The vacuum should collect a majority if not all of the litter.
Taking clumping litter off carpet.
Then i turned to fancy cat litter box furniture.
Step 1 empty the canister or replace the bag in your vacuum prior to cleaning up the litter.
Then get a shop vac which will suck up wet or damp anything no big deal and go at it again.
To vacuum wand and suck up what loose litter you can with it from carpet area.
If you uncover a wet layer when you pick up the top layer you want to wait for this area to dry before repeating the pickup process with your paper towels.
Getting both the litter and the odor out freshens your carpet and prevents your cats from being drawn to urinate in the area.
If litter is really driving you bonkers consider switching to a silica gel or recycled paper litter.
Push it down between carpet fibers or pile and dig in with tool.
Go get a paper towel and gently lift up as much of the stray cat litter as you possibly can from your carpet.
I tried asking around and looking online for ideas of how to get it off with no luck so dh put carpet cleaner on the spot and shampooed it.
Vacuum over the litter spot.
By the time the bed was moved and i discovered it the cat has used this pile for a litter box as well.
Lay a carpet runner from the litter box extending out about three feet so the litter has plenty of time to dislodge from your cat s paws.
If you still see litter repeat the step until it is completely gone.
Reconsider your litter.
For a cooperative feline a litter box enclosure can keep litter off your floor to at least about 25 of what it used to be.
A full canister or bag causes the vacuum to spread the litter instead of sucking it up.
Clay litters are definitely the most popular cat litter.
So off i went to build a cardboard castle.
Step one allow the litter to dry.
My fortress looked clumsy because i m no diy expert but it did reduce the litter spread around the box s immediate surrounding.
Loosen the dried litter from the carpet fibers using a scrub brush.
Economical clumping easy to use and unfortunately the most easily tracked around the house.
So this isn t the most effective trick unless you combine it with other hacks as i ve just mentioned above but it still helps especially if you live in a small house.
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