Friday, May 15, 2015

Clump on a Log


Have had cats most of my life, but have always used "clay" cat litter. I understood the advantages of the "clumping" variety, but something about having to have little bags of poop -- and pee -- seemed like it defeated the whole purpose of being able to scoop and flush in one fell swoop, only having to really "deal" with things once every 10 days or so. And then I tried one. The Fresh Step turned out to be awful -- but for the same reason all Fresh Step is pretty awful: the scent. Now I'm on to Scoop Away unscented and have to say, not having the box get that awful ammonia smell from Larry's urine has been a life-changer.


A good friend tells me World's Best Cat Litter is the world's best cat litter, but I was hesitant to try it. She said what makes it unique (and longer-lasting) is that it's that it's corn-based -- isn't everything? -- but she admitted her plus-size cat (Gus) couldn't resist EATING the unscented kind, so I'm concerned Larry might follow suit. (Gus doesn't like the ones that are scented, but that defeats part of the purpose for me).

Thoughts? Recommendations?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

pine pellet litter is the best, it absorbs the urine and there is no smell.

Unknown said...

We have 3 cats and use SWheat Scoop Multicat (there is also just regular SWheat Scoop) and it works great. It's wheat based (none of our cats liked the corn) and is FLUSHABLE. There's no perfume, so if you don't clean it often I'm sure it would get smelly, but since it flushes it's very easy.

Anonymous said...

We have had success with Multi Cat Unscented. With regular removal of feces/ urine, it stays fresh for two weeks with our one cat and he's pretty fastidious when it comes to clean litter, e.g. sits and stares at the box if it needs changing!

das buut said...

I haven't had to deal with litter boxes in years as we trained ours to go outside and we live in the country side. Scooping made me sick. I tried a free sample of the corn cob and it worked well, but it doesn't work as well as they say on smell. Also, the amount you get/price is prohibitive, or was 5 years ago when I tried it.

I have a strong sense of smell and perfumes, deodorants, room deodorizers all make me sneeze my head off. So, fresh step unscented was a god send until my cat used it the first time after a can of food. I had to have scented. The clay kicks up too much dust, and like perfumes, makes my nose go haywire.

Anonymous said...

"You should not flush silica or clay clumping litters down your toilet since both have high absorption properties. This may be handy for masking odors and clumping cat waste, but when exposed to the water in your toilet plumbing, these products can swell and create pesky blockages. For users of silica and clay litters, the trash can is the better mode of disposal."

http://cats.lovetoknow.com/cat-care/disposing-kitty-litter

mike/ said...

but what does Larry think of this revoltin' development?

Anonymous said...

The pine stuff didn't work well here--the end result smelled like pine and pee (which is not nearly as lovely as it sounds).

My ultimate goal is to become rich enough to hire people to do this and so I don't have to care.

Anonymous said...

If you get the clumping kind then you can get one of those fancy self-scooping (actually, self-raking) cat boxes. Word of caution: not all cats like them, so check return policies.

Anonymous said...

Having had indoor cats for over 40 years, Arm and Hammer Clump and Seal proves to be the real winner. Clumps hard. No dust, no smell and tracking is minimal. I've been thru the usual stuff and the natural stuff and the "best ever" stuff but I'm sticking with this stuff.

Bruce B said...

The container store has a small white bucket, with lid, marketed for storing waste produce for compost. It makes an excellent poo storage container next to the cat box. Line it with a store plastic bag; when it gets full, empty it out. The sealed top keeps odors in, as it would for rotting produce.