Kittie Litter

[ayeizajedi]

Hi all,

Does anyone have any recommends for Kittie Litter (in the uk).

Im noticing that 'schrodo' keeps stepping in his pee and then the clumping clay stuff im using is sticking to his foot and its just a pain to get out (though bless him he does let us cradle him while we wipe and comb him). Also im not sure if the dust from it is causing him to get discharge from his eyes, they're gunked up (i mentioned this at the vet when we went for his checkup and she said that he seemed to be fine and that we should keep an eye on it).

He also has this annoying tendancy to go back to the loo just when i've cleaned it out late at night... making me do it again!

[harrymc]

Hi, I've tried many different types of different litters and keep coming back to the same one which is Catsan. A lot of the litters I tried when I emptied the box I had to scrape the hard wet litter from the bottom of the box. (I do change it frequently !) With the Catsan you don't get that and very little odour. Hope this helps, give a few a try and you will find what suits you best !

[Helen & John]

We are using worlds best at the moment as i need a clumping litter for the tray and it has the added bonus of being flushable! I have given up with the fullers earth ones as two mcs combined with a water fountain equals lots of wee and it lines the bottom of the tray with a solid block. Cleaning out the tray is so much easier with the omega paw tray and its stopped Hector from showering the floor with litter when he uses the tray, he does like a good scratch in the tray.

[FreyjaRoMaine]

My breeder uses Duck and Goose Starter Crumb, and as Freyja seems to like it I've carried on using it. Not always that easy to get hold of so in emergencies I use Chick Starter Crumb instead. It clumps well, and as it's organic it doesn't matter if she decides to lick it/ eat it. However, on the rare occasion she stepped in the brown stuff, the crumb would stick to her paws too, so probably won't help your situation.

Out of interest, how big is your litter tray? Freyja used to be a mare for stepping in her deposits and NCarver suggested a bigger tray - I've now got one that she almost needs to pole-vault to get into, so it's nice and deep. Since she started using that, she's not stepped in anything unpleasant (just gets it stuck to her pantaloons instead! still, you can't have it all...).

[Halcyon]

We use Jumbo Enclosed Cat Litter Box with clear trap door. Built-in filters purify the trapped air and larger volume of pan allows to burry the waste deeper. We use Scoop Away or Arms and Hammer litter which clumps very well. This system allows to clean the litterbox only once a day.
We never have any cat odor in the room, unless we forget to clean it on a daily basis.

This it the type of litter box we use:

Enclosed Cat Litter Box: Van Ness Enclosed Cat Litter Pans at PETCO

[jckkerrison]

Was I pleased to see someone else uses something other than the recognised litters,we always went for the expensive clumping ones but when we went to six cats & all the trays that involves someone said why not try chick crumb & chick pellets,works well,doesn't smell & no grey paw pads all over the floor,makes one of the girls at work weep though,she keeps chickens & can't get round what feeds her lot ours s*** in.....
Our trays are really deep,originally they were the ones with hoods on but had to ditch lids do the fact that one naughty girl used that instead of going into tray but the fact they are so deep you can really fill them up & it makes it a lot easier to clean plus they don't manage to scratch so much over the sides,big bonus !

[FreyjaRoMaine]

Our trays are really deep,originally they were the ones with hoods on but had to ditch lids do the fact that one naughty girl used that instead of going into tray but the fact they are so deep you can really fill them up & it makes it a lot easier to clean plus they don't manage to scratch so much over the sides,big bonus !

Good point, well made - plus, by the time they've vaulted out of it, they've shaken quite a lot off their feet!

You are right, it is odd that our MC's use food for litter, but it's so much cheaper than Worlds Best and mine really likes it... I'm so embarrassed at Pets At Home when they ask at the counter if I keep chickens though - what do you say?? No, my cats like to crap in this stuff?? So my local branch all think I've got chickens now. I've even invented names for them just in case they ask!

[jckkerrison]

Oh Karen thats a classic,I will giggle my way up the road to work now....
I was lucky because where I get my chicken food from the breeder who suggested it goes there & the people also knew that I had MC's so they just said "For the cats" I said yes & left a queue of people wondering !

[Karena]

We use Jumbo Enclosed Cat Litter Box with clear trap door. Built-in filters purify the trapped air and larger volume of pan allows to burry the waste deeper. We use Scoop Away or Arms and Hammer litter which clumps very well. This system allows to clean the litterbox only once a day.
We never have any cat odor in the room, unless we forget to clean it on a daily basis.

This it the type of litter box we use:

Enclosed Cat Litter Box: Van Ness Enclosed Cat Litter Pans at PETCO

That is similar to the litter tray I have. I did buy the Omega Paw but Simba preferred his old one and when he started pooing in the dogs bed we put both litter trays together for a while and he used his old hooded one much more so I have taken away the omega paw now. Also with the Omega Paw I found that when rolling it to clean it got horribly dirty where the poo stuck to the inside and was harder to clean. We use Worlds best litter which I find works very well. It is expensive but with only one cat we don't get through a lot. I empty it as soon as he uses it mostly and give it a wash out once a week.

[Linzi]

Is the chick/duck crumb flushable? I was planning on using World's Best for that reason when I finally get my MC in a year or so.