What happens in the litter box.......stays in the litter box

Literally!!

I mean really....... is it that hard to change a cat box?




Scoop.........and toss.....scoop........and toss


But to a 13 and 15 year old you would think that it ranks up there with brain surgery in regards to difficulty.



Huh? You want me to what?? Scoop what......its clean in there!


Uhhhh, no......its not clean.......see all those clumps and can you NOT smell that????


Well I'll just break them up, then there won't be clumps anymore and it will be clean again, right? And I don't smell anything......


Uhhhhh, no......there are still "things" in there that can't be broken up so scoop those


I don't see anything


Really, what are these?


Oh, those!!!


This is the scene that plays itself over and over again weekly in my house..............what is so complicated here? Am I really expecting too much........as in that they can recognize a cat "treat" in the cat box. Seriously, I'm just plain exhausted trying to demonstrate over and over again how to clean this darn thing.


Here are my options for a solution


1. New children
2. New cats that don't urinate or defecate
3. Throw the cats outside (not sure I can do this one..........nightmares of childhood cat getting run over by a car)
4. Do it myself (even more distasteful to me than throwing the cats outside.......these are THEIR pets)
5. Give husband enough "happy time" that I can talk him into doing it and he'll be perfectly happy doing it
6. Continue beating my head against the wall while trying to teach my children what a clean cat box looks like.......again, not one of my favorite options



So weigh in and tell me how to solve my dilemna before the cats start revolting outside the laundry room


I can see the picket signs already


"Hell no, we won't go"


I bet FlyLady doesn't have an email for this!