Body: Some cats such as lions and tigers are large and fearsome. Housecats are small and not terribly intimidating. Cleanliness was your housecat's wild ancestors' first line of defense against larger predators that might want to track them and eat them. Think about it, cat poo smells nasty, but to a predator in the wild, it would be like a signpost at a diner is to us--a friendly beacon telling us where we can get a good, convenient meal. Our housecats are descended from cats who survived long enough to breed by being so clean as to be extremely difficult for predators to track. Cats who didn't have this instinct, more often than not, perished. They were weeded from the gene pool by the simple process of natural selection.

As a result, your cat doesn't just like to be clean. He or she washes compulsively, and buries his or her waste as if it were a matter of life or death. And to your cat, it seems like it is. It's instinct. Thus an unclean litter box is immensely stressful for your cat. One of the best things you can to help a stressed out cat relax is keep the litter box clean.

Enter the Cat Genie, the self-washing, self-drying litter box. The permanent, cat-safe litter granules are as comfortable as real sand. While cats are notorious for not liking change in their environment, the Cat Genie, from a cat's point of view, isn't that much different from its current litter box. Most cats take to it right away. Even those who approach it with some trepidation will notice that it's consistently cleaner and more odor-free than their traditional litter box. Currently over 15,000 cats have adapted to the self-washing litter box. Most likely, yours will too.

Perhaps your cat is jittery, and easily disturbed by sudden noises and movements. The cat might initially find the self-cleaning action of Cat Genie to be alarming. Your cat will associate the gentle whirring and occasional sound of water jets with pristine-clean litter, and over time, even begin to take comfort in the sound.

As you may have noticed if you've ever changed traditional litter boxes or brands of cat litter, cats have to get used to the changes. They will acclimate to the Cat Genie quite quickly, but don't rush your cats or force them. Cats are stubborn and won't like something unless it seems like their idea. Don't put them in the box, although you might find that with a particularly finicky cat, confining them in a room with the Cat Genie helps them get used to it.

Changing from a traditional litter box to Cat Genie is no more stressful for your cat than changing brands of cat litter. And once your cat notices how much cleaner the Cat Genie is than traditional litter boxes, your cat will love Cat Genie almost as much as the food dish.