Your opinions wanted, by me

I found the best odur and clumping by mixing chn feed with swheat scoop

Well, hmm, you know, in all honesty, I buy whatever clumping litter is on sale. My kitties pee a lot, but don't poop too much.. probably due to the raw diet. There's always a lot more pee in there than poo. (they have a kitty water fountain and have always drank tons since it was bought)..that being said... there is nothing but a hearty set of noseplugs and some eyewatering to get through a fresh poop. After the initial smell fades away, though, we don't really have an issue. I'd read that if you try to clean them daily (which I faithfully did for about four weeks)...with a scooping litter...that they don't stink. I manage to clean them.. about every 2 to 3 days now.. with three litter boxes (one self-cleaning), and four kitties.. and I make sure that I ask my friend every time he comes over how the cat box smell is because there are two in my main floor.. and he's honest.. and he says there's no real smell to it. I ask him because I figure I'm used to however my house smells and wouldn't notice one way or the other.

So, anyway.. I don't have particular litters, but since I've been trying to keep them scooped reasonably often, our smell has stopped and I've stopped having "potty" issues from mr. i want a clean fresh litter box everytime I step foot in it.

The last batch I got was particularly dusty, though. I can't remember what brand.

I loooooved WBCL Multi-cat as long as I coated the bottom of the box in baking soda.

My cats didn't and didn't use the box consistently when I had WBCL. For clay litter, I use Arm and Hammer Unscented.

I hate how tidy cats litter clumps... Everything falls apart... My favorite is the arm and hammer multicat... It clumps sooooo well and does a good job keeping the house from smelling...

I also use the cheap walmart brand disposable litter for the diabetic cat I'm fostering... Its a waste to get scoopable litter since it will be all used in 2 days anyway... Its not the best at controling odors though... But its cheap and considering how much she goes through, its worth dealing with a little stink.

Originally Posted by tjwharton24

Right now i'm just trying to find a great litter. I have a mother to be kitty and she is using that Tidy Cat Muti-cat crystals. I'm gonna need something for the kits to learn in the not dangerous.

Can anyone help?

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Hi TJWharton, I'm not a cat expert or anything and I might get flack for saying this but I used WBCL when my cats were little kittens. They were weeks old (rescues), not newborns

Perhaps I should have used shredded paper, like from a automatic paper shredder. I don't know. I hope other members here have better answers for you. GOOD LUCK

Oh, and thanks for telling me about Tidy Cat Multi-cat crystals. I think I heard of that one, but I'm not sure

Originally Posted by fosterkitty

I love Tidy cats, but it has to be the kind that says "Tidy Lock" on the side of the bucket. There are still some in a few stores here that are the old version. The tidy lock clumps great and doesn't smell. i have 6 cats and 7 litter boxes.

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Luv you for this post! Never heard of Tidy Cats Tidy Lock until your post. Thank you! And guess what: I found it on the website: http://www.tidycat.com/GetPage.aspx?ContentID=96

Originally Posted by Shorty14788

I hate how tidy cats litter clumps... Everything falls apart ...

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Yup. That's what I hate about Tidy Cats too BUT it does a superb job in odor control I find.

Before I switched over from WBCL, I had MAJOR odor problems with my younger kitty Daisy only (stinky-poopy-kitty!), but not Penny. (Penny's poop rarely stinks) .... In other words, WBCL wasn't doing the job on Daisy's poop

But after the switch to Tidy Cats, odor problems are gonzo! So I'm happy about that but I *TOTALLY MISS* the clumping of WBCL sssooo much. Please see my response to fosterkitty, above

I use the Arm and Hammer, too. The price is reasonable and it does the job

What is WBCL?

Think it means "World's Best Cat Litter"

I use tidy cats also but i am not able to use the tidy lock kind because merlin refuses to use the LB if the litter has a sand consistency to it i love the fact that it covers the oders so well but wish i could scoop it(clumps). we scoop everyday because we have a small apartment and 2 covered litteboxes with 3 kittys. so far no one has said anything about smelling the LB's and in fact most of them say they wouldnt know i had cats except the fact that i talk about them as much as i do my kids lol. i wish they could make the regular multi-cat litter that clumped without making it sandy.

Originally Posted by Mom2SalemIsis

I use tidy cats also but i am not able to use the tidy lock kind because merlin refuses to use the LB if the litter has a sand consistency to it i love the fact that it covers the oders so well but wish i could scoop it(clumps). we scoop everyday because we have a small apartment and 2 covered litteboxes with 3 kittys. so far no one has said anything about smelling the LB's and in fact most of them say they wouldnt know i had cats except the fact that i talk about them as much as i do my kids lol. i wish they could make the regular multi-cat litter that clumped without making it sandy.

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Hi Mom2SalemIsis. Oh boy, I know exactly what you're talking about. What's funny is I just noticed I have an empty container of Tidy Cats Small Spaces With Tidy Lock. (Just went over to look!) If you ask me why the empty container is sitting around, oh goodness I can't answer but obviously I must have tried it out awhile back. I can't remember anything good or bad about it. It was just kind of blah. I'm the type that if it impressed me I'd certainly remember. I think I will just have to experiment. But yeah, I sure do LUV the odor controlling power of Tidy Cats original formula but in terms of removing poop and pee Tidy Cats original formula gets a big fat zero (especially removing pee)

Oh, WBCL = Worlds Best Cat Litter ("best" at clumping maybe hee-hee)

I've found that the "tidy lock" version of tidy cats has a totally different texture, much less sandy than the original tidy cats. I had started out using this kind, then I got a great deal on some large buckets. Come to find out they were so cheap because they were the old sandy type tidy cats. Long story short, I've been mixing the two and the kits don't seem to mind.

The newer tidy cats is much better at controlling the liquids and it does do a great job on the smell. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be any better in the dust department.

Since I have a cat that always has sneezing attacks in the box, I've switched one of three boxes to WBCL corn based litter. I find that this stuff is great on liquids (and it doesn't glue itself to the bottom of the box), but not so great at the solids or controlling the poop smells. Of course, he's decided this is his poop box

I just got a 50 pound bag of the Tidy Lock on sale and I'll give a report soon. That's a cute picture of Bella the Mousey Slayer

Originally Posted by lakeriedog

I like the Nature's Miracle clumping litter, it clumps well and controls odor.

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it's good to know someone likes it. i bought it for my kitten, but i'm trying to wean her off the clay stuff she's used to right now.

Okay so here's what I think so far about Tidy "Lock"

Tidy Lock my foot - It seems the same

I do luv its power in odor control

That's the only good thing I can say about it

My opinion only

Would like to hear feedback from you all

Thanks

I don't know. I haven't found that one particularly controls odors better than the others, but then I only have odor problems for about 10 minutes right after someone :cough: leaves a huge stinker in the litter box. Honestly, I don't even know where they get those stinkers at!!!! And I didn't think it could get any worse until I let them eat wet cat food. That's the way to go about it.. if you ever need to knock someone out, just time it to bring them to my house while Bagheera's using the litter box.

Yeah I don't know why Penny's poop is practically odorless but Daisy's WHOOOO, that's a whole 'nother story. But with Tidy Cats litter the stench is reduced by oh I'd say 80% or more thank Heaven

I'll choose better odor control over better handling (clumping) any day

But still, I find it interesting how 1 cat can stink and another won't. And they eat the same food...............

Originally Posted by trixie23

Im gonna get crap for this but I like Fresh Step! I know odorless and even clump free is recommended (because of the clay... avoiding an ingestion issue) but this is what I use at the time! Im open for suggestions! I use scented because Tiger drops some serious and deadly waste!

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I use the same thing and PHX loves this! I don't really get a strong odor when I use this brand.. unless its recent!! I think that the smell all depends on how often the owners take care of the box And PHX says "MEEEEEEOWWW" (that means- "good stuff!")

I used to use Tidy Cat, but they changed their formula and it smelled like urine before it ever touched the litter box. Bleh!! I switched to Fresh Step and love it! The kitty odor is completely gone and I don't gag when I clean the box anymore. I haven't noticed a lot of dust and the cats are bothered by the fragrance...I won't be going back to TC anytime soon!

Originally Posted by mybabyphx

I use the same thing and PHX loves this! I don't really get a strong odor when I use this brand.. unless its recent!! I think that the smell all depends on how often the owners take care of the box

And PHX says "MEEEEEEOWWW" (that means- "good stuff!")

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I think this is generally true, but in the case of Baggie's poop... no, it's just the stinkiest thing when it comes out, but about 10 minutes later, the smell has ... disappeared. I mean, I clean out their boxes about every two days, scooping.. and when I'm sitting right there, in front of the box, with my face less than two feet away, even the poopies don't stink..it's just that first 10 minutes.. PHEW!!!!!

Now, I put all the scoops in an old litter container that had originally contained fresh litter.. I line it with a plastic bag for easy removal, and then remove it every time it's full (and double line it) and *then* I get the stinky urine smell, but not so much the poop smell. It'll smell in there, probably because it sits longer, but as far as keeping the initial smell down, it works well since it's closed up until I empty the clumps into it.

But I don't particularly notice a difference between the litters.. I think it has to do, maybe with the litter box clumps being covered completely, and the disposal box not being covered at all inside.. (it does have a lid so the disposal box itself is covered, but no extra litter).

When I was lazier about the box.. I started having issues with Kahn pottying outside the box.. so I've been pretty current with it since then..the boxes were stinky then, but since it's being done regularly, no issues other than Baggie's initial poops. People need a gas mask!

note: I realize you probably weren't specifically talking to me, it was just a good post to quote..