Cat Litter...

[Brat]

Any recommendations for decent stuff?
At the mo, Im getting through it like no-one's business, trying to find a make that doesn't pong so much. I spot clean every time I see a poop in there, and change the whole tray every other day.. Sometimes there's such a whiff though when I get i from work, is there any that will hold the smell in better? I even use the Bob Martin litter freshener.

I've tried the Tesco Antibacterial one, seems the best Ive tried so far.
At the mo, I'm using a paper based one.. omg the smell of ammonia wee is absolutely disgusting when clearing it out!
I also have a bag of wood based litter that I'm gonna try next, when the paper crap has ran out.. But I doubt that will be any better. Oh and I have a bag of cheapy Tesco Value stuff which was give to me with the kitten which I can try too.

Orrrrr, maybe the problem isn't the litter, it's the poo? Maybe it's what hes being fed.. Hmm.

[ichis-mom]

i like the spar cat litter

[Zoo-Man]

I use Pets At Home's wood-based cat litter. It is good, easy to poo-pick & doesn't smell minging!

[sea_beaver]

we use cat-san
its the only one that stopps the smell.. and doesnt turn to mush 15 minutes after pouring some in teh tray..
lil more expensive but worth it.

[Shell195]

I use wood based cat litter same as zooman about £8.99 for a huge sack.I like it as you can flush the waste down the loo(dont leave it sitting though or it swells and blocks the loo.) I cant stand cat litter smell its worse than the actual waste a cat produces. If you feed tinned food it will smell more. High quality dried food tends to make poos smaller and drier and so less smelly(not talking supermarket brands here) Ive tried all litters and always come back to wood.The only problem is if they arent used to the pellets you will have to change over gradually as they dont like the feel of pellets on their feet

[Esarosa]

I was using the wood pellet litter, until i spilt some on the floor and stood on it with bare feet. Ouch just doesn't quite cover it! So i'm now using the bob martin paper based stuff. Libby had a choice of litter in her trays and chose that one every time, she avoided the wood like the plague. we also use it for the rats litter tray so dual purpose. We also use the litter tray freshener.

[sahunk]

i was also wondering this, thanks for the thread!

[feorag]

Originally Posted by Katiexx

I was using the wood pellet litter, until i spilt some on the floor and stood on it with bare feet. Ouch just doesn't quite cover it! So i'm now using the bob martin paper based stuff. Libby had a choice of litter in her trays and chose that one every time, she avoided the wood like the plague. we also use it for the rats litter tray so dual purpose. We also use the litter tray freshener.

That's why a lot of cats' litter training breaks down - cats hate this stuff, especially if they're indoor cats cos it hurts their feet.

We've tried most of the cat litters over the years and always went back to NatureCat Gold as being the best for us, until someone recommended a fairly new litter called Oko Plus and now I honestly can't recommend it highly enough!

It's expensive compared to other fuller's earth based cat litters and supermarket's own, but it lasts forever, so works out much cheaper!! It's wood based, but not pelleted so it's very soft for cats' feet. It's also very light for lifting and carrying. It clumps on urine and faeces so the urine can be lifted out (which of course can't be done on pelleted wood litter) as well as the faeces so you just keep topping it up and it doesn't smell! We have a litter tray in our living room for Purrdy who thinks it's her own personal room, so we have to be very careful about that!

It's the only cat litter that can be composted as it's completely bio-degradable

We buy the largest size bag which costs us £19, but that bag will last us up to 3 months and we have 4 litter trays for 5 cats. We take out all the 'waste' every morning and once a week bleach every tray, then put what is left into 1 litter tray and put fresh in the others. And even the one that has the 'old stuff' doesn't smell. The only disadvantage is that, being light it 'tracks', but then all cat litters track to a certain degree and because it's so light it hoovers up very easily.

We buy it from a firm called North West Pet Foods who are based in Blackpool. They deliver in the north east once a month and don't charge for delivery. They cover most of the north of England from east to west, Staffs up to Northumberland if anyone is interested, but you can also buy it from other sources, but be aware, I've just googled it and found a firm charging £23.49 and that probably doesn't include their carriage charge, but even at that price I have to say it would work out cheaper than any other litter, because of its effectiveness.

[pigglywiggly]

i`m using sophisticat pink at the minute, i find that its more absorbant that normal lightweight litter and absorbs smells more.

if your kitten is smelling that badly, i`d gradulaly change the food, wet food is all moisture and they have to eat a lot of it, hence the very full litter tray.

if you feed a quality dried food, kitten will eat less to satisfy her hunger, and you`ll get less in the tray to clear up, lol, and some have additives to help with the smell.

has she been wormed?

i`ve got three kittens living in my living room, and i cant smell `em!

[Renfield]

I use Tesco's own brand, my cat seems to prefer it probably because he's an old one (18 years old) and it's softer on his paws.
I used a brand made up of recycled paper once before and found his pink paws got covered in black ink from it.

Also I meant to add his litter tray is one of those enclosed ones as he hated being watched by the dogs using the open tray