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Good litter for allergic cat

post #1 of 5
2/5/10 at 5:42pm
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My family cat Midori seems to have developed allergies to something in her old age. We are not sure if its food or other issues.

Anyways we are looking for a good brand of litter that is low dust and unscented. Vet recommended clumping litter. She's not a litter eater so this should be okay.

My folks are in the States so anything availble there would probably be fine. We have lots of grocery stores, Petco and Petsmart.
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post #2 of 5
2/5/10 at 5:53pm
I have one that had issues with clay litter dust, so I don't use any clay.

Petco and Petsmart options:
Swheat Scoop (wheat based)
Worlds Best (corn)
Feline Pine, both pellet and clumping (wood)
Yesterday's News (pelleted newspaper)

These ones won't have a lot of the clumping additives that clay litters do.

There are also some made by other brands that fall into the same categories as those above. No idea what's added to those, though.

Make sure she has uncovered boxes if she's really sensitive to dust. And if it seems to be respiratory related, have them get her thoroughly checked to make sure it isn't asthma.
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post #3 of 5
2/5/10 at 5:53pm
I have allergic cats and do not use clumping litter.
I use yesterdays news.
The other litter will make my sphynx sneeze at least 10 times in a row if she uses it.
My almost 18 year old cat has asthma and so far yesterdays news is the only litter that is ok with her.
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post #4 of 5
2/5/10 at 6:00pm
I wouldn't use clumping with an alergic cat (or any cat for that matter).

We use wood pellets, I would use either pellets or the recycled paper litter.
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post #5 of 5
2/5/10 at 7:00pm
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Thanks. Will take a look.

Just FYI: Midori has tried and refused to use Yesterdays News before.
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