How to stop grass and cat waste inside a catio
Leaving natural grass inside an enclosure causes it to grow unchecked while trapping urine odors from pets or local strays. This creates an unmanageable maintenance chore and an unsanitary environment that makes the space unusable.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using brick for the flooring
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“If you leave grass in there, the cats will pee in it.”source ↗
Lavinia-Whateley · r/cats · 2 upvotes
“I definitely don’t want that. I have a feral colony and it will become a pissing contest.”source ↗
Massive_Grapefruit54 · r/cats · 2 upvotes
“I’m worried if I leave the ground as grass, that it will grow tall and attract fleas. I doubt I will go in it just to trim the grass.”source ↗
Massive_Grapefruit54 · r/cats · 1 upvotes