Re: [Felvtalk] Clumping litters - safer alternative (cheaper)
I use equine pellets? Used for bedding in stalls. Pellets a little bigger but cats don't seem to mind 6 to 7 big ones at an orschelns or tractor supply. I think 40 lb bags. Could be 50. Or Woody Pet, same thing. Take care everyone Marcia Sent from my iPhone On Feb 10, 2012, at 7:43 PM, dlg...@windstream.net wrote: Are the pellets hard like Feline Pine? I tried it an my guys did not like the pellets. The went outside the box just to show their displeasure.. I am now using Worlds Best Litter which is ground corn and corn cobs. It has the same texture as clay but is much lighter to carry, biodegradeable and I don't think as dusty as clay. It is a bit pricey, at $13.95 a bag and with 7 cats, I go thru a lot of it except in nice weather when they get out for an hor or 2 a day. Also, does it make a fairly hard clump? I have Dee who feels it is necessary to cover after everyone else and she is obsessive about it. By the time she comes out of the box, sometimes the clumps are broken up which makes it hard to sift out the used litter. She will get so noisey scratching in the box she even wakes me up. This sounds great, especially the price as the 50 pound bag would equal 3 bags of Worlds Best. Georgetta Brickey gebr...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I usually just read and learn here since I foster bottle baby kittens for a local rescue and have only had one kitten confirmed positive for FeLV out of hundreds fostered. I use pelleted chicken feed as litter for kittens learning to use the litterbox. At that age non-clumping clay litter should always be used since kittens learning to use the litterbox sometimes taste the litter or play in it, or get it stuck between their toes. I learned about using chicken feed instead a few years ago at the yahoo orphan kittens list group. You can buy it in 50 pound bags for around $16 per bag. I use the laying hen pellets, but other people use the crumble which is more sandlike and much much messier! The pellets are the same size and shape as yesterdays news litter, but the big advantage for me is that the litter clumps very mildly - enough that I can scoop out pee clumps. Since it is chicken feed, if they eat it... no big deal. Hope this helps someone! Georgetta in Ventura ___ 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] Clumping litters - safer alternative (cheaper)
I tried that, but it seemed to track a lot and we spent a lot of time standing outside o the box shakin our feet and flinging it all over the place. Ended up giving the rest to a friend who raised chickens and rabbits. I really did hope i workd out since it was so very much cheaper. Marcia marciabmar...@gmail.com wrote: I use equine pellets? Used for bedding in stalls. Pellets a little bigger but cats don't seem to mind 6 to 7 big ones at an orschelns or tractor supply. I think 40 lb bags. Could be 50. Or Woody Pet, same thing. Take care everyone Marcia Sent from my iPhone On Feb 10, 2012, at 7:43 PM, dlg...@windstream.net wrote: Are the pellets hard like Feline Pine? I tried it an my guys did not like the pellets. The went outside the box just to show their displeasure.. I am now using Worlds Best Litter which is ground corn and corn cobs. It has the same texture as clay but is much lighter to carry, biodegradeable and I don't think as dusty as clay. It is a bit pricey, at $13.95 a bag and with 7 cats, I go thru a lot of it except in nice weather when they get out for an hor or 2 a day. Also, does it make a fairly hard clump? I have Dee who feels it is necessary to cover after everyone else and she is obsessive about it. By the time she comes out of the box, sometimes the clumps are broken up which makes it hard to sift out the used litter. She will get so noisey scratching in the box she even wakes me up. This sounds great, especially the price as the 50 pound bag would equal 3 bags of Worlds Best. Georgetta Brickey gebr...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I usually just read and learn here since I foster bottle baby kittens for a local rescue and have only had one kitten confirmed positive for FeLV out of hundreds fostered. I use pelleted chicken feed as litter for kittens learning to use the litterbox. At that age non-clumping clay litter should always be used since kittens learning to use the litterbox sometimes taste the litter or play in it, or get it stuck between their toes. I learned about using chicken feed instead a few years ago at the yahoo orphan kittens list group. You can buy it in 50 pound bags for around $16 per bag. I use the laying hen pellets, but other people use the crumble which is more sandlike and much much messier! The pellets are the same size and shape as yesterdays news litter, but the big advantage for me is that the litter clumps very mildly - enough that I can scoop out pee clumps. Since it is chicken feed, if they eat it... no big deal. Hope this helps someone! Georgetta in Ventura ___ 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] Clumping litters - safer alternative (cheaper)
Are the pellets hard like Feline Pine? I tried it an my guys did not like the pellets. The went outside the box just to show their displeasure.. I am now using Worlds Best Litter which is ground corn and corn cobs. It has the same texture as clay but is much lighter to carry, biodegradeable and I don't think as dusty as clay. It is a bit pricey, at $13.95 a bag and with 7 cats, I go thru a lot of it except in nice weather when they get out for an hor or 2 a day. Also, does it make a fairly hard clump? I have Dee who feels it is necessary to cover after everyone else and she is obsessive about it. By the time she comes out of the box, sometimes the clumps are broken up which makes it hard to sift out the used litter. She will get so noisey scratching in the box she even wakes me up. This sounds great, especially the price as the 50 pound bag would equal 3 bags of Worlds Best. Georgetta Brickey gebr...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I usually just read and learn here since I foster bottle baby kittens for a local rescue and have only had one kitten confirmed positive for FeLV out of hundreds fostered. I use pelleted chicken feed as litter for kittens learning to use the litterbox. At that age non-clumping clay litter should always be used since kittens learning to use the litterbox sometimes taste the litter or play in it, or get it stuck between their toes. I learned about using chicken feed instead a few years ago at the yahoo orphan kittens list group. You can buy it in 50 pound bags for around $16 per bag. I use the laying hen pellets, but other people use the crumble which is more sandlike and much much messier! The pellets are the same size and shape as yesterdays news litter, but the big advantage for me is that the litter clumps very mildly - enough that I can scoop out pee clumps. Since it is chicken feed, if they eat it... no big deal. Hope this helps someone! Georgetta in Ventura ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] Clumping litters - safer alternative (cheaper)
Hi folks, I usually just read and learn here since I foster bottle baby kittens for a local rescue and have only had one kitten confirmed positive for FeLV out of hundreds fostered. I use pelleted chicken feed as litter for kittens learning to use the litterbox. At that age non-clumping clay litter should always be used since kittens learning to use the litterbox sometimes taste the litter or play in it, or get it stuck between their toes. I learned about using chicken feed instead a few years ago at the yahoo orphan kittens list group. You can buy it in 50 pound bags for around $16 per bag. I use the laying hen pellets, but other people use the crumble which is more sandlike and much much messier! The pellets are the same size and shape as yesterdays news litter, but the big advantage for me is that the litter clumps very mildly - enough that I can scoop out pee clumps. Since it is chicken feed, if they eat it... no big deal. Hope this helps someone! Georgetta in Ventura ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
