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New monthly series. Once a month I list what is actually in use in this house right now, not what I reviewed once and forgot about. If something drops off the list, it is because a cat stopped using it or it broke. September is the first one, and it is also the month the whole site got rebuilt, so this doubles as the current household setup.
The box
Litter-Robot 5 Pro in the hallway, Litter-Robot 4 in the laundry room. Both running Dr. Elsey's. The 5 Pro's cat ID caught Penelope making extra trips last winter, which is why it stays the main box. Full comparison in 5 Pro vs 4.
Litter-Robot, 90-day trial →Dr. Elsey's Ultra Clumping Cat Litter, 40 lb · About $25
One bag a month with four cats. Hard clumps, no dust.
The food
Life's Abundance dry from the automatic feeder at 6am and 2pm, pate wet food by hand at dinner. Stripes has not thrown up since spring.
Life's Abundance Cat Food · Auto-ship
The daily kibble. Auto-ship means I never run out.
PETLIBRO Automatic Cat Feeder · About $90
Two units, two cats each. Small meals on a schedule ended the 5am screaming.
Water
Catit Flower fountain in the hallway, filter changed on the 1st of the month. Penelope is still camped at it.
Catit Flower Fountain · About $30
Still the most used object in the house after the litter box.
Toys in rotation this month
Feather wand every night. The self-rolling ball is on its second battery cycle of the month, Luna's doing. Tunnel is in the living room. The crinkle pillows went back in the drawer for October.
Interactive Self Rolling Cat Toy Ball · About $20
Luna's solo toy. Charged twice this month, which tells you how much it gets used.
Feather Wand Cat Teaser Toy · About $10
Nightly. Replaced the feathers this month, the wand is fine.
Sleep
It is still warm in Southern California, so the heated bed is unplugged but occupied. Stripes lives in it either way. The window perch is Penelope's afternoon spot.
K&H Thermo-Kitty Heated Cat Bed · About $35
Unplugged for summer, still the most popular bed. Plugging it back in around October.
What got returned this month
A ball-track toy with a ring. Luna knocked the ball out of the track in an hour and it became a piece of plastic on the floor. Back it went. Not everything survives four cats, and I will say so here every month.
Next month
Heated beds go back on, the litter room gets a second air purifier test, and I am trying a new pate brand for the wet dinner. Results in the October roundup.
Full curated list on the shop page. Who the cats are: Meet the Cats.
