non-clumping clay litter

[sakura]

It seems like most shelters by me use this or ask for this type of litter to be donated. Why is that? Wouldn't clumping litter last longer? Is the non-clumping stuff just cheaper and that's why it's used?

(The other shelter I know of uses the pellets)

 

[okiron]

For kittens who have bouts of diarrhea, clumping litter will just become cement on their fur. Nonclumping might stick but not get glued onto the fur.

 

[eliot'smom]

I second the above...I volunteer at a local shelter and kittens and diarrhea go "paw in paw"

Adult shelter cats have frequent loose stools, too....I chalk it up to stress. A long haired cat+diarrhea+clumping litter=a pain in the rear!