I was looking for various alternatives to clay litter in the pet store and
what they had seemed to be rather expensive. I noticed one kind though,
called "Elegant Cat" which is a flushable green cat litter that seemed
reasonably priced. Have you heard of this type of litter? I haven't been
able to determine what it is made of, it just says it is biodegradable, with
chlorophyll for odor control.
I did buy some pine shavings to see how they would react, as they didn't
seem to care for the paper pellets all that much.
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My cats all hated the pelleted paper litter. They prefer wood shavings.
Non-clumping
wood shavings. Cedarific is a good brand of cat litter that is nice small
sized and
scoopable wood shavings (small enough they sift through a typical
litterbox scoop),
but I actually save a TON of money by buying horse stall pine wood
shavings (though
scooping is more of a hunt and pick thing than and scoop and sift thing).
They come
in a huge 50 pound bale and it only costs $3.25. If you must use a
clumping litter,
don't use a clay-based one, they are toxic and dangerous for ALL cats, not
just FELV+
cats. Try the brands World's Best, or Swheat Scoop. Those are both corn or
wheat
based, and can be digested if ingested. Feline Fresh is a wood-based
clumping litter
and is much safer than clay, but obviously not as digestible as the wheat
or corn
would be.
http://www.adirondackcraft.com/XPH/nep/ManufacturerProducts.htm
(non-clumping wood -
and the story behind the product - one of the reasons why I think it's
such a good
product is the ecological mind-set of the manufacturer)
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/dept.asp?dept_id=22&brand_id=60
(smaller bags sold
here)
Safer clumping alternatives:
http://www.worldsbestcatlitter.com/products/world_best_cat_litter.php?PHPSESSID=250f17d9422e6520ec49404a19ffbd81
http://www.swheatscoop.com/
http://www.felinefresh.com/felineSc.htm
Horse stall shavings:
http://www.championshavings.com/samples.html (this is just one company I
found
online, go to your local livestock supply or horse supply store to buy
locally for
less $)
http://www.championshavings.com/pic_pages/pg04.htm (picture of actual
shavings)
Phaewryn
http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
Special Needs Cat Resources
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