The Truth About Automatic Litter Boxes

Summary

In this engaging discussion, Jackson Galaxy delves into the world of automatic litter boxes, highlighting both their innovations and drawbacks. The video isn't just a review but a thorough exploration of how technological advances intersect with pet care, particularly concerning cat hygiene. Jackson shares his personal insights on the different types of automated litter boxes, such as the Litter Robot and Omega Paul, while stressing the importance of traditional litter boxes as tools for monitoring cat health. The overarching theme underscores the critical role of a litter box as a "report card" for a cat's wellbeing, advocating for a balanced perspective when considering modern conveniences versus tried-and-true methods.

Highlights

• Jackson emphasizes that while automatic litter boxes provide convenience, they might not suit every cat or house. 🔍
• He explains the traditional box as a 'scent post', pivotal for a cat's territorial confidence. 🚩
• Discusses potential technology-induced fears in cats from malfunctioning automatic boxes. 😱
• Stresses the unique bond between cats and their litter as a reflection of cat mojo and health. 🌿
• Highlights the community feedback aspect in choosing the right litter technology. 📨

Key Takeaways

• Automatic litter boxes offer modern convenience but come with notable downsides. 🌟
• Traditional litter boxes act as a health monitor for your cat. 📋
• The engagement between pet and owner is crucial in choosing the right litter solution. 🐱
• Technical glitches in automated litter boxes could deter cats from using them. ⚠️
• The cat's natural behavior and territoriality are vital considerations in litter box solutions. 📌

Overview

In a lively discussion, Jackson Galaxy weighs the pros and cons of automatic litter boxes. He introduces popular models like the Litter Robot and Omega Paul, dissecting their operational mechanics and the promises they offer to cat owners. Despite these innovations aiming to simplify cleaning tasks, he shares his skepticism, questioning their real-world effectiveness and safety.

Traditional litter boxes might seem old-fashioned, but Jackson talks passionately about their pivotal role. Describing them as both a scent marker and health indicator, he argues that they cannot be replaced easily by automated counterparts. Owners should be mindful of the social and psychological aspects of litter boxes, not just their cleanliness and convenience.

Jackson encourages viewer interaction, inviting opinions and shared experiences about their own cat litter solutions. His goal isn't just informational but to foster a community dialogue around pet care innovations. According to Jackson, every choice in pet care, including using automatic litter boxes, should balance modern amenities with the inherent needs of our feline friends.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction to the Topic In this introductory chapter, Jackson sets the stage by discussing a familiar yet critical item in pet care – the litter box. Highlighting its importance, Jackson humorously mentions how it's a recurring topic and how its proper use is crucial to his job. This introduction aims to engage listeners with a light-hearted take on a fundamental aspect of pet care.
• 00:30 - 09:20: Discussion on Automatic Litter Boxes The chapter discusses automatic litter boxes, including various types such as plug-in, battery-powered, and those with handles. The speaker expresses admiration for the elegance of the cat, emphasizing the convenience and design of these modern litter boxes. The transcript mentions a historical note about Ed Lowe's invention of cat litter in the 1940s, highlighting the traditional approach of using a box.
• 09:20 - 14:00: Concluding Remarks The chapter 'Concluding Remarks' highlights the transition of an idea from a simple concept to a thriving entrepreneurial venture. The speaker encourages engagement from the audience by asking them to subscribe, comment, and like the content, even if they disagree with it because of its informative nature.

The Truth About Automatic Litter Boxes Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:27:18 Jackson Today we're going to talk about something that I probably mention at least 75% of every time I talk to you guys. This is the final word on the topic. What could it be? What could it be? This, my friends, is a litter box. It is a box that holds cat litter. Cats go in it and they hopefully poop and pee, hopefully exclusively. 00:00:27:18 - 00:00:52:10 Jackson But if they did, I wouldn't have a job.
• 00:30 - 01:00 Yeah, very simple. Today I'm going to be talking about automatic litter boxes. When I say automatic, yes, it's the plug in kind. It's the battery powered kind. It's the kind that has handles. It's the kind that tries to take this beautifully elegant creature. Every time I look at this, I'm like, You are perfect. 00:00:52:10 - 00:01:17:19 Jackson And not just because this is my litter box that I designed. Since Ed Lowe invented cat litter in the 1940s. We're just like, Put it in a box.
• 01:00 - 01:30 my God. My cat goes in it. Great. Let's keep it. And then the entrepreneurial spirit takes over and it becomes the next best thing. So let's talk about it. But before I do that, don't forget to subscribe to the channel. 00:01:17:19 - 00:01:40:18 Jackson Don't forget to leave a comment below, because I'm sure a lot of you are going to have something to say about this one. And don't forget to give this a like if you even don't like what I'm saying because it's informative and I'll. All right.
• 01:30 - 02:00 Now, remember, this is not necessarily a product review video, but in order to sort of highlight my take on these things, I need to call out certain brands. 00:01:40:18 - 00:02:02:05 Jackson So I'm going to do it. So the first one is the most obvious. If you talk about automated litter boxes these days, everybody knows what a litter robot is. It's electric. You plug it in and your cat goes in there and then it just sort of, you know, sifts through it itself. And after they've left the box and it takes their clumps and deposits it below.
• 02:00 - 02:30 00:02:02:05 - 00:02:24:08 Jackson So that's the litter robot the litter made. So the litter mate is like, you know, it reminds me of like a Zamboni, like, you know, in between periods at a hockey game, you know, you know the Zamboni. Okay, good. Anyway, it's a rake, and when the cat leaves the box, it will just rake the stuff into this sort of tube looking repository. 00:02:24:10 - 00:02:51:22 Jackson And that's what you empty and take out. So that's the litter made. Now, the next one doesn't really qualify as automated, automated.
• 02:30 - 03:00 The next one doesn't really. But the way I said it, Automated, automated, automated. Automated, automated. The next one is exactly automated because you don't plug it in, but it achieves the effect of saying, I don't have to scoop. 00:02:52:01 - 00:03:09:22 Jackson And that's called the Omega Paul and the Omega pot. It's basically it looks like a washing machine and you're kind of acting like a washing machine
• 03:00 - 03:30 with a crank. So it's basically like a slow motion spin cycle. And you spin it. And again, the clumps are supposed to go into a little repository. So it's the same thing without a battery. 00:03:09:22 - 00:03:32:09 Jackson And the next one is called the breeze and it's a more of a system. And that system involves a litter box with a pan underneath it to collect pee. And the reason why the pee can collect is because you use a special pellet based litter pee goes right through poop. You still got a scoop.
• 03:30 - 04:00 That one's amazing when you talk about sales techniques right there. 00:03:32:09 - 00:03:52:05 Unknown Because, I mean, you still got to scoop poop and you then have to buy a special litter and the puppy pads. So bravo, because that one's all right. So I'm not saying those are the only type of automated type litter boxes on the market. And I would love to hear from you. If you know something that I haven't found, just put it down in the comments and I'll do a follow up on this. 00:03:52:05 - 00:04:18:21 Unknown But there's a lot of quote unquote, knockoffs to these original ideas. You know, there's a lot of little robots out there. There's a lot of Omega Paul looking ones out there.
• 04:00 - 04:30 But these were, as far as I know, the originals. So that is our main clump. So that's the main sort of grouping of automated litter boxes. And of course the hook is you don't have to scoop your litter box. 00:04:18:23 - 00:04:40:22 Unknown So now before I tell you exactly why I don't like all of these boxes, let me tell you why I do like our friend the box. Why do I love the box? First thing I'm talking about is the idea of the territorial signpost by signposts.
• 04:30 - 05:00 You know, I've talked to a lot before about scent smokers in the house and how cats identify the sanctity of the territory and their ownership of that territory by their scent. 00:04:41:01 - 00:05:04:07 Unknown The king of all scent soakers is the litter box being able to walk by something. And even though you scoop it all the time, there's no scent coming out of it whatsoever. Believe me, your cat can smell it and they walk by it. They smell themselves and they go, Yeah, that's me. I owned the place. Moving on, I imagine like putting that flag in, you know, saying, Welcome to Cat Bill
• 05:00 - 05:30 or really welcome to Casper's Cat Bill. 00:05:04:08 - 00:05:30:12 Unknown You know, that's, that's the signpost. And if they smell the other cats in the house, they go, Yeah, that's us. I belong to us. Moving on, The idea that a cat actually goes in a box is so amazing and so against their nature. And if there was ever proof that cats have actually domesticated themselves to a certain degree and compromised with us, if it means they get the good food and a warm bed and
• 05:30 - 06:00 you and all that. 00:05:30:12 - 00:05:58:14 Unknown All right, I'll go in the box. This has worked pretty darn well. The idea of monkeying with a good thing. It was an elegant solution back then. It's an elegant solution right now. Our tastes have changed. The cat's has not. Now, for more information about how I see litter boxes as signposts and territorial sources of cat mojo and all of that kind of thing, take a look at the litter Box playlist on this channel. 00:05:58:14 - 00:06:23:12 Jackson
• 06:00 - 06:30 It really goes into just about every nook and cranny of information that you could possibly get on my philosophy anyway, on litter boxes. Now, I wish I could take credit for this, but I can't. I won't. This came from a friend of mine's veterinarian and they called the litter box a report card of your cat's health. That's really cool when you think about it, because it really is. 00:06:23:14 - 00:06:45:20 Jackson If you're using one of these automated litter boxes, it basically when you're not looking, just gets rid of the evidence, gets rid of everything that that tells you about what's
• 06:30 - 07:00 going on with your cat. I mean, is there blood in there urine? Is there blood in their stool? Is it runny? Is it too hard? Which has led to a lot of problems with cats eliminating. 00:06:45:22 - 00:07:01:04 Unknown Is there any kind of I mean, I don't want to get into TMI here, but there's a lot of things you can look at and pick your poop and go, well, that ain't right. And that's something you need to know, whether it's just to adjust their diet, whether it's time to run them into the vet, because this does not look good.
• 07:00 - 07:30 00:07:01:06 - 00:07:29:19 Unknown You can't even take a fecal sample into your vet to show them and have them run it because it's gone. That, to me is not an acceptable compromise based on us not wanting to see or look at clumps of what your cat put out. There is no report card. And so, you know, we can't rate their health. The next thing is the sort of Murphy's law of anything that plugs in and has a cleaning cycle after your cat leaves it.
• 07:30 - 08:00 00:07:30:00 - 00:07:53:18 Unknown And I'm saying this not because, I bet you this could happen. I know a lot of clients of mine who I've warned not to get these and they get them and there's some sort of malfunction. And I mean, think about your car. How many engineers and designers, you know, got together to make your car work? And it still inevitably will break down. 00:07:54:00 - 00:08:28:00 Unknown A lot of the automated litter boxes will tout the fact that they have now, you know better
• 08:00 - 08:30 the technology. It's pretty sure fire, pretty sure fire when you have something that is triggered by your cat walking out of it. That worries me because there's always the chance that it will go off while your cat's in there. And I'm telling you, the one time that ever happens to your cat, not only do they not go back in that box, but they might have trouble with boxes, period, after that, because just the smell of the cat litter the the sort of act of getting into a box to eliminate. 00:08:28:02 - 00:08:48:08 Unknown There is guilt by association and they may just decide not to do it.
• 08:30 - 09:00 And turning a litter box into a terrifying death trap from the eyes of your cat is not good for anybody, at least alone you. The next time they poop like six feet in front of it, you know, because the carpet is not going to eat them alive. 00:08:48:14 - 00:09:18:16 Unknown Yeah. Another reason I don't like automated litter boxes is because they all, for the most part. Nope, I'm lying.
• 09:00 - 09:30 Not all of them, but most of them are enclosed and some of them are in close to the point where a cat really has to get their way in there. It's enclosed on all sides. If you have multiple cats in the home, you know, I tell you guys never to put lids on your boxes because the last thing your cat wants is to be surprised when they're in the litter box. 00:09:18:16 - 00:09:38:19 Unknown So whether that's another cat sort of playing, you know, cat chess and waiting for them to come out because they're all checkmated and now they want to ambush them, whether it's your dog and the dogs love eating that you know, that almond Roca So they're just going
• 09:30 - 10:00 to wait for it to come out. And the last thing your cat wants is a big snout coming in there while they're trying to do what they do. 00:09:38:20 - 00:09:55:04 Unknown A lot of this comes under the guise of, you know, cats like privacy, which is insane when you think about it, because as I told you before, if it was up to your cat, they would be every couple of feet in your house and mark their territory. I don't think they care much about like, Hey, could you close the door, you know, to that? 00:09:55:04 - 00:10:20:22 Unknown And that's one of the reasons I don't like when we as humans who don't want to look at it, don't want to know that our cats are pooping or being in the house, take litter boxes and
• 10:00 - 10:30 shove them behind things or in the corner where, you know, they are literally cornered. And again, multiple cat homes. Absolutely not. I just don't like the idea that we are going to spend all this money and all this. 00:10:20:22 - 00:10:47:05 Unknown And still, by the way, it's effort. You know, I mean, anyone who's had to clean one of those Omega paws or litter made receptacles, it's nasty.
• 10:30 - 11:00 And it doesn't just like plunk. Here you go in. It's like a gumball machine. It gets stuck there. You've got to just wipe it out. A lot of times it's just it's it's just as gross as whatever idea you have about having to scoop in and do something with what you scoop out. 00:10:47:07 - 00:11:12:09 Unknown So as an extension of what I don't like about these automated boxes and what I do like about a regular box is our role in this whole thing. When you adopt a cat and you bring them into your life, you are making certain bargains.
• 11:00 - 11:30 We're going to have amazing times together. They're going to be sources of companionship and love and and you know, it will mark our lives together, that whole thing. 00:11:12:09 - 00:11:33:07 Unknown But I don't really want to deal with this part. This is the part, you know, this is one of those things. This is what you do. I don't know what to tell you folks. Get a goldfish. But, you know, so my my general thing is folks embrace the box knowing that it is that report card, knowing it is a source of cat mojo for your cats unparalleled by anything else in
• 11:30 - 12:00 your life. 00:11:33:07 - 00:11:56:13 Unknown All I ever ask you to do and extension they ask you to do because, you know, I've got this sort of cat phone going on my head. They're like, Jackson, tell them. Anyway, they're saying. They're saying, All I need is this place. This place helps me mark territory. I feel confident. And that report card, knowing what's coming out of your cat and how that signifies good health or bad health, that's a big thing, too. 00:11:56:13 - 00:12:15:05 Unknown And don't forget, it may actually save you money on vet bills down the line.
• 12:00 - 12:30 I mean, there's one of these boxes by a company called Pet Snowy, Their Box, which hilariously enough, it's like, you know how they put a big red X, you know, because it's on sale. And the original price was like $960 and not just that. 00:12:15:05 - 00:12:35:16 Unknown Now it's down to like seven something. It's a miracle. And you have to keep buying the filters and the pads and all that stuff to go along with it. You know, you might want to save some of that money for the vet, because what we're saying here is that there's a chance that your cat's going to not use the box and you're going
• 12:30 - 13:00 to wonder, is it behavioral or physical and take them to the vet. 00:12:35:16 - 00:12:57:07 Unknown They may be holding it for a while and then you're going to take them to the vet. There can be a lot of reasons why suddenly you've got vet bills. You think I'm being apocalypse tech. I know I'm here to just give you a worst case scenarios and you can make the decision for yourself. After all, at the end of the day, I'm just a guy, you know, on your phone or on your laptop right now talking about cats. 00:12:57:08 - 00:13:23:21 Unknown You are the one who lives with them, has a relationship with them, and makes the final
• 13:00 - 13:30 calls about how you parent the animal family members in your life. I'm just saying maybe you want to listen to me. And like I said before, if you vehemently disagree with me, if your experiences with the robot or any of these other things is life changing and you want to let the rest of our viewers know about it, if you have another automated box, that's work that I didn't list before. 00:13:23:21 - 00:13:43:09 Unknown This is what this is all about, folks. This isn't just me being a talking head. This is about a community. And I want to make sure that we have a lot of give and take here.
• 13:30 - 14:00 And if there's anything that I've missed, believe me, we'll bring it up again in another video. So until that next video, make sure your cats know that I just advocated for them. 00:13:43:09 - 00:14:12:02 Unknown You know, maybe they'll send me good wishes tonight. All right, now, loving all to you. Automated, Automated. Automated. Automated. automated. I have two scoop Automated. Automated. Automated scoop. Automated. Automated. Automated scoop anyway. 00:14:47:16 - 00:15:14:01 Unknown Today we're going to talk about something that I probably mention at least 75% of every time I talk to you guys.
• 14:00 - 14:30 This is the final word on the topic. What could it be? What could it be? This, my friends, is a litter box. It is a box that holds cat litter. Cats go in it and they hopefully poop and pee. 00:15:14:03 - 00:15:40:02 Unknown Hopefully exclusively. But if they did, I wouldn't have a job. Yeah, Very simple. Today I'm going to be talking about automatic litter boxes. When I say automatic, yes, it's the plug in kind. It's the battery powered kind. It's the kind that has handles. It's the kind that tries to take this beautifully elegant creature. Every time I look at this, I'm like, You are perfect. 00:15:40:02 - 00:16:02:03 Unknown And not just because this is my litter box that I designed. Since Ed Lowe invented cat litter in the 1940s. We're just like, put it in a box. my God. My cat goes in it. Great. Let's keep it. And then the entrepreneurial spirit takes over and it becomes the next best thing. Nope. So let's talk about it. 00:16:02:04 - 00:16:28:10 Unknown But before I do that, don't forget to subscribe to the channel. Don't forget to leave a comment below, because I'm sure a lot of you are going to have something
• 14:30 - 15:00 to say about this one. And don't forget to give this a like if you even don't like what I'm saying because it's informative and I never remember. This is not necessarily a product review video, but in order to sort of highlight my take on these things, I need to call out certain brands. 00:16:28:10 - 00:16:49:21 Unknown So I'm going to do it. So the first one is the most obvious. If you talk about automated litter boxes these days, everybody knows what a litter robot is. It's electric. You plug it in and your cat goes in there and then it just sort of, you know, sifts through it itself and after they've left the box and it takes their clumps and deposits it below. 00:16:49:21 - 00:17:12:00 Unknown So that's the litter robot the litter made. So the litter mate is like, you know, it reminds me like a Zamboni, like, you know, in between periods at a hockey game, you know, you know the Zamboni. Okay, good. Anyway, it's a rake. And when the cat leaves the box, it will just rake the stuff into this sort of tube looking repository. 00:17:12:02 - 00:17:39:16 Unknown And that's what you empty and take out. So that's the litter made. Now, the next one doesn't really qualify as automated, automated. The next one doesn't really. But the way I said it, Automated. Automated. Automated.
• 15:00 - 15:30 Automated. Automated. The next one is exactly automated because you don't plug it in, but it achieves the effect of saying, I don't have to scoop. 00:17:39:17 - 00:17:57:14 Unknown And that's called the Omega. Paul And the Omega Paul. It's basically it looks like a washing machine and you're kind of acting like a washing machine with a crank. So it's basically like a slow motion spin cycle and you spin it. And again, the clumps are supposed to go into a little repository. So it's the same thing without a battery. 00:17:57:14 - 00:18:20:01 Unknown And the next one is called the breeze and it's a more of a system. And that system involves a litter box with a pan underneath it to collect pee. And the reason why the pee can collect is because you use a special pellet based litter pee goes right through poop. You still got a scoop. That one's amazing when you talk about sales techniques right there. 00:18:20:01 - 00:18:39:22 Unknown Because, I mean, you still got to scoop poop and you then have to buy a special litter and the puppy pads. So bravo, because that one's all right. So I'm not saying those are the only type of automated type litter boxes on the market. And I would love to hear from you. If you know something that I haven't found, just put it down in the comments and I'll do a follow up on this. 00:18:39:22 - 00:19:06:14 Unknown But there's a lot of quote unquote, knockoffs to these original ideas. You know, there's a lot of little robots out there.
• 15:30 - 16:00 There's a lot of omega pile looking ones out there. But these were, as far as I know, the originals. So that is our main clump. So that's the main sort of grouping of automated litter boxes. And of course the hook is you don't have to scoop your litter box. 00:19:06:16 - 00:19:28:14 Unknown So now before I tell you exactly why I don't like all of these boxes, let me tell you why I do like our friend the box. Why do I love the box? First thing I'm talking about is the idea of the territorial signpost by signposts. You know, I've talked to a lot before about scent smokers in the house and how cats identify the sanctity of the territory and their ownership of that territory by their scent. 00:19:28:17 - 00:19:51:23 Unknown The king of all scent soakers is the litter box being able to walk by something. And even though you scoop it all the time, there's no scent coming out of it whatsoever. Believe me, your cat can smell it and they walk by it. They smell themselves and they go, Yeah, that's me I want to place. Moving on, I imagine like putting that flag in, you know, saying, Welcome to Cat Bill or really welcome to Casper's Cat Bill. 00:19:52:00 - 00:20:18:04 Unknown You know, that's, that's the signpost. And if they smell the other cats in the house, they go, Yeah, that's us. I belong to us. Moving on, The idea that a cat actually goes in a box is so amazing and so against their nature. And if there was ever proof that cats have actually domesticated themselves to a certain degree and compromised with us, if it means they get the good food and a warm bed and you and all that. 00:20:18:04 - 00:20:46:06 Unknown All right, I'll go in the box.
• 16:00 - 16:30 This has worked pretty darn well. The idea of monkeying with a good thing. It was an elegant solution back then. It's an elegant solution right now. Our tastes have changed. The cats has not. Now, for more information about how I see litter boxes as signposts and territorial sources of cat mojo and all of that kind of thing, take a look at the litter Box playlist on this channel. 00:20:46:06 - 00:21:11:04 Unknown It really goes into just about every nook and cranny of information that you can possibly get on my philosophy anyway, on litter boxes. Now, I wish I could take credit for this, but I can't. I won't. This came from a friend of mine's veterinarian and they called the litter box a report card of your cat health. That's really cool when you think about it, because it really is. 00:21:11:06 - 00:21:33:12 Unknown If you're using one of these automated litter boxes, it basically when you're not looking, just gets rid of the evidence, gets rid of everything that that tells you about what's going on with your cat. I mean, is there blood in there urine? Is there blood in their stool? Is it runny? Is it too hard? Which has led to a lot of problems with cats eliminating. 00:21:33:14 - 00:21:48:20 Unknown Is there any kind of I mean, I don't want to get into TMI here, but there's a lot of things you can look at and pick your poop and go, well, that ain't right. And that's something you need to know, whether it's just to adjust their diet, whether it's
• 16:30 - 17:00 time to run them into the vet, because this does not look good. 00:21:48:22 - 00:22:17:11 Unknown You can't even take a fecal sample into your vet to show them and have them run it because it's gone. That, to me is not an acceptable compromise based on us not wanting to see or look at clumps of what your cat put out. There is no report card. And so, you know, we can't rate their health. The next thing is the sort of Murphy's law of anything that plugs in and has a cleaning cycle after your cat leaves it. 00:22:17:16 - 00:22:41:11 Unknown And I'm saying this not because, I bet you this could happen. I know a lot of clients of mine who I've warned not to get these and they get them and there's some sort of malfunction. And I mean, think about your car. How many engineers and designers, you know, got together to make your car work? And it's still inevitably will break down. 00:22:41:15 - 00:23:08:10 Unknown A lot of the automated litter boxes will tout the fact that they have now you know better the technology. It's pretty sure fire, pretty sure fire when you have something that is triggered by your cat walking out of it. That worries me because there's always the chance that it will go off while your cat's in there. And I'm telling you, the one time that ever happens to your cat, not only do they not go back in that box, but they might have trouble with boxes, period. 00:23:08:10 - 00:23:29:05 Unknown After that, because just the smell of the cat litter the the sort of act of getting into a box to eliminate. There is guilt by association and they may just decide not to do it.
• 17:00 - 17:30 And turning a litter box into a terrifying death trap from the eyes of your cat is not good for anybody, at least alone you. 00:23:29:08 - 00:23:55:11 Unknown The next time they poop like six feet in front of it, you know, because the carpet is not going to eat them alive. Yeah. Another reason I don't like automated litter boxes is because they all, for the most part. Nope, I'm lying. Not all of them, but most of them are enclosed and some of them are in close to the point where a cat really has to get their way in there. 00:23:55:11 - 00:24:21:07 Unknown It's enclosed on all sides. If you have multiple cats in the home, you know, I tell you guys never to put lids on your boxes because the last thing your cat wants is to be surprised when they're in the litter box. So whether that's another cat sort of playing, you know, cat chess and waiting for them to come out because they're all checkmated and now they want to ambush them, whether it's your dog and the dogs love eating that you know, that almond Roca So they're just going to wait for it to come out. 00:24:21:07 - 00:24:37:22 Unknown And the last thing your cat wants is a big snout coming in there while they're trying to do what they do. A lot of this comes under the guise of, you know, cats like privacy, which is insane when you think about it, because as I told you before, if it was up to your cat, they would be every couple of feet in your house and mark their territory. 00:24:38:01 - 00:24:55:21 Unknown I don't think they care much about like, Hey, could you close the door, you know, to that? And that's one of the reasons I don't like when we as humans who don't want to look at it, don't want to know that our cats are pooping or being in the house, take litter boxes and shove them behind things or in the corner where, you know, they are literally cornered.
• 17:30 - 18:00 00:24:56:03 - 00:25:21:07 Unknown And again, multiple cat homes. Absolutely not. I just don't like the idea that we are going to spend all this money and all of this. And still, by the way, it's effort. You know, I mean, anyone who's had to clean one of those Omega paws or litter made receptacles, it's nasty. And it doesn't just like plunk. Here you go in, it's like a gumball machine. 00:25:21:11 - 00:25:44:16 Unknown It gets stuck there. You got to just wipe it out. A lot of times it's just it's just as gross as whatever idea you have about having to scoop in and do something with what you scoop out. So as an extension of what I don't like about these automated boxes and what I do like about a regular box is our role in this whole thing. 00:25:44:16 - 00:26:04:16 Unknown When you adopt a cat and you bring them into your life, you are making certain bargains. We're going to have amazing times together. They're going to be sources of companionship and love and and you know, it will mark our lives together, that whole thing. But I don't really want to deal with this part. This is the part, you know, this is one of those things. 00:26:04:17 - 00:26:28:18 Unknown This is what you do. I don't know what to tell you folks. Get a goldfish. But, you know, so my my general thing is folks embrace the box knowing that it is that report card, knowing it is a source of cat mojo for your cats unparalleled by anything else in your life.
• 18:00 - 18:30 All I ever ask you to do and extension they ask you to do because, you know, I've got this sort of cat phone going on my head. 00:26:28:18 - 00:26:48:01 Unknown They're like, Jackson, tell them. Anyway, they're saying. They're saying, All I need is this place. This place helps me mark territory. I feel confident. And that report card, knowing what's coming out of your cat and how that signifies good health or bad health, that's a big thing, too. And don't forget, it may actually save you money on vet bills down the line. 00:26:48:04 - 00:27:10:16 Unknown I mean, there's one of these boxes by a company called Pet Snowy, Their Box, which hilariously enough, it's like, you know how they put a big red X, you know, because it's on sale. And the original price was like $960 and not just that. Now it's down to like seven something. It's a miracle. And you have to keep buying the filters and the pads and all that stuff to go along with it. 00:27:10:18 - 00:27:26:23 Unknown You know, you might want to save some of that money for the vet, because what we're saying here is that there's a chance that your cat's going to not use the box and you're going to wonder, is it behavioral or physical and take them to the vet. They may be holding it for a while and then you're going to take them to the vet. 00:27:27:01 - 00:27:44:23 Unknown There can be a lot of reasons why suddenly you've got vet bills. You think I'm being apocalypse tech. I know I'm here to just give you a worst case scenarios and you can make the decisions for yourself. After all, at the end of the day, I'm just a guy, you know, on your phone or on your
• 18:30 - 19:00 laptop right now talking about cats. 00:27:45:00 - 00:28:07:19 Unknown You are the one who lives with them, has a relationship with them, and makes the final calls about how you parent the animal family members in your life. I'm just saying maybe you want to listen to me. And like I said before, if you vehemently disagree with me, if your experiences with the robot or any of these other things is life changing, you want to let the rest of our viewers know about it. 00:28:07:21 - 00:28:24:22 Unknown If you have another automated box, that's work that I didn't list before. This is what this is all about, folks. This isn't just me being a talking head. This is about a community. And I want to make sure that we have a lot of give and take here. And if there's anything that I've missed, believe me, we'll bring it up again in another video. 00:28:24:22 - 00:28:59:19 Unknown So until that next video, make sure your cats know that I just advocated for them. You know, maybe they'll send me good wishes tonight. I'll light and I'll love and I'll motor to you Automated automated. Automated. Automated. Automated. Have to scoop automated. Automated. Automated scoop. Automated. Automated. Automated anyway.