Help! I'd like your recommendations on the best appliance to pick up kitty litter on hardwood floors. I have my cats' litter box in one bathroom and try to keep the excess litter in that room. But I still find kitty litter on the floor in other parts of the house. Since I have hardwood floors in the house and a marble floor in the master bath, I would like to keep the excess kitter litter to a minimum.

What kind of appliance would work best for this? I've tried electric brooms, dust busters, vacuum cleaners and the old broom and dust pan. Most seem to work well at first and then leave as much litter as they initially picked up (even after emptying or cleaning the filter). Any suggestions on how to keep the floors clean?

Thanks for your help!

Karen

Vacuum cleaners and brooms do work. I would be curious what brand and model appliances did not work for you. A full sized vacuum cleaner will work, if used properly. Some uprights are not going to work well, if their brushroll cannot be shut off.

A broom with very, very soft bristles will move the kitty litter to the dust pan better than other brooms.

Thanks for your help and suggestions. I've used a Black & Decker dust buster, a Dirt Devil electric broom, and a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner. A broom and dust pan seem to work best. But I don't think the broom had particularly soft bristles. I will try kitty litter mats. I never thought they worked but it's worth a try!

Thanks again for your suggestions!

Karen

Thanks for your help. What is the Tidy Cat Breeze System? I've tried that Litter Maid automatic litter box and find the noise it makes after the kitties use it, wakes me up at night and scares them!

My kitties (2 brothers) are about 9 months old. They still "play" in the litter box. I'm hoping they out grow that. But in the mean time I'm worried about my parque floors that I just had refinished! I'll look into the Bissell rechargeable sweeper. When I looked at a Miele vacuum cleaner, it was very expensive and made the old method of broom and dust pan look a bit better! But I am planning to invest in some of those litter mats this weekend.

Thanks for all your suggestions!

Karen

I think you are exactly right. My cat that was old and had kidney problems would get litter stuck to his paws. The problem was worse if he used his litter box and then went in my shower or some other area with water. I never thought about it if the litter was on their paws when they were cleaning themselves.

Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, I can't use the clay type litter as it requires changing too often. I'm disabled and have trouble walking. I need help when I change the scoopable litter and can barely manage that.

Thanks again for your thoughts.

Karen

I bought the Tidy Cat Breeze system two weeks ago and my boy (2 years old) has yet to use it for #1 or #2.