(I hope I'm posting this in the correct section. Apologies if not.)
With Gus and Liz's sea-sawing health issues, I'm trying to make sure that I'm looking after their health on all fronts. I've always used clay clumping litter with them, but after hearing about the dangers in the dust (both carcinogenic and just the dangers of it hardening in the lungs), I've looked into switching to an alternative.
I've considered crystals, but am nervous about silica gel. I've thought about pine litter, but without going into a large tangent, we can't risk her being allergic to it with her very touchy health and need to stay away from pred and antibiotics as long as we can. I've most recently considered something "natural" like clumping corn-based litter (like World's Best Cat Litter), but I started wondering: Wouldn't that kind of litter (no matter how natural) still run the risk of it clumping in their lungs because of its powder/dust particles?
Corn litter was what I was leaning towards, but concerns about inhaling it's dust makes me nervous too.
Any suggestions on what would be natural, low probability of allergic reaction (I doubt they're allergic to corn since I'm pretty sure they may have had corn products before), low risks of clumping in lungs, and low odor?
Or does such a thing even exist...?
With Gus and Liz's sea-sawing health issues, I'm trying to make sure that I'm looking after their health on all fronts. I've always used clay clumping litter with them, but after hearing about the dangers in the dust (both carcinogenic and just the dangers of it hardening in the lungs), I've looked into switching to an alternative.
I've considered crystals, but am nervous about silica gel. I've thought about pine litter, but without going into a large tangent, we can't risk her being allergic to it with her very touchy health and need to stay away from pred and antibiotics as long as we can. I've most recently considered something "natural" like clumping corn-based litter (like World's Best Cat Litter), but I started wondering: Wouldn't that kind of litter (no matter how natural) still run the risk of it clumping in their lungs because of its powder/dust particles?
Corn litter was what I was leaning towards, but concerns about inhaling it's dust makes me nervous too.
Any suggestions on what would be natural, low probability of allergic reaction (I doubt they're allergic to corn since I'm pretty sure they may have had corn products before), low risks of clumping in lungs, and low odor?
Or does such a thing even exist...?