Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
Carpets? With 30 cats in the house? No Way! I was actually thinking about planting grass on my floor but I cleaned it instead. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump LIKE I SAID WE MUST LOVE THEM TO GO THRU ALL THAT. i HAVE FOUND wORLD'S gREATEST and we all love it. I especially love the fact that it is much lighter than clay and is biodegradeable. I have a lite box compost pit to the east of the house and no smell from it all. It is a bit dusty but so is every other litter I jsut keep the vaccumn out and after cleaning the boxes, suck the escaped bits here and there and pitch them in the trash. Cost is a bit pricey, but it last longer and does not hurt your bare feet when you get up in the middle of the night. ONE WORD OF CAUTION. Blue buffalo has a litter made from walnut hulls/shells. It clumps and is relatively dust free, but is heavy and if you have light colored carpets you might have a problem. I use walnut hulls as a very good dark brown dye. AllI do is soak them in water and they dye everything they come in contact with. I have quarry tile floors so not too much of a problem, but even quarry tile will take the dye. Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: Lee, I almost pissed myself laughing.. Been there with the solid block of concrete stuck to the bottom of the litter boxes! Lorrie On 10-11, Lee Evans wrote: This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification. ___ 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
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
RE: carpets I was thinking of people who have only one or two cats in their house and are stupid enough to have carpeting. Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote: Carpets? With 30 cats in the house? No Way! I was actually thinking about planting grass on my floor but I cleaned it instead. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump LIKE I SAID WE MUST LOVE THEM TO GO THRU ALL THAT. i HAVE FOUND wORLD'S gREATEST and we all love it. I especially love the fact that it is much lighter than clay and is biodegradeable. I have a lite box compost pit to the east of the house and no smell from it all. It is a bit dusty but so is every other litter I jsut keep the vaccumn out and after cleaning the boxes, suck the escaped bits here and there and pitch them in the trash. Cost is a bit pricey, but it last longer and does not hurt your bare feet when you get up in the middle of the night. ONE WORD OF CAUTION. Blue buffalo has a litter made from walnut hulls/shells. It clumps and is relatively dust free, but is heavy and if you have light colored carpets you might have a problem. I use walnut hulls as a very good dark brown dye. AllI do is soak them in water and they dye everything they come in contact with. I have quarry tile floors so not too much of a problem, but even quarry tile will take the dye. Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: Lee, I almost pissed myself laughing.. Been there with the solid block of concrete stuck to the bottom of the litter boxes! Lorrie On 10-11, Lee Evans wrote: This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification. ___ 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
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
Lee, I almost pissed myself laughing.. Been there with the solid block of concrete stuck to the bottom of the litter boxes! Lorrie On 10-11, Lee Evans wrote: This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification. ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
I had this same thing happen when I tried SweatScoop. It turned to cement at the bottom of the litter pan. I had to get a hammer to get it out. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
Just imagine what it does to cats and kittens inside their bodies! Natalie My new email address is:atia@gmail.com From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 8:44 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump I had this same thing happen when I tried SweatScoop. It turned to cement at the bottom of the litter pan. I had to get a hammer to get it out. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter!Image removed by sender. www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! _ attachment: ~WRD000.jpg___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
The standard is NOT to use clumping litter with kittens under 8 months old. Kittens, like human children go through their new world tasting everything, whether it's food or not. Never leave string, thread, paper clips, thumb tacks, nails, even hairbrushes around where a kitten can get his/her mouth around it. Yeah, hair brushes. They love our hair and try to lick it like it's fur and get it stuck in their mouths. They also like to teethe on bristles, which if it's an old hair brush might break off. One of my really dim bulb grown cats likes to chew on the broom straws. Then he throws up. On the nicely swept floor. And never leave bottles of anything around, even things like ketchup. Caps can get loose, glass can break. In other words, try not to live in your house. Live in your closets and remember to close the doors. So clumping litter is deadly for kittens. It's also dangerous for newly spayed and neutered cats. You don't want litter getting into unhealed incisions or open wounds like are on a neutered male cat. Anything that is moist that can cause the litter to clump is bad news.Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too!From: Natalie at...@optonline.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump Just imagine what it does to cats and kittens inside their bodies! Natalie My new email address is: atia@gmail.com From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of BethSent: Friday, October 12, 2012 8:44 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump I had this same thing happen when I tried SweatScoop. It turned to cement at the bottom of the litter pan. I had to get a hammer to get it out. BethDon't Litter, Fix Your Critter!www.Furkids.org From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.comTo: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:49 PMSubject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification.Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! ___Felvtalk mailing listFelvtalk@felineleukemia.orghttp://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
Sounds like you have my bunch. For the chewing, I keep lemon grass growing in a pot during the winter months. they love the tste and munch on it all the time. Yes, they do throw up after eating it. Seems to clear out their system and they are back to normal. Cat houses are not normal houses. We have shelves on the walls for them to sit on and they sit on the furniture so we have sheets on everything. Hard to work on the computer, do crafts, especially beads, little seed beads, play a game of solitare (you should be palying with me so I will bat the cards, roll over on top of them). Must be we really love them to deal with all this. Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote: The standard is NOT to use clumping litter with kittens under 8 months old. Kittens, like human children go through their new world tasting everything, whether it's food or not. Never leave string, thread, paper clips, thumb tacks, nails, even hairbrushes around where a kitten can get his/her mouth around it. Yeah, hair brushes. They love our hair and try to lick it like it's fur and get it stuck in their mouths. They also like to teethe on bristles, which if it's an old hair brush might break off. One of my really dim bulb grown cats likes to chew on the broom straws. Then he throws up. On the nicely swept floor. And never leave bottles of anything around, even things like ketchup. Caps can get loose, glass can break. In other words, try not to live in your house. Live in your closets and remember to close the doors. So clumping litter is deadly for kittens. It's also dangerous for newly spayed and neutered cats. You don't want litter getting into unhealed incisions or open wounds like are on a neutered male cat. Anything that is moist that can cause the litter to clump is bad news. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: Natalie at...@optonline.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump Just imagine what it does to cats and kittens inside their bodies! Natalie My new email address is: atia@gmail.com From:Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 8:44 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump I had this same thing happen when I tried SweatScoop. It turned to cement at the bottom of the litter pan. I had to get a hammer to get it out. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org From:Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
I tried that once and then pitched the bag in the trash. Hated it and my cats would not use their boxes. They knew something I didn't. Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Just imagine what it does to cats and kittens inside their bodies! Natalie My new email address is:atia@gmail.com From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 8:44 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump I had this same thing happen when I tried SweatScoop. It turned to cement at the bottom of the litter pan. I had to get a hammer to get it out. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter!Image removed by sender. www.Furkids.org http://www.furkids.org/ _ From: Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! _ ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
LIKE I SAID WE MUST LOVE THEM TO GO THRU ALL THAT. i HAVE FOUND wORLD'S gREATEST and we all love it. I especially love the fact that it is much lighter than clay and is biodegradeable. I have a lite box compost pit to the east of the house and no smell from it all. It is a bit dusty but so is every other litter I jsut keep the vaccumn out and after cleaning the boxes, suck the escaped bits here and there and pitch them in the trash. Cost is a bit pricey, but it last longer and does not hurt your bare feet when you get up in the middle of the night. ONE WORD OF CAUTION. Blue buffalo has a litter made from walnut hulls/shells. It clumps and is relatively dust free, but is heavy and if you have light colored carpets you might have a problem. I use walnut hulls as a very good dark brown dye. AllI do is soak them in water and they dye everything they come in contact with. I have quarry tile floors so not too much of a problem, but even quarry tile will take the dye. Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote: Lee, I almost pissed myself laughing.. Been there with the solid block of concrete stuck to the bottom of the litter boxes! Lorrie On 10-11, Lee Evans wrote: This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification. ___ 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
Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter: The Return of the Clump
This is a horror story. It's true. My cats will tell you it is. One day, several years ago, I decided to purchase clumping litter. In those days I was using Traditional, a brand put out by HEB supermarket. Traditional is a white litter, not too much dust, at that time very inexpensive. Then I saw HEB Scoopable. It wasn't very expensive so I lugged a couple of bags home. Now, the horror part comes when you realize that I knew nothing about clumping litter except that it clumps when hit with something liquid. So I poured the same amount of clumping clay into the cat boxes as I had with the ordinary stuff. Sigh! Once in a while I should read directions. The litter clumped to the bottom of the box. Solid. Cement. Mixed with cat piss. I had to take all the boxes out to the yard and use a hack saw to get the litter out. Finally, hammer, chisel and garden hose got the boxes back to usable state. Five hours wasted. Cats giggling inside, waiting to see what I would do next. I read the directions. Needed was at least three inches of litter per box. Ten boxes. Five bags of cheap clumping clay. Ah. It clumped. Did not stick to the bottom of the box. Each perfectly formed clump weighed about three pounds. Hernia time. I purchased 5 bags of litter, each weighing 20 pounds. I filled up about 10 boxes. Used about 5 of the bags, give or take a few grains of sand. Half a bag to a box. That would be about 10 pounds of clay per box. After all was said and done, I got over 24 pounds worth of clumps out of each box. I wish someone would make litter out of silver dollars that would triple when hit with a liquid substance. Used up an entire roll of garbage bags. Sanitation department workers had to be hospitalized for hernias. It was around that time that I discovered Feline Pine. The cats were a little startled at having to do their thing on something that smelled like wood and rolled around like marbles but they got the hang of it finally. Some like to bat the pine pellets all over the floor. They especially like to bat them over to the door so when I come into the room I step rolly-polly pellets and go skidding into a wall. Need a book on cat behavior modification. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! From: HIDEYO YAMAMOTO hideyo.yamam...@msn.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter I have tried every clumping litter out there, I think - I used to like World's Best - but I started not liking the smell when it gets old - it stinks - also two of my kitties developed liver failure and died - during the time I used World's best and I got nervous about whether if corn litter caused the disease - I have been using Feline Fresh - but for some reason, the quality went down hill and does not clump well - (different from feline Pine) - I have been using Blue buffalo - I like it okay - though it gets heavier than corn when clumped, wheat, or pine - smells better - I think.. Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:04:57 -0700 From: create_me_...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter I used to used World's Best . I still think it's great, but I've started using the Blue Buffalo brand now like it even better. If I wait until it's on sale it's as much as WB. It is expensive, but I change the litter half as often, so it works out in the end. Beth Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter -Try World's Best liter, based on corn. If you scoop daily, it will last a long time. I have 7 liter boxes and only buy 1 bag every other month, maybe more in rainy/snowy weather. Course my guys go out for a couple of hours in early am and early afternoon. We much prefer dry leaves and dirt. --- Edna Taylor wrote: I am glad some can use the pine litter. I couldn't stand the smell once it interacts with poop and/or urine - PEEEUU. I have a very sensitive nose and just can't abide some smells. Hence the scoopable clay litter ;) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 16:17:56 -0400 From: felineres...@frontier.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scoopable Litter This sounds like the best bet for me. I really have to have scoopable litter. I once found a bag of Feline Pine Scoopable and it worked wonderfully. The pellets are horrible tho. The problem is we now live in a very small town (rural area) and I have never seen the Pine Scoopable here. I'll try on line. Lorrie On 10-08, Lynda Wilson wrote:I use Feline Pine - scoopable, not the
