JupiterSnarlAdvice: Fancy robot catbox stinks more than analog!
betterdeadthanredditEven in this digital age, there’s no escaping anal log conversion.
😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈Respect the Cat!
Manually clean their shit… there is no short cuts.
I wondered how long it would be before you showed up…
Hmm, should I be insulted? 🤔
I took a brief peek at those machines, does your model have adjustable settings? A review I saw said they could set how long the machine waits after it has been used to clean itself. Maybe increase that time to give the litter more time to absorb the waste?
ryannathansThis one, the machines that wait like 15-20 minutes don’t have this problem
Get a smart switch and put it in the fan. Run Home Assistant on a RaspPi. Use the fancy box’s api to create an automation that turns the fan on for ten minutes any time the box is used.
Worked for me.
If you want, you can even make a light flash red as a warning.
*Technical equipment and setup may be prohibitive.
I’m mostly kidding, but yes, this is my solution.
How do you check for air quality?
Airthings quality monitor. Mostly working as a rigged up radon mitigation for now.
Wow, didn’t know that exists. Can it detect poop smell? I got an exhaust fan rigged to a smart relay and only use it as a timer, and sometime the outside air can be pretty bad so i can’t switch on sometime.
I’m sure VOCs spike. My “air quality good” is just checking radon and CO2. It’s not directly related to this.
a.co/d/559c5eD for the airthings quality monitor.
www.home-assistant.io/getting-started/ for the HA stuff. Everything you need for HA is about $160 if you go with their packaged stuff, a Home Assistant Green and a ZBT-1 USB stick. You can do it cheaper if you want to set up your own RaspPi and MicroSD and format it yourself (though their case and heatsink and whatnot seems nice.)
I can talk more about Home Assistant. Everything is going to Matter and Thread likely in the next year. You probably already have a Thread router in your house. Hue just came out with their thread bulbs. IKEA will release their matter/thread lineup between now and January.
Then there’s my whole solar setup, which I have a post about here somewhere.
Thanks! Right now i don’t have any hub or router, i just use the thing that connect to my wifi, one is Tapo light bulb from TPLink, and another is Sonoff relay which I connected to an exhaust fan, both on different app and i checked tapo isn’t on HA list(i use tapo robot vacuum). I’m still figuring out what’s this thread and matter and zigbee thing though, it’s a bit confusing to me so i’m just gonna take thing slowly.
Don’t know if it’s helpful or even compatible with your device, but about 8 months ago I switched our (non-automated) litter boxes over to using a new litter, “Naturally Fresh”. It’s made out of crushed walnut shells, and they market it as having natural odor-control properties. It’s also significantly cheaper than the “World’s Best” cat litter we were using previously. For my part, I attest that the marketing is not just hype. We keep a litter box in our downstairs powder room which guests typically use. Several people who have visited with us since the change have commented on how little odor there is and wanted to know what litter we’re using (mostly other cat owners). Alternatively, you can buy odor-control litter additives at the pet store. I’ve used one made out of (I think?) wheat bran that works pretty well.
Swedneckthis, there’s much better litter these days. My mom uses something made of sawdust i think and not only is that obviously great for the environment, it’s more effective and less smelly
Your entire house is now under the control of toxoplasma gondii. Just accept it.
closes wikipedia thank you for the nightmare. Sigh.
Eh it could be worse… We’re all already mind controlled by cats anyway. Let’s be real…