Hi M - since the poop falls thru it is less apt to be dragged around with the food - it just "disappears." Some folks have minor (me) or major allergies to the poop. I have to wear a little mask when I clean them out (took ahwile for me to make the connection). Since I have been doing it this way, I have to do a major cleaning much less frequently. I just freshen food and remove dead ones (they are the real stinkies! PU!) but the bottom is almost spotless



As for the containers I now use the plastic lids of 32oz. yogurt containers. The little lip helps to keep in the dry food, but most that gets pulled out goes down thru the mesh, too. I have 3-4 layers of the pc.



you can purchase egg cartons from feed stores (not sure where you live) I also get the green pint and quart fruit cartons from them. I buy the cert organic/free range eggs from a local farm (in Maine) and they are packed in clear plastic! (seems counter-intuitive to the CO/FR - need to email them about that) but a neighbor and a friend collect the paper ones for me



So the pc just generally helps to keep the floor (and the food) clean. I got tired of the food mess and the poop getting everywhere.



lele
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0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta

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