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I KNOW! no cat litter down the loo, what about solids only?

post #1 of 11
2/26/11 at 2:33pm
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I've been all over the internet and I gathered that is just not a good idea to flush kitty litter down the toilet, I get it!...

but I cant get a 'solid' answer about SOLIDS ONLY!

The kind of litter I use doesn't clamp or create nasty clusters just lets my cats business there ,.. relaxed,.. sometimes buried, sometimes on top but practically free and easy to scoop out...

Can I flush litter-free-cat-solids down the toilet ?

I figured my cat can't crap as much as me.. or.. can he ?

THANK YOU
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post #2 of 11
2/26/11 at 3:13pm
If there's no litter stuck to it, feces is feces. It'll flush. I have a litter box right by the bathroom door and if there's a seed (what I use for litter) free BM in there I'll toss it in the toilet.
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post #3 of 11
2/26/11 at 5:03pm
Human poop, cat poop yes, you can flush it.....
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post #4 of 11
2/26/11 at 5:13pm
I use World's Best Litter and flush it down the toilet, poop and pee puddles both.
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post #5 of 11
2/26/11 at 5:17pm
Yes, if I find litter-free poop anywhere, I'll flush it. Considering the state of my old plumbing, though, I definitely wouldn't try to flush any litter, not even the "flushable" kind!
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post #6 of 11
2/26/11 at 6:27pm
Isn't it the clay litter that is bad for plumbing?

My cats like corn based litter, and I now flush it all the time, all the clumps. My toilets are low flow and about 12 years old. I just don't overload the toilets before I flush. The house and plumbing pipes date back to 1926.

It's works fine.






Robin
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post #7 of 11
2/26/11 at 7:21pm
I'll confess

I use Worlds Best and I flush. I've been flushing for over 5 years with no problem. Because of my limitations I purposely chose a flushable litter.

But every time I mention it someone will tell me all the reasons why it is bad and I shouldn't. So I've learned to keep it to myself.

I also believe that poop is poop regardless of where it comes from.
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post #8 of 11
2/26/11 at 11:26pm
I think they had a thing going in California telling people not to flush cat poop, because toxoplasmosis was killing the sea otters and they thought that cat poop in the sewers and runoff from peoples' yards might be the cause. I don't know what came of that. At any rate, the chances of an indoor cat shedding toxoplasmosis in its feces at any given time are extremely low, so I doubt that the problem was being caused by owned cats, if the problem was caused by cat feces at all.

As for the problems that flushing may cause plumbing, well, it is a risk. If people want to take that risk, it's their money to hire the plumber! My plumbing is so tempermental that I wouldn't dare try it. . .even a little too much toilet paper will cause problems. But probably people with newer plumbing don't have those issues.
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post #9 of 11
2/27/11 at 6:12am
Our house was built in 1954 and I flush the litter twice a day, if not more. We installed low-flow toilets early last summer, so depending on how much I have to flush, I break it up into 2 flushes.
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post #10 of 11
2/27/11 at 12:33pm
We use World's Best, and flush all the time - no problem. The plumbing is late 50s, and shows no sign of difficulty. If the load is heavier than usual, we'll break it into two, but that's just a precaution. And yes, poop is poop.
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post #11 of 11
3/1/11 at 3:54am
Flush away all cat poops -- I use scoopable-clumping litters and flushing the poops with litter on them is fine, unless your drain pipes down below tend to gum up with it. You might call and ask a plumber in your area if he knows if the litter will slip on through -- the light green pipe under my home slides it all away, even if the occasional clump gets in by accident.

Don't ever flush paper towel or baby wipes with it, tho. Toilet paper, kleenex and wimpy napkins that dissolve quickly: OK! Also be sure and keep a plunger handy for it does get clogged at times. Don't put in too many poops at one flush.

I live in California and there are no Sea Otters out here, not even in the zoos. There were Seals up north by San Francisco is all I ever saw up and down the coast in man-made environments were seals, penguins, dolphins and orcas. When the ocean water gets contaminated it is from major breaks in the sewer system under the cities.


"Please flush away our poops, Mom! It is really getting stinky in here!" says Happy.
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