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Beware this fatal design of automatic litter boxes from ali express or amazon or similar - they can be DEADLY (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Even products from reputable companies can malfunction. I'd be unable to continue living if a cat of mine died because of some tech stuff I bought which wasn't even needed in the first place. They're my beloved family and I will not be putting them at risk, no matter how tiny and close(!) to zero that may be, when I can just completely zero said risk. I'll keep scooping that litter box manually.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

There are several options out there, and most of them don't have a failure mode that could potentially harm your fur babies. They just stop working when something goes wrong. The one in the video has a design that is just inherently dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Even products from reputable companies can malfunction

That's true, and always best to look up reviews and analysis of the design, most wouldn't fail in such a catastrophic way if one of the sensors were to malfunction. But yeah, scooping it manually is definitely the safest option.