CatGenie A.I. Self-Cleaning, Fully-Flushing, Self-Scooping, Automatic Cat Box

The media could not be loaded. I suck at scooping! I’ve wanted this litter box forever. Oct 2022 I finally paid the almost $500 for the Cat Genie A.I. I call it my Bougie Litter Box.I have two cats. One deaf & one hearing. The Cat Genie is loud when it runs it’s cycle. My deaf cat thought this machine was her new BFF full of water, movement, and shaking! It is the best toy ever for her! She knows if she gets in, it will start moving 5 min later. She waits. Eager for it to start moving. My hearing cat on the other hand, was kind of freaked out with this machine at first. He’s still not fully sold on it. He pees in it, but doesn’t want to poop in it for some reason. My other cat loves it. Uses it with zero problems.TIPS AND TRICKS1. Do not use cat activation at first - do manual - and close the door so the cat(s) can’t see the machine run at first. Let them get used to the noise behind a closed door. I did this for a few weeks before I let the machine run a cycle in front of the cats. Minus the first day I set it up and my curious deaf cat accidentally started a cycle. See next tip…2. Lock the buttons on the machine. I didn’t realize u could lock it. My cat climbed on top and pressed the “start cycle” button w her cute little toe beans right after I hooked it up. (Video attached) Whoopsie! Found the lock options in the app after this.3. My cats both finally began peeing in the box regularly, but nobody was pooping in it. They pooped in my regular litter box (out next to the cat genie). One day, a cat pooped on the floor. I took the poop from the floor and put it in the box. I let it cycle. Hoping the scent of poop in the box (even washed) attracted them to poop in the box. It did! That got at least one cat to poop in the litter box.4. Read the acclimation directions and follow them. Go slowly. I’m using cat activation now (3 months later), but literally just switched from manual this month. My hearing cat needed a decent amount of time due to the loud noises of the cycle. He’s still not a big fan of the noises.5. Keep the old litter box for as long as u feel u need to. I just shut off access to my old litter box to see what would happen. Not sure if it’ll be permanent or not. My older kitty poops in clay litter or sometimes on the floor but not in this box for some reason. Thankful he is peeing in the cat genie though. For this reason, I may always have one clay litter box w/the cat genie. Not sure yet.Easy to set up. I did it by myself fairly quickly.Smell: Yes, the smell of the scented solution is distinct. It’s not horrible. Kind of smells like port-a-potty juice, ha! I ended up moving my litter box to the basement bathroom, so it’s far enough away that the scent isn’t something that bothers me. Smells so much better than my unscooped litter boxes.Value for the $: Still not thrilled about the price. Only 3 stars for value. I don’t love that we have to use only cat genie solution, etc.Overall, even w/one kitty not pooping in this box, I’m happy w/ this purchase. The house smells better. I’m not scooping. It’s lovely!

Who wants to pay $500 for a cat litter? No one. Who wants to scoop litter? No one. This wins out by far without regrets.How to get the most out of this:I connected it under the sink with a laundry connection so that it's directly plumbed into the drain. I purchased the hood, door, and mat. All of those are very worthwhile accessories. They fit well and actually improve the functionality of the machine.I found this before a two week vacation where I couldn't find a cat watcher, and we have 3 cats. We have an auto feeder that lasts a month, auto filling water fountain, but the last thing we needed was an autocleaning litter box.Unfortunately we only had less than a week to acclimate the cats to this. One cat loved it and immediately took to it, the 2nd was skeptical but used it as we removed the other litter boxes, our 3rd cat was ok until she observed the cleaning cycle and seemed worried that would happen while she was in there. But was very curious about it. We setup a video camera so we could watch them while we were gone and it was very interesting to see their interest in this. We did have a few accidents but that was because we didn't have the time to properly introduce them to it. Mainly the 3rd cat. After returning there haven't been any issues.3 cats is the limit for the newest version of this. We're going to purchase another when the new house is ready. There's just not enough space and for another one.The main issue is that it takes 38 minutes for a cleaning cycle. I have it set to start 20 minutes after a visit. That allows two cats to use before a cycle. I learned that they tend to go behind each other. I learned that watching their habits on the video. However, another would ensure one was ready to go at all times.I've learned there's a cult like following for this and I completely understand why. You do have to purchase the sanitizer every few months and replace the washable litter because some of it sticks to the feces and a bit of it gets tracked out. However, the mat collects most that the cats track out. It's much more convenient to refill with a pancake box of litter, and sanitizer than the heavy cat litter.