An automated litter device having: a base; and a chamber configured for retaining a litter and rotatably supported by the support base, wherein the chamber includes: an entry opening so that an animal can enter and exit the chamber; and a waste opening generally opposing the entry opening configured so that an animal waste passes through the waste opening into the base upon rotation of the chamber; wherein the automated litter device includes one or more of: i) one or more sensors located adjacent to the entry opening which are adapted to sense the presence of the animal within the chamber, the presence of the waste in the base, a level of litter in the chamber, a position of the chamber relative to the base, or any combination thereof; ii) a filtering system configured for reducing, eliminating, and/or preventing, malodors building in the base; and/or iii) a litter dispenser in communication with the chamber to transfer some of the litter to the chamber.

A waste receptacle (1) for animal excreta, the waste receptacle (1) comprising: a housing having a base and at least one sidewall (3) upstanding from the base so as to define an internal housing void (7) in which a liner (9) can be provided; and a liner (9) insertable into said internal housing void, the housing liner (9) having a liner base and at least one liner sidewall supportable in use so as to be generally upstanding from said liner base, the liner base and said at least one liner sidewall cooperating to define an internal liner void for the receipt of animal litter; wherein the housing (1) and the liner (9) each comprise access ports that cooperate with one another when the liner is received (9) within said internal housing void (7) to allow an animal to enter the housing (1) and access litter provided within said liner void, the at least one liner sidewall further comprising a pocket (27) for the storage of a litter scoop, said pocket (27) being provided on an external face of the at least one liner sidewall that is adjacent an internal face of said at least one housing sidewall when the liner is inserted into said internal housing void.

A waste receptacle (4) for animal excreta, the waste receptacle comprising: a base and at least one sidewall upstanding from the base, the base and at least one sidewall cooperating to define a housing having an internal void, a periphery of said at least one sidewall remote from said base defining an opening to said void; a platform support (41) coupled to said at least one sidewall in the vicinity of said sidewall periphery; and a platform (11) supportable by said platform support to partly obstruct said opening, said platform comprising first (13) and second (15) platform parts that are pivotally coupled to one another, neighbouring peripheral walls of said first and second platform parts each comprising a recess (202, 204), the recess in the peripheral wall of said first platform part cooperating with the recess in the peripheral wall of said second platform part to define an access port (5) for enabling an animal to access the internal void of the housing via said access port, said neighbouring walls of said first and second platform parts being spaced from one another to provide a lateral gap (206) between said first and second platform parts, the arrangement being such that litter on said platform can fall into the void through the gap or the port when one said platform part is pivoted relative to the other.

An animal toilet includes a body portion, and a partition portion. The body portion has a bottom face part and a side face part, and is in a box shape. The partition portion has a through hole allowing urine to pass therethrough, and divides the inside of the body portion vertically. The opening area of the through hole is variable.

A cat litter box system includes a sifter pan having a sifter pan floor with a plurality of thru holes therethrough. Sifter pan sidewalls surround and extend upwards from a perimeter of the sifter pan floor. A sifter pan rim is disposed on upper distal ends of the sifter pan sidewalls. The sifter pan rim extends laterally from the sifter pan sidewalls. A shield section includes shield section sidewalls having a lower rim portion configured to removably mount on an upper surface of the sifter pan rim. A front entryway is disposed in the shield section sidewalls. A plurality of removable sliding panels are stackable on top of one another within the front entryway. The sliding panels form an overspray barrier within the front entryway. The overspray barrier has an adjustable height based on the number of sliding panels stacked within the front entryway.

A pelletized, environmentally friendly animal litter. The animal litter includes birch bark waste in pellet form that is mostly hydrophobic to allow liquid waste to quickly pass therethrough while trapping a small amount of waste therein that adheres to the surface of the pellet and is then absorbed over time. The litter is used in a litter box system that includes a base, a drawer slidably received therein for capturing waste in a preferred absorbent pad and a removeable grate suspended thereover for retaining the litter thereover. The drawer defines a container of sufficient volume to receive all of the litter when a standard amount of litter is used to fill the box which improves ease in changing litter by removing the grate and allowing the litter to drop into the drawer.

A cat litter collection assembly for inhibiting cat litter from being tracked around a house includes a pan has a plurality of compartments each is integrated into the pan and a frame that is positionable around the pan. A screen is coupled to the frame such that screen covers the pan when the frame is positioned around the pan and a litter box can be positioned on the screen. The screen is comprised of a mesh material to collect the cat litter that falls from the cat's paws. A backsplash is coupled to and extends upwardly from the frame to deflect cat litter that the cat kicks when the cat is burying feces in the cat litter thereby facilitating the deflected cat litter to fall into the pan for collection.

A litter box sifting assembly for sifting cat feces and clumps from cat litter includes a plurality of mesh panels that is stacked upon each other. The plurality of mesh panels are positionable on a bottom of a litter box thereby facilitating cat litter to be poured over the plurality of mesh panels. Each of the mesh panels has a plurality of grip points each integrated into the mesh panels and each of the grip points on a topmost one of the plurality of mesh panels can be gripped for lifting the topmost mesh panel upwardly. Furthermore, each of the mesh panels is comprised of a mesh material to sift cat feces and clumps from the cat litter when the mesh panels are lifted upwardly through the cat litter. In this way the cat feces and clumps can be removed from the litter box in a single motion.

Various embodiments of the invention relate to a kit that makes cleaning cat litter boxes easier and more hygienic. The kit comprises numerous stacked filter sheets that can be gathered to form an enclosed bag by use of a drawstring that is threaded around the outer circumference of the filter sheet. Clean litter falls through the filter sheets and the soiled litter can be discarded along with the uppermost of the stacked filter sheets.

A toilet for animal, including: an upper container having a plurality of holes formed on a bottom portion, the plurality of holes penetrating in an up-down direction; a lower container that includes a receiving section receiving excrement that has passed through the plurality of holes, gravity of the upper container not acting on the lower container; and an output unit that outputs a signal changing according to an amount of the excrement received by the receiving section.