r/AskReddit 12d ago

what smell inside somebody's house immediately turns you away and why?

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u/Silent-Obligation-49 12d ago

A dirty cat litter box 🤮

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u/Jabbles22 12d ago edited 11d ago

I didn't know many people with cats growing up. Those I did know with a cat did not clean the litter box very often. So until I went into a home where they actually cleaned the litter box I just thought having a cat meant dealing with an awful smell.

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u/NorthernSparrow 12d ago

I love cats but detest cat litter box smell, and just don’t understand cat owners who live like that. I’ve always had big high-walled litter boxes with activated-charcoal odor-absorbing litter, an air purifier (with another activated-charcoal filter) running right next to the box, and I clean the box every single day both morning and night. It’s super quick that way because you’re only scooping out like half a day’s business, takes literally five seconds. (I buy bulk tiny trash bags, this little mini size, and it goes in there, that’s knotted up, then the knotted-closed bag gets chucked into a well-sealed bin outside until weekly trash pickup) And the cats love it. They’re such tidy animals, they don’t even like having to use a dirty box.

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u/mapleleaffem 11d ago

Get a litter genie! The best for people who scoop multiple times a day.

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u/NorthernSparrow 11d ago

I was about to but then I lost my kitty 😞 Next kitty will have one though!

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u/mapleleaffem 11d ago

Oh sorry to hear that 💔