can you use sand? like sandbox sand?
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Honestly, I've never thought about it! I really don't have an answer for you, but I'm sure someone who does will be by shortly. Are you not able to find/buy cat litter, or would you just rather use sand? I'll be interested to hear if that is okay!
I'm sure that you can, I don't think that it would be harmful to the cats, but it would be pretty messy. It wouldn't mask the orders very well & it wouldn't dry very quickly... so you probalby have lots of wet sand tracked around the house.
Cats usually like sand. Everytime we had a sand pile outside, it turned into an instant litterbox from all the neighborhood cats!
Cats usually like sand. Everytime we had a sand pile outside, it turned into an instant litterbox from all the neighborhood cats!
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You can but why??
there are plenty of alternative cat litter s that arent $$ that work well
there are plenty of alternative cat litter s that arent $$ that work well
Yup, cats do like sand, as in the commercially prepped "sandbox" sand. For the price, why not try the chicken feed laying mash? I got the idea here & my kits LOVE it! And the smell is pleasant, without perfumes. The others are right about the absorbancy of sand - it stays wet & smelly....
BTW, Welcome to TCS!
BTW, Welcome to TCS!
What exactly is this? I assume you'd get it from a feed store, right? How often do you have to change it, and what is the price like? Sorry for all the questions, I'm curious!
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it is hen food though if you want you can get chick food ... egg layer crumble
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as to why, because its 50 pounds for $5.00 which i think is a lot cheaper than anything out there.
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It may be cheap but youll pay alot in long run either with smell or constant box changing... for about 8 buck s you can get chn feed .. it clump s and 50 lbs for three boxes last a month
I wouldn't use sand either.
I'd use the cheapest clay litter I could find, before I'd use sand. You can get 50 lbs of a generic/store brand regular clay litter for about $8 to $10. It would at least absorb the urine & it wouldn't be as messy as sand.
The chicken feed is another good option, it's the same type of material that makes up World's Best & other corn based litters.
The chicken feed is another good option, it's the same type of material that makes up World's Best & other corn based litters.
We used sand outdoors for a feral who was using the neighbors' flowerbeds, and it was fine. Indoors we used potting soil, and gradually switched him over to litter.
Well, my parents certainly have a stray using my little brother's sandbox as a litter box, but in all honesty, I don't know why you'd want to. In the olden days, they used sand and dirt, but...chicken feed is extremely cheap, as is plain non-clumping litter or wood stove pellets, and they'd work a lot better. If you're in a big pinch, like a cat just showed up and you're not a cat household or something, sand will do for the cat's sake.
