Get an AC-powered computer fan, some of that plastic flexible duct that says "NOT for dryer exhausts", and duct-tape them up to one of those rolling cat boxes. Then you just cut a hole in the side of the house or rig something in a window, and suck those smells away.
When the cat uses the box, the fan speeds up like an overloaded vacuum cleaner.-- blitzberg, Jan 09 2003 LitterFree http://www.litterfree.com/Self cleaning litter box, flushes contents to toilet or laundry drain [Boots, Oct 04 2004] <Insert-8th-of-7's-standard-anti-cat-rant-here>
Ahhh, that's better. Haven't done that for while. First of 2003 too !
Welcome, [blitzberg].-- 8th of 7, Jan 09 2003 I believe UnaBubba has the deluxe version.-- po, Jan 09 2003 Hm. Unlike human toilets, where the waste is flushed away, the cat box retains its stinky contents long after the cat has gone. Will the fan keep whirring away all that time?
Or perhaps you could crank up the fan to top speed, and blow the cat box contents onto your neighbor's lawn?-- DrCurry, Jan 09 2003 Not a bad idea, however I want the LitterFree system. You only need to replace litter a couple times a year and the system cleans and dries the rocks while flushing the nasty away.-- Boots, Jan 09 2003 A yes, kitty litter. If changed regularly, does it not work to neutralize odors?-- snarfyguy, Jan 09 2003 I leave the fan running, on the cat room. Constant negative pressure and no odours.
Of course, not everyone has a tiled 8ft x 3ft room purposebuilt for cat litter trays, with its own 8in x 8in tunnel running under the kitchen cupboards for 3ft, so the cats can crawl through to go to the dunny.
Some kitty litter supposedly neutralises odours. I haven't found one that works.-- UnaBubba, Jan 10 2003 I built a small rabbit-hutch like structure with side cat-entrance door and hinged lid for human access. The litter tray is in this, outside the house and protected from the elements. Plastic liners make changing the litter a doddle.
I've found most litters do actually work at neutralising niffs, but they need some time to, I don't know, suck the surface moisture out of the stuff or something. Personally I'm not prepared to wait.-- egbert, Jan 10 2003 Or the litter box could be conveniently placed near an open window and have a built in catapult which would fling the cat’s business into the neighbour’s garden after it had finished.-- talen, Jan 10 2003 Please tell me that you live next to 8/7, [talen]... p-p-p-plleeeeaaasse.-- UnaBubba, Jan 10 2003 No. But I could always make the catapult I could always make the catapult really, really, really big, or have it loaded into mini ICBMs.-- talen, Jan 10 2003 [Insert expletive here] I’ll change that mistake post-haste. But you get the idea anyway.-- talen, Jan 10 2003 Where do you live? Which couch?-- UnaBubba, Jan 10 2003 You can get hermetically sealed cat litter trays with a plastic cat flap at the front that sealed with rubber after the kity and a pad in the roof that sucks up pooey odours.I sold these in a shop where i worked and even bought one for my cat, unfortunately she was to scared to go in. Maybe i can find another use for it?-- squeak, Jan 10 2003 //hermetically sealed cat litter trays with a plastic cat flap at the front that sealed with rubber after the kity and a pad in the roof that sucks up pooey odours// what cat in its right mind would use that?-- po, Jan 10 2003 How about getting a dog instead?-- just4kinks, May 27 2004 Well, for a dog, you'd need a bigger fan.-- bristolz, May 27 2004 Besides, the word dogapult is not as much fun.-- normzone, May 27 2004 This could be done very easily with a dryer window vent kit. Some people don't have a good spot to put the litter box in and are stuck with the smell. A device like this should help them deal with it.-- ftzdomino, Nov 09 2004 halfbakery