Covered litter boxes trap odors, and can be really gross to your cat.
A covered litter box traps odours inside, so it will need to be cleaned more often than an open one.
Not exact matches
Humans like
covered boxes because they
trap the odor, reduce
litter scatter, and the big daddy reason of them all — no one really wants to look at the deposits made in the
box.
The obvious and clear upgrade to the standard
litter pan,
covered cat
boxes remove the mess from view and help to
trap odors.
Also, do not use
covered litter boxes as this can
trap the odor.
Covered litter boxes are the equivalent of port - o - potties for humans,
trapping odors inside.
However,
covered litter boxes can also
trap in odor, and your cat may refuse to use a
covered box if not kept sufficiently clean.
Covered litter boxes can
trap odors inside the
box, which is nice for you, but not for your cat.
With that in mind, a quick word about
covered litter boxes... A lot of people will get a
covered box, thinking that it will help
trap odors and keep them in the
box.
So whether or not we have a high sided
box or
covered box or whatever (we currently have a
covered one because it seems to
trap most of the pee), he will go in to use the
litter box, but his rear end still faces out the entrance and then out the pee goes.