Clumping Cat Litter

[Bongolation]

I haven't really decided what I think of this stuff, but it occurred to me the other day that I'm actually spending more on it than I am on quality cat food.

Something inherently strange about that, I don't know what.

My cat is the only family I have, so I begrudge her nothing (especially since she doesn't claw my gear), but I'm thinking someone's gotta be making a bundle off this stuff.

[bassrique]

Cats appreciate a clean box. Clumping litter makes cleaning easier and more effective, resulting a better box. I use the flushable/biodegradable stuff. I also feed my cats chicken breast or salmon fillets every night.

Yes, I'm mad.

[Solarmist]

Wrap the "clumps" in foil - give it to you're not so good friends ..... looks like Almond Roca

[lunarpollen]

Everclean Unscented Extra-Strength clumping litter is a holy substance. Everything else sucks in comparison to Everclean litter

[Bongolation]

I dunno about unscented. There was some I got a while back that smelled like Indian incense of some kind, like hippies or something. That was special.

Part of this is also that I got my cat one of these, so she drinks an astounding amount of water, apparently for entertainment and fun...which is good, but it has to go somewhere.

I think I could build a stone fence out of these eggplant-sized clumps.

[cdef]

Our favorite cat litter these days is not clay-based like the clumping kind, but consists of sawdust pellets. It's light, absorbs moisture very well, smells more of wood than of anything else, and as saturation sets in the pellets just gradually disintegrate.

[bassteban]

Scoop away rocks.

[StyleOverShow]

Are cats pallor tigers? Not from their waste habits.

-richard

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by bassrique

Cats appreciate a clean box. Clumping litter makes cleaning easier and more effective, resulting a better box. I use the flushable/biodegradable stuff. I also feed my cats chicken breast or salmon fillets every night.

Yes, I'm mad.

Your cats eat better than I do.

lowsound

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by lunarpollen

Everclean Unscented Extra-Strength clumping litter is a holy substance. Everything else sucks in comparison to Everclean litter

Interesting. Maybe I'll try some. I've been using Tidy Cats Small Spaces with decent results with my two cats.

[hbarcat]

Originally Posted by Bongolation

Clumping Cat Litter

That stuff is the cat's meow.

[The Lurker]

Originally Posted by cdef

Our favorite cat litter these days is not clay-based like the clumping kind, but consists of sawdust pellets. It's light, absorbs moisture very well, smells more of wood than of anything else, and as saturation sets in the pellets just gradually disintegrate.

This sawdust stuff is pretty good. I like the biodegradable aspect, since most of the world's kitty litter winds up sitting in landfills.

Most kitty litter is basically pelletized hygroscopic clay that absorbs liquids like a sponge. If you don't like the cellulose-based stuff, go down to the hardware store and grab a bag of Speedi-Dri granular oil absorbent, which is the same thing and cheaper than kitty litter here.

Then again, I know some people who use 'expended' litter as traction sand on ice during the winter here....

[Bongolation]

That sawdust stuff doesn't clump, does it?

What about the scratchy micro-splinters on my cat's "sensitive areas"?

[lunarpollen]

Originally Posted by Tony G

Interesting. Maybe I'll try some. I've been using Tidy Cats Small Spaces with decent results with my two cats.

Definitely try it... I discovered Everclean several years ago and have never used anything else since. Everyone else I've turned on to the stuff swears by it too. I just recommend you try the unscented, as the scented stuff's perfume aroma is very overpowering.

[Bongolation]

Originally Posted by lunarpollen

I discovered Everclean several years ago and have never used anything else since. Everyone else I've turned on to the stuff swears by it too.

Who sells it? I don't remember seeing it in Safeway.

I just recommend you try the unscented, as the scented stuff's perfume aroma is very overpowering.

Worse than cat weewee?

[lunarpollen]

Originally Posted by Bongolation

Who sells it? I don't remember seeing it in Safeway.

It's available at Petsmart and Petco. It's pricier than supermarket litters, but it's totally worth it because it lasts a lot longer and it works so much better.

Originally Posted by Bongolation

Worse than cat weewee?

Well, with this litter you don't smell cat pee. I HATE the smell of cat pee, it is one of my biggest pet peeves (no pun intended). With the unscented, you smell nothing; with the scented, you just smell the added scent (smells like someone spilled a bottle of horrid cheap perfume).

I have to remind myself to scoop out the litter box because it just never smells. I suppose if my cat used it for a few weeks without it being scooped out, I'd start to smell something...

[Solarmist]

Originally Posted by Bongolation

That sawdust stuff doesn't clump, does it?

To a point it does - I get a big bag at Walmart for $5, and use it for rabbits/cat ... it's lighter to use, and degradable outside in the woods