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post #31 of 44
11/23/09 at 6:37pm
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So are you able to scoop the sawdust out then?
you could but it is hard ( i have used pellets ) ... mostly when it get to dust mainly time to change the box
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post #32 of 44
11/23/09 at 9:01pm
...unfortunately my cat did not like World's best. He refused to go pee. He's meticulous so I'm hesitant to experiment too much with him. The other cat is fine with whatever I put in her box.

He seems to like Arm and Hammer Multi-Cat. I don't smell anything from the box with that stuff, so it's fine. He also pees like a firehose. He leaves the most difficult box to scoop, of any cat I've had, with ANY litter I try because he digs all the way to the bottom and makes sure I'm scraping plastered goo out of the corner of his box later on. SO anything to help with the smell while I put on the elbow grease. lol

I'd like to try Swheat, but I'm not so sure. I don't want another repeat of the World's Best incident. The idea of natural litter really appeals to me, though. I guess we have a disagreement with cat and person here; he definitely wins. I don't want to mess with him.

(Honestly, though, he's worth it. He cracks me up.)
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post #33 of 44
11/23/09 at 9:12pm
After trying several brands including Special Kitty, and SWheat I think I like Cat's Pride the best. Another plus is I can get it here on base and I don't have to pay tax.
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post #34 of 44
11/28/09 at 9:07pm
I tried World's Best and it was a disaster. I *slowly* transitioned from clumping clay to WBCL and thought things were fine. It was such a slow transition & went so fine that it took me weeks to even think of it as a potential issue when one of my cats started urinating right next to the litter boxes once or twice a day. Took her to the vet to look for problems - twice I think - then finally I thought, hey, let me just try the old litter. Hardly a problem since. I use a cheap clumping, dust-free litter of no major brand name from a local pet supply store. They're happy, so I'm happy.
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post #35 of 44
11/29/09 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by Fulpmes View Post
I tried World's Best and it was a disaster. I *slowly* transitioned from clumping clay to WBCL and thought things were fine. It was such a slow transition & went so fine that it took me weeks to even think of it as a potential issue when one of my cats started urinating right next to the litter boxes once or twice a day. Took her to the vet to look for problems - twice I think - then finally I thought, hey, let me just try the old litter. Hardly a problem since. I use a cheap clumping, dust-free litter of no major brand name from a local pet supply store. They're happy, so I'm happy.
I had the same experience with WBCL. One of my cats was on the verge of a full blown litter box boycott. I couldn't stand the smell of cat pee + the corn litter. I don't know why, but it really bothered me. At the time we were renting a place with a dark blue carpet, and Swheat Scoop made them track footprints everywhere. We tried that after WBCL.

We are using Tidy Cats Scoop (red bucket). They also like Special Kitty Scoop, but I noticed it wasn't lasting as long as Tidy Cats.
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post #36 of 44
11/29/09 at 7:15pm
I used clay litter before, and the smell was really really bad.

Then we put WBCL in one of the litter box, and they almost only use WBCL. Then I removed the clay litter and use Fresh Step. Now they prefer Fresh Step over WBCL. I personally like the corn smell better. But if that is what my cats like, and the price is cheaper for Fresh Step, Fresh Step it is.
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post #37 of 44
12/1/09 at 9:10pm
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Originally Posted by littleraven7726 View Post
... I couldn't stand the smell of cat pee + the corn litter. I don't know why, but it really bothered me. ...
I found the WBCL was much worse for capturing smell. I have my litter boxes in a room off my kitchen & was horrified when a friend walked with me into my kitchen and got hit by a wall of corny cat pee smell -- there was something extra special about the corn element. I put a vanilla scented thing in the kitchen & it did not touch it. If I went too many hours without scooping out the litter boxes (I usually do it 2x/day), it wasn't nice. I was still willing to give it a chance, but my kitty made the final decision by voting with her feet.
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post #38 of 44
12/1/09 at 9:50pm
So many people recommended Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat litter I decided to give it a try, even though I was really satisfied with the Walmart Special Kitty in the green box. The experiment did not go as well as I had hoped. Dr. Elsey's does seem to be slightly less dusty but it's not even in the ball park on odor control. It may be partly because Dr. Elsey's is a coarser texture and my kitties don't always cover their deposits. However, even when I cover it for them the stink hangs around for 15-20 minutes. With Special Kitty I almost never smell anything. Even in the bathroom where there is the least air circulation the odor is gone in less than 5 minutes. Given the choice between a little dust and a lot of stink, I'll take the dust any time. We're back to using Special Kitty and the furkids and I are all happy.
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post #39 of 44
12/2/09 at 2:47am
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Originally Posted by LDG View Post
If you have access to WalMart, purchase Special Kitty litter. It is clumping litter, and it's inexpensive - and is basically dust-free.

To answer someone else's question, the problem many people have with clumping litters is the silicates in them. They are kind of like smoking menthol cigarettes. It's terrible for the lungs. Many people who use clumping litters won't use lids on the boxes because of the dust.

The low-dust litters are thus important if using a clumping litter - lid or no lid on the box.
So the pine clumping litters have these silicates in them as well I assume? How would you use a non-clumping litter? Would you still scoop or would you have to empty it out and clean the box every day?
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post #40 of 44
12/2/09 at 8:44am
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Originally Posted by SweetPea24 View Post
So the pine clumping litters have these silicates in them as well I assume? How would you use a non-clumping litter? Would you still scoop or would you have to empty it out and clean the box every day?
With non-clumping litter you still have to scoop the poop. The pee will dry out and just gets stirred back in. When I was using it because I had young kittens in the house I completely changed the litter and cleaned the boxes once a week.
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post #41 of 44
12/4/09 at 3:17pm
I'm a recent convert to Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat litter. It was praised so much on this board, I finally decided to try it. I'm amazed! It has virtually no dust - no more than the Yesterday's News I had been using - and very good odor control. I think the lack of dust contributes to that by not carrying the odor into the air & all over the room. And, absolutely no scent, which is great for me because I'm very sensitive to perfumes. I love it!
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post #42 of 44
12/6/09 at 9:17pm
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Originally Posted by GoldyCat View Post
With non-clumping litter you still have to scoop the poop. The pee will dry out and just gets stirred back in. When I was using it because I had young kittens in the house I completely changed the litter and cleaned the boxes once a week.
Thanks for your replay GoldyCat!

My other question remains however, does the pine clumping have those silicates in them? I thought it was just the clay that was bad for the lungs but if it's these silicates....
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post #43 of 44
12/9/09 at 2:07pm
We've been using the multiple cat formula of WBCL for years - basically since the furbabes were kittens. We wouldn't switch unless we absolutely had to.
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post #44 of 44
12/29/09 at 11:30am
I use Swheat Scoop simply because I live in an Apt with no balcony and I was not walking all the way around to the dumpster to throw litter out every time I scooped so I love that it's flushable. It clumps pretty well too, and it does wonders for the smell. That plus the arm and hammer powder and the booda dome makes having a litter box in my dining room possible!
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