Clean Your Kitty Litter Box

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	# Dump the litter. If you have a liner, you can simply just lift it into a new trash bag. Since many cats don't like liners, you may just need to tip the box into a bag. It's probably best to take it outside so you don't accidentally dump dirty litter in the house.<ref>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-a-litter-box/</ref>		# Dump the litter. If you have a liner, you can simply just lift it into a new trash bag. Since many cats don't like liners, you may just need to tip the box into a bag. It's probably best to take it outside so you don't accidentally dump dirty litter in the house.<ref>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-a-litter-box/</ref>
	#* The best way to dump litter is to slide the whole box into the bag, then turn it over so it dumps into the bag. Otherwise, you risk dumping it everywhere.		#* The best way to dump litter is to slide the whole box into the bag, then turn it over so it dumps into the bag. Otherwise, you risk dumping it everywhere.
−	#* You may want to wear gloves and a respiratory mask. The gloves will protect your hands, while the mask will protect you from the powder that flies up. Cats carry toxoplasmosis, a virus that can pass to humans, so it's important to protect yourself. This virus can be especially dangerous to pregnant women.<reF>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-a-litter-box/</ref>	+	#* You may want to wear gloves and a respiratory mask. The gloves will protect your hands, while the mask will protect you from the powder that flies up. Cats carry toxoplasmosis, a protozoa that can pass to humans, so it's important to protect yourself. This protozoa can be especially dangerous to pregnant women.<reF>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-a-litter-box/</ref>
	# Scrape it out. While dumping will get most of the litter out, you may need to scrape more of it into the trash. Use the scoop to scrape out the bottom of the box into the bag, until all or the majority of the litter is out of the box. Keep the box in the bag while you're scraping it out.<ref>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-a-litter-box/</reF>		# Scrape it out. While dumping will get most of the litter out, you may need to scrape more of it into the trash. Use the scoop to scrape out the bottom of the box into the bag, until all or the majority of the litter is out of the box. Keep the box in the bag while you're scraping it out.<ref>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-a-litter-box/</reF>
	# Dispose of the litter bag. Tie up the bag so the odors can't escape. It's best to take out the bag immediately, so it's not sitting around your house. Plus, your cats will smell it, and they may think it's a new place to use the litter box, which of course you don't want.<reF>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-a-litter-box/</ref>		# Dispose of the litter bag. Tie up the bag so the odors can't escape. It's best to take out the bag immediately, so it's not sitting around your house. Plus, your cats will smell it, and they may think it's a new place to use the litter box, which of course you don't want.<reF>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-clean-a-litter-box/</ref>