A method for adjusting a cleaning schedule for cleaning sessions of a scraper arrangement (1) arranged for removing manure in a livestock area. One cleaning session comprises one cleaning along a predefined path in the livestock area. The method comprises monitoring (S2), while performing cleaning sessions in accordance with the cleaning schedule, a load quantity representing an amount of material moved by the scraper arrangement (1). The method also comprises adjusting (S5) the cleaning schedule, based on a variation in the monitored load quantity among the monitored cleaning sessions. The disclosure also relates to a control arrangement (10).

A pet waste management system provides a hygienic and convenient solution for pet owners. The pet waste management system includes a main housing portion and a non-porous pad having a surface for directly receiving pet excrement including feces and urine. The system includes a sweeper including a scraping surface and a movable sweeper arm. The movable sweeper arm is configured to move the sweeper across the surface of the non-porous pad such that the scraping surface directly pushes both feces and urine off of the non-porous pad and into a litter box portion.

An automatic tensioning apparatus is provided that includes a tensioning drive unit having a longitudinally extending stationary base frame with a plurality of opposing guides extending between a lower portion and an upper portion, and a plurality of rotatable feed wheels positioned about the lower portion. The tensioning drive unit further includes a translatable drive frame having a plurality of rollers engaged with the plurality of opposing guides, along with a drive assembly coupled with the drive frame, and including a drive motor and a tensile member interface for engaging and rotationally translating a tensile member, as well as a first drive frame actuator actuatable to provide a vertically translating force upon the drive frame.