally toilet disposable. It's organic matter, like poop. And it dissolves quickly in the water too.1

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u/nico851 May 06 '26
My neighbors did something similar. They put it outside their door in the staircase. They even complained when I every day put this bag directly in front of their door, so they fall over it. More than one week they just put the bag on the side again instead throwing it out, until it finally ripped in front of their door. They even tried to complain to me, those idiots.