I have five cats. I had six, but one was very sick before she died and ruined my carpet. I mean, RUINED it. I just cut huge chunks of it up. So that's going to have to be replaced. NO MORE CARPETS. That's another thing I won't budge on. I refuse to ever have carpets again, lol. I can have cats or I can have carpets, and I will always have cats, so that's that.
My mom's 18-year-old cat (well, she's mine too, she's one of the five) is now at the point where she also is missing the litter box. She's not allowed in my room. I have one in there because my two boy cats sleep with me, and everyone else gets shut out now. So my bathroom takes a LOT of effort to keep clean. Cleanish. LOL.