For an average of 70 cats, I cannot afford to dump litter, and or the delightful aroma it would cause if I didn't do it 2x/day or more, as needed. It doesn't matter whether it's dusty or not, clumping litter still contains sodium bentonite, and it doesn't have to be listed on the bag/box. The one and only way of knowing whether it doesn't contain SB, is if it's allowed to be flushed down a toilet; its' a compound used in construction to seal the space between earth and foundation by absorbing 15 times its weight in liquid. It can get into a cat's urethra and cause a blockage, get ingested when grooming and cause intestinal blockage or when inhaled, turn into a solid block in the lungs by absorbing the moisture.
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lee Evans Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 6:12 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter Definitely bending over for any length of time can be a big pain in the back. I pick up my litter boxes and place them on a plastic lawn furniture end table. It raises the box to a level where I can scoop in comfort and the cats like to sit under it and play with my pants leg. 'Stop that, stop that, no claws!!" I can't easily get up from those garden kneeler seats because of really weak knees. Whoever coined the term "Golden Years" was probably not yet 18. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! _____ From: Edna Taylor <taylore...@msn.com> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter Yep, my college degree sits behind me at my desk doing me absolutely no good whatsoever ;) _____ Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 14:19:58 -0700 From: moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter I have 40 cats so any cat litter expense is going to be flushing money down the drain or into the garbage. I use pine pellets which cost $6.00 for 40 lbs. at Tractor Supply. At that price my cats can poop and pee in luxury. The pine breaks down to a yellow powder though and I have to sweep it up all the time to prevent my cat room from looking like a weird beach because the cats dig and then track with their paws. Yellow, yellow everywhere. I use a light weight variable length squeegee to sweep because a broom just makes all that yellow go airborne. At least there is no initial dust up when I pour the pine and it really deodorizes the contents of the litter box unless I don't dump it often enough. I dump and wash and refill about every 3 days, scoop the poop every day. Lots of work. For this I needed a college degree? Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! _____ From: Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, October 8, 2012 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter I use scoopable litter, but I use the dust free kind. Some scoopable litter is so dusty clouds of it billow up and this is obviously bad stuff. I never use any scoopinig litter with small kittens, but with as many grown cats as I have (total 24) I use very large litter boxes and I simply can't lift them (to dump) when they are filled with the clay litter. I have painful arthritis and I'm ancient... almost 80. I'd really like to hear from others on the list about who uses clay litter and who uses scoopable. Fresh Step and Tidy Cat scoopable don't seem to have any dust at all, but it's scary to think scoopable litter is so bad. Lorrie On 10-08, Natalie wrote: > > Liter, especially clumping litter, should be banned - I have tons of > info on it, how a company responded to a concerned cat owner, "Buyer > beware". I discourage all my adopters from using it. Sodium bentonite > is fatal to cats if they inhale it, eat it, inadvertently when cleaning > themselves - or kittens, while playing. > > People always seem to think that if something is expensive, it must be > the best - and they want the best for their cats! Hartz litter is > pretty disgusting, too! > > Natalie > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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