Between litter boxes, beds, scratchers, and trees, felines need a lot of stuff. Here’s what the cats of WIRED have tested and loved.
If You Want an Automatic Box Self-Cleaning Litter Boxes We Like I (Medea) was unsure about robotic litter boxes—they're big and expensive, and experts warn that not cleaning out a box every day could mean missing potential signs of sickness. But then I tried two that changed my mind: Leo's Loo Too and Whisker's Litter-Robot 4. Both are still large and expensive, but they connect to apps that keep track of your cat's bathroom habits, alerting you when they use the box and what their weight is. You'll know something is off if their bathroom trips suddenly change, and you can scoop a little less too. Both have sensors and other safety features so it won't spin if a cat is inside. Leo's Loo is the most sensitive, so if you have a particularly curious cat, this might be the one to get. Bigger cats will probably prefer the larger drum of the Litter-Robot.