The Poop Box Modification Revisited.

In my March 3, 2008 post, I detailed how I modified my Littermaid so that, even though I have 4 of the little poopers, I only have to change the container once a week. I have since perfected the modification. Now, instead of a stackable drawer, I'm using one of those heavy plastic storage boxes with lids that latch. I have cut a hole into the lid to allow the bag to hang down into the storage box where there's plenty of room for "contents" to collect in it.
I'm also using standard kitchen drawstring bags (20-gal size) instead of the wimpy little wastebasket liners I was using. They hold more, and are much more sturdy. Now to change the bag, I remove the paper clips that hold it to the side of the container, pull the top of the bag loose, pull the drawstring, then push it down into the storage box. I can then set the Littermaid aside, open the lid and remove the trash bag without worrying about it tearing. Then I simply install a new bag, and put the Littermaid back on top of the storage box. The whole process takes about 10 minutes, including carting the bag out to the alley.

And, a not-entirely-off-topic "DUH!" moment: There is a sink+cabinet unit in the utility room (you can see it to the left of the Littermaid in the top pix). The Littermaid has been in its present location beside this cabinet since I moved into my current digs on September 23, 2001. (Yes, that September.) I buy kitty litter in 40 lb boxes, which I keep in this cabinet. About a week or so before my shoulder surgery on October 8, 2008, it occurred to me that I could take the hinges off the cabinet door closest to the Littermaid and move them from the right side of the door to the left side so that it would open to the left instead of to the right, and I could refill the Littermaid with more litter without having that stupid cabinet door in the way. So the day before my surgery, I did. Seven years I scoop litter out of the box in the cabinet to fill the Littermaid with that stupid cabinet door in the way before it finally occurs to me to move the hinges. Took me about 20 minutes to do the deed. Double "DUH!"