Homemade litter box

So we have this crazy cat named Jupiter. If you haven't figured it out she is named after the planet Jupiter by none other than our resident astronomer Justin.

Do you know that Justin actually wanted to name Kaden Jupiter! We convinced him it would be better to name the cat Jupiter instead of his brother! Although Jupiter Gerrells does have a nice ring to it!

This past summer Jupiter discovered we have a screened in patio. She also discovered she LOVES being out there. Every day. I discovered she is apparently too lazy to come to the door to come in to use her litter box. She comes to the door when she is thirsty or hungry but lets just say I found a surprise or two on the patio that I did not like finding.

I really didn't want to buy another covered litter box like we have in the house, so I used an open small plastic container. There were two problems with this. Open and small. I didn't like that it was open when we were eating or spending time out there and Jupiter did not like the size. Still she used it and that was most important. I thought of finding a spot where it would be inconspicuous and really could not find anywhere suitable.

Then I came upon this post at Keeping the Kingdom First. This was just what I was looking for! I had some extra empty totes and had Larry cut the lid for me to make an opening. Here is the result.

I love it and most importantly Jupiter loves it! Another benefit is there is very little litter on the floor like we have in our bathroom litter box. Larry wants to make one to replace the one in the bathroom with one like this but I am thinking it may be too big. But I do have another empty tote so maybe I need to go measure......