Another thought: Do you have a farm/feed store close by? Sometimes they have
cheap litter. The trick with the silica is that it absorbs a lot of the urine
(I had one cat that would use it straight. Dixie isn't that found of it) so
you are not scooping as much and the odor is a lot less. The size of the
plastic boxes makes scooping a lot easier for me too.......and the high sides
are a plus with older/mad/male cats who don't seem to always hit the litter.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Kachur
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: Litterboxes
It doesn't seem to make a whole lot of difference what brand of litter (as
long as it IS scoopable) we use so I buy whatever I have coupons for--or, if no
coupons, I go to Wal-Mart as they have the best prices around here.
I have seven cats and seven litterboxes--I've always read that one should
have the same number of boxes as cats. We scoop the boxes 4-5 times per day.
I don't know that there is a perfect answer--but this works pretty well.
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:13 PM
Subject: Litterboxes
Ok, guys, as you know, my cat population has grown to four. With that
comes an exponential number of litterboxes (three currently, thinking about
upgrading to four), and well, honestly, litter is getting a bit expensive with
all the other costs. I'm curious about what you guys use? Right now I use
Tidy Cats scoopable litter, and the Tidy cats litter deodorizer, too. I've
also been changing the boxes out completely every week (at least every other
week). This gets expensive, especially considering it takes a box and a half
to fill three boxes every week. The problem is if I don't change the box out
every week, it starts to smell, and one of the litterboxes is in the guestroom.
:(
So my question is, what kind of litter do you guys use, and what protocol
do you use to keep the odor to a minimum? What are the differences in
scoopable versus non-scoopable? I'd appreciate any opinions on the matter. :)
~Michael
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