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June 26, 2008

Greenify your kitty litter

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Millions of tons of clay cat litter end up in city landfills each year. Plus, the clay is harvested through strip mining. Thankfully, there are now biodegradable, compostable, septic-tank and corn-based options that take the stink out of your litter’s environmental performance. The next time you purchase this item, challenge yourself to find a more environmentally-friendly option.

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    MsVG about 1 year ago

    No cats right now, but I use feline pine in my ferrets litter tray. It doesn’t clump like traditional clay varieties, but it does a swell job of absorbing the urine. Walmart had it on clearance so i bought the lot at about 1/3 of the price. i love the fresh pine smell which does a fair job of masking the ferret’s stench. I don’t think i’ll use the traditional clay ever again!

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    lisayarletts88 about 1 year ago

    My cat loves the Feline Pine – and so do I! I am glad I switched over – the regular litter was a mess.

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    angelajiniel about 1 year ago

    I don’t have cats, but ferrets who also use a litter box. We use yesterdays news made of recycled newspapers. The fuzzies seem to love it the little pellets, though sometimes they prefer to dig in a clean box!

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    Aimee_Aken about 1 year ago

    I seen the pellet litter the other day and I have considered trying it out. I also seen a new litter box that actually has the urine flow down thru the pellets to a bottom section with padding that aborbs it (so it does not stay in the pellets) making it last much longer. I was just kind of browsing and did not look at the detail of the pads (like if they are bio-degradable or made from recycled products, etc.) so they may not be a good thing if they add more waste like diapers would. It may be something to check out to lengthen the usage of the pellets depending on whether using the pads are worth it or not. Of course it states that one pad can last over a week. It is called the Tidy Cat Breeze system. I found a link for it if you want more information:
    http://www.breezeforcats.com/productOverview.html

    I found something interesting on that site as well. It says Animal behaviorists recommend multiple cat households have multiple litter boxes: one system per cat, plus one additional system (two cats = three litter systems). I have 2 cats and never realized that this may be a problem with just having one litter box. Very interesting.

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    Meghann1965 about 1 year ago

    We use Feline Pine cat litter, which is bio-degradeable and can be flushed. It’s less offensive than the clay litters.

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    berhenke about 1 year ago

    my cats didn’t like swheat scoop all that much, but we all love “world’s best cat litter”, which is scoopable, flushable, biodegradable, and made from corn.

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    Paige117 about 1 year ago

    We use Sweat Scoop! The cat won’t use anything other than that litter.

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    kmich about 1 year ago

    My cat didn’t want to use the litter box when I switched to the sawdust version. Does the wheat litter clump and act the same way as traditional scooping litter? I don’t want to risk my cat not wanting to use his box again…

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    MyEmptyCanvas about 1 year ago

    I just started using pellet type litter for my cats. It took a while for them to get used to it, but all-in-all everything has worked well for them and the environment :)

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    jtjohns about 1 year ago

    We use Swheat Scoop for our cats — there’s so much less dust than with clay litters, and works just as well as conventional “clumping” litter.

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    MustangMike about 1 year ago

    I have had cats for years, and have not used clay litter for several of those years. I purchase a pelletized litter that is made from reclaimed sawdust. It smells fresher, lasts longer and is biodegradable. I cannot imagine using anything else.