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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

325.0. "Fresh FeLiners" by CLUSTA::TAMIR () Thu Sep 11 1986 16:48

    Has anyone out there heard of the latest thing in litter box
    management?  There's a new product called Fresh FeLines (how cutsie)
    made by Colgate-Palmolive that you use to line the litter box and
    then place litter on top of it.  It's sort of a large Pampers for
    litter boxes.  They come in a package of 2 (for $2.19 here in Nashua)
    but they claim that you need less litter (an inch of less is best
    they say) and that it's absorbent qualities make the litter last
    longer.  The outer layer is plastic, the inner layer is some form
    of absorbent material, and the top layer is some kind of fiber that
    allows "wetness" to pass through to the absorbent middle layer.
    The top layer is allegedly rip-proof.  They claim to fit any standard
    size litter box.  There are adhesive strips that hold the FeLiner
    to the outside of the litter box.
    
    While we're still in "field test" at my house, the inital results
    are mixed.  It fit just fine in my standard litter box, but there
    doesn't seem to be enough adhesive to stand up to Honey the Himmy.
    He has a habit of scratching everything around his box, including
    the sides of the box, the wall behind the box, the floor, and anything
    else in his efforts to bury his (looking for a good word...), well,
    his waste matter.  Last night, he managed to pull at the sides enough
    to un-adhere the FeLiner from the sides of the box, and since that
    wasn't good enough for him, he pulled the slightly wet thing half out
    of the box (litter and all).  He seemed quite pleased with himself.
    I taped it back into place, added more litter, and seemed quite
    pleased with myself!
    
    There's a toll-free number you can call to get a free sample of
    Fresh FeLines (and at a buck each, I may call several more times!).
    The number is (800) 227-4200.  Tell the friendly operator you want
    to receive a sample of Fresh FeLiners, and eventually one will arrive
    in the mail (I'm still waiting for mine...).
    
    BTW, the package contained a card requesting comments on Fresh
    FeLiners.  The company will send you a check for $1.00 for filling
    out the card and sending it back with comments.
    
    Mary

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
325.1	Or 20 for $1.99	CLT::BENNISON		`Thu Sep 11 1986 17:20`	6
	I just buy the cheapest 30 gallon garbage can liners I can find, lay them (flat) into the cat pan, and use masking tape (the cheapest brand I can find) all the way around under the lip of the pan. When I want to change it I just tear the masking tape, tie the garbage bag and contents up into a bundle, again using masking tape to tie it off, and dump it. No muss no fuss, and cheap.
325.2	But these ain't plastic liners...	CLUSTA::TAMIR		`Fri Sep 12 1986 10:39`	9
	I tried plastic liners, but Honey turns them into shreds in minutes. These new things aren't plastic, but a non-woven fiber that he doesn't seem to be able to shred. The middle layer does seem to absorb wetness, and the litter seems to be staying dryer than it used to. Field test continues.... M.
325.3		CLT::BENNISON		`Fri Sep 12 1986 14:56`	4
	Hmmm. Neither of our cats has ever so much as put a pin-prick in the plastic bags. They don't ever dig down that far. No plastic is ever exposed except around the rim and they leave that alone. Maybe we use more litter than you do.
325.4	Some cats just like to dig to China.	NINJA::HEFFEL	Tracey Heffelfinger	`Mon Sep 15 1986 10:52`	16
	I don't think the anount of litter used makes any difference. I think it's more a factor of "do your cats liketo scratch?" Gandalf takes great joy out of putting his nose right down to the litter hunching his shoulders and DIGGING like there was no tomorrow. We may eventually have to replave one of the boxes because he's starting to make his way through the plastic of the LITTER BOX. ('course I suppose I'd rather replace the box than the couch.) We've tried liners and they were an utter fiasco! We just had shreds of plastic in with the litter. Oh, well. tlh
325.5	Give 'em a bulldozer.	CLT::DAMORE		`Tue Sep 16 1986 09:57`	8
	I have the same problem. My cat digs until she is content there isn't a thing left to shred. Usually plastic liners don't last a day and a half. I stopped using them and just put he litter in the box without a liner, and although she still scratches she doesn't seem to mind. Of course the litter has to do all the absorbing now. I am going to try those free samples...sounds good. Andy
325.6	Honey the Hardhat	CLUSTA::TAMIR		`Tue Sep 16 1986 10:13`	15
	I can just see Honey in his box operating his bulldozer, a cigar hanging out of the corner of is mouth, his hardhat on.... Field test continues with the first FeLiner, and results seem to be quite good. The liner is doing a very good job absorbing the "wetness" and the litter in the corner of the box where he "wets" is much drier than normal. As for odor, it seems to be much less than normal after a week without a litter change. And Honey hasn't even put a tiny tear in it. Even the adhesive seems to be holding up (now that I put it in right...). I'm still waiting for my free sample to arrive. They're available locally (to the greater Nashua area) at Demoulas/Market Basket. Mary
325.7		DONJON::SCHREINER	Pussycat, on the prowl...	`Thu Sep 18 1986 11:27`	10
	I have the same digging problem with my female, Noname...she will dig and dig until she can get to the bottom...I think I will try the Fresh Feliners. Currently, I use newspaper (usually an entire section from the sunday paper) in the litterbox before putting the litter in. Although some of the paper gets ripped, it usually doesn't cause a mess, and does help the litter last longer. Also helps when changing the boxes as the litter doesn't stick to the bottom. cin