What litter is everyone using?

Thanks to everyone for posting their choice in litter. I hope this continues as I'm trying to get in as much research as I can before taking the plunge and getting a bag/box of litter to try. I'm really curious about Ultra Pearls but have not seen it in any stores mentioned on their site. I'm concerned about the overall health of my kittens and want to stay away from dusty litters and those that can cause problems if ingested. Right now, at the top of my list to try, is WBCL. I've heard a lot of good things about it and would like to try it. I've read a lot of good about Feline Pine but I think the larger pellet size might not be well accepted. I've also heard some good things about Ultra Pearls and would love to give that one a try, but it looks as if I'll have to order it online since it's no where to be found on any store shelves by me.
Please continue posting your brand of litter and thanks again for everyone's input.

Another Dr Elsey's Precious Cat Ultra lover here. We tried 'em all and settled on this. Clumps hard as a "diamond!"

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Geez, I feel like I've tried almost all of it.
For clays:
I didn't like the store brands, they tend to be very dusty.
Maxx cat was alright, and I used it for quite some time.
Dr Easleys was great! I did have some odor problems by the end, and used baking soda to help me through the last week of the month before the big dump (with de-clumping the box every day of course).
I have to say, I don't think I'll ever use clay again however.

Non clays:
I have not used pearls, but my boyfriend used to use them for his ferrets and said he liked them.
WBCL (multicat) I liked at first, but really found it to be quite stinky in almost no time. I ended up getting rid of the last of the bag because my boyfriend and I couldn't stand the smell anymore.
Feline pine scoopable was good, I used it for about 8 months....but I have wall to wall carpeting and couldn't keep the tracking down...it was in EVERYTHING. My friend who has hardwood floors loves it though.
I am currently using Feline Pine in pellet form, and created a sifting box for it. So far I like that it has the odor control of the scoopable without the tracking.

The wood stove pellets are even better then the pine - price wise - I pay less then $4.00 for 40 lbs.

When we get Jack next spring, I'll have some normal scoopable litter, but will be adding the pellets for him to get used to. By the time he has free run of the house, he will be using pellets without the litter

I use a generic brand of unscented clumping clay litter. It works beautifully for us.

WBCL original.

I use my supermarkets own brand which is a clumping litter because it's very similar to Catsan, but much cheaper.

Originally Posted by GingersMom

I started with Arm & Hammer Clumping and used that for more than a year until it started getting incredibly dusty - it seems to be made more fine now, which leaves so much dust in the house I developed breathing issues.

I tried out Tidy Cat - several variants of that brand - Walmart's Special Kitty and then took the plunge and tried WBCL. I will never, EVER use a clay litter again.

The WBCL, while an expensive purchase, actually saves me money on litter costs and I no longer have a dusty home. The litterboxes do develop a bit of a "barnyard" small to them, but it isn't a bad odor, to my nose.

Only caveat is, that it does tend to be bad at covering any immediate odors. When the cats poop, you know it, and it takes a little while for it to dissapate.

But overall, I find that using WBCL, my home smells a lot less like cat than it did with clay litters.

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I agree - we use WBCL and unless one of the cats has just immediately gone to the bathroom, you cannot tell we have litter boxes in our house and we live in a small bungalow. Again, although WBCL is expensive, it lasts much longer than the clay litters and I only completely change out the litter about every 6 weeks or so. I scoop daily and add a couple cups of new litter every week which keeps it pretty fresh.

I am very much against using clay litter for young kittens - it is dusty and if they ingest litter or breathe in the dust, it can draw moisture from their bodies and create lumps in their lungs/digestive system which has necessitated the need for surgery. At least if they eat the WBCL it is corn based and will pass through.

I've used wood pellets, EverClean and Arm & Hammer among others. Currently I use Extreme Classic, because it's relatively cheap, available at my pet shop and of tolerable quality.

I stared off with Tidy Cat clamping litter for multiple cats. And I was really bothered by how much dust it created. Then I bought cheap store brand of clamping littler and my husband had allergic reaction to the fragrance.
No more clay base litter!
I then went for Swheet Scoop. Which didn't mask order very good. So, mixed Feline Pine clamping.
Both of they are so light and produced terrible tracking mess.
Then switched to WBCL. I really liked this. But it still had dust. Compared to clay base, there is no dust, but there was some dust which I didn't care for.
So I am currently using Feline Pine original. I looooove this one. I can stick my face litter box and I can't smell any odor. It smells like pine saw dust.
There is NO DUST. NONE! ZIP!
I don't have to scoop that often, too.
This was especially good when my cat was having diarrhea. It observed liquid of poo very quickly and kept it neat.
So, Feline Pine is my absolute favorite.

We're currently using Special Kitty scoop with crystals. It's inexpensive and not very dusty (about like Tidy Cats scoop).

In the last few months we tried WBCL and Swheat Scoop multicat. The cats liked the Swheat Scoop better. But I don't think it held up as good as Tidy Cats Scoop and Special Kitty scoop. That definitely didn't justify the price of Swheat. Swheat Scoop was a little dustier than WBCL, but a finer texture. I don't think the dust was that much more, just slightly more. For some reason, the smell of cat pee in WBCL made me nauseous. And I have had cats all my life--never had that reaction before. The cats didn't really like WBCL either. And tracked terribly. I think the Swheat Scoop multicat was the best of the natural litters we've tried.

I use Fresh Step scoopable litter.

I don't necessarily like it, it tracks a lot and there's always litter everywhere to vacuum up. But, I've never used anything else and Zissou has never used the potty anywhere else except once in a potted plant at my sister's house and one week when she was sick and couldn't control herself and had to go to the emergency vet.

So for me, it's sort of an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I'm too scared to start something.

And I buy the 30-lb buckets, they last probably a month and a half.

World's Best Cat Litter - Multicat Strength (or whatever that formula is called)

Have tried:
Feline Pine Clumping - didn't like scent, too much tracking
Nature's Miracle - too much tracking
Tidy Cats Crystals - could smell urine even with daily stirring
Dr. Elsey Precious Cat Crystal Litter - expensive, but better than the Tidy Cats as far as crystal litter goes. If I had only 1 cat I would probably use this.
Arm & Hammer Super Clumping - not bad
PetCo Store Brand Clumping - this is the clay litter I would use if I went back to clay becuase I like that you can re-fill the container/jug. More environmentally friendly that way.
Safeway Store Brand Clumping - don't remember

Currently using: Yesterday's News

Just ordered: The Breeze (inert litter with urine pad on the bottom).

Have used:
Tidy Cat's clay clumping litter
Other clay clumping litters

I was never very picky about clumping clay litters; they all seem to do the job very well indeed. However, my cat Artemis has asthma, and whether it's caused by clay litter dust or not, dust in the environment isn't good for anyone with any breathing problems at all. So I switched to the newspaper-pellet Yesterday's News to cut down on the dust and eliminate the silica dust. It takes getting used to (both on my part and the cat's part), and still has a fair amount of dust (the pellets break down when urinated on), but it's definitely OK.

Well, here I am with three weekends before picking up my 12 week old kittens. I've read as much as I could about litters and have decided that I will be giving Nature's Miracle a try. The three litters that have been on my "list" to research are Nature's Miracle, Ultra Pearls and WBCL. Depending on what happens with this litter as far as performance, I might also incorporate a mixture of Nature's Miracle and Ultra Pearls mixing both in order to get the benefits of each. Time will tell.

Thanks!

Kitty uses Fresh Step scoopable, and it is great. I've heard that it might not be the best for cat health, but for now thats what she likes and I do too

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

The wood stove pellets are even better then the pine - price wise - I pay less then $4.00 for 40 lbs.

When we get Jack next spring, I'll have some normal scoopable litter, but will be adding the pellets for him to get used to. By the time he has free run of the house, he will be using pellets without the litter

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where do you get the pellets, is it clumping?

I use chicken crumbles or laying crumbles, chicken feed. It is like worlds best, except much cheaper, 16 dollars for 50 pounds. It used to be 13, but with the price of corn going up, so is the chiken feed. I would like to find something else. Oh, and I mix in a little swheat with it, to cut down on the "corny" smell in the summer. winter is ok.
before this, I used the petsmart brand which was affecting my lungs, and terribly dusty. I try to stay "green".

I've been using clay clumping litter. Scoop Away seems to clump the hardest. You could throw those things through someone's window if you were so inclined!

Since clumping and kittens is a disaster, and I want to be environmentally friendly, I've been trying out more natural litters since I've had the kittens.

The Feline Pine (regular and clumping) sound like great idea, but were very messy with frisky kittens jumping in and out of the box all the time. Sawdust, everywhere! I'm using my leftover litter with my big cats, but it's in the box they don't use as much, so I'm not sure how they like it.

I'm now using WBCL with the little ones and I'm impressed enough to buy a big bag and start switching everyone over. Except that I have about 50-60 pounds of clay clumping litter left, so it's going to take a while before I need it.

It clumps well, controls odor well (and there's nothing more obnoxious than the smell of kitten poop!), isn't as messy as the pine, and doesn't leave everything coated in dust. I also like that if the kittens act like little stoopidheads and try to eat the stuff, it won't hurt them.

I am using Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat Litter and I think it's really good. Holds up well for a week and I havent had any odor problems yet. I'll be sticking with this for awhile. Kitty seems to be okay with it, and the only time it gets in my carpet is when I miss when cleaning the box.