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"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: "Cathy Friedmann" I find little dust w/ the WBCL, but am now (wondering if the newer formula is the culprit?) I use Swheat Scoop and a woman who works for the company told me to mix a 1/4 teaspoon of vegetable oil into the litter in the box. She said to stir it really good and that will help with any dust. I haven't tried it yet, just wonder if anyone else has heard of doing that. Maybe it would work with the WBCL? Lauren One quarter cup isn't much, but still I wonder if any oily footprints would show up around the house - on upholstery it could be a problem. I don't have a dust problem w/ the WBCL, just a tracking & sticking to their butts (which transfers to other surfaces) problem. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: "Cathy Friedmann" I find little dust w/ the WBCL, but am now (wondering if the newer formula is the culprit?) I use Swheat Scoop and a woman who works for the company told me to mix a 1/4 teaspoon of vegetable oil into the litter in the box. She said to stir it really good and that will help with any dust. I haven't tried it yet, just wonder if anyone else has heard of doing that. Maybe it would work with the WBCL? Lauren One quarter cup isn't much, but still I wonder if any oily footprints would show up around the house - on upholstery it could be a problem. I don't have a dust problem w/ the WBCL, just a tracking & sticking to their butts (which transfers to other surfaces) problem. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
"Cathy Friedmann" wrote in message
... I find little dust w/ the WBCL, but am now (wondering if the newer formula is the culprit?) also experiencing a LOT of tracking, & the basically the same problem w. my cats - at least one cat, at any rate - post-litter box use: sitting right down on the litter while peeing, then sitting other places in the house & leaving tell-tale marks; *constant* clean-up on my part. My older cat, Tiger (the one who sits) has peed on my bed a few times. I have a feeling it started because she went there to clean herself up after using the box, and got her pee on the blankets and decided afterward that the bed now smelled like the litterbox. I haven't had that problem in over a year, when I put her on her pee schedule. Every night between 10pm-midnight I put her in the box, she goes, and then I have to hold onto her to clean off her butt. I've tried the crystal litter. It works really well, but... do not buy Litter Pearls brand or any of the other round or oval shaped crystal litters because they *roll*, & I mean roll, all _over_ the place. It's worse than cleaning up after tracked litter! One of my cats overturns the litter box every now & again while jumping out; he overturned a box of Litter Pearls once - what a MESS! When the crystal type litter first came out I mentioned it to someone at work and she claimed that it was horrible and poisonous. Then a year or so later she mentioned buying Litter Pearls, and I reminded her of what she said previously and she swore she never said that. Today when I was talking about litter she was back to her original stand of "it's poison, stay away from it" and of course refused to admit she liked it. I may try a combination of the crystals and another type of litter and try to find the best combination. I have two boxes, so I can switch one over and leave the other with WBCL until I see what my two like. Liz |
"Cathy Friedmann" wrote in message
... I find little dust w/ the WBCL, but am now (wondering if the newer formula is the culprit?) also experiencing a LOT of tracking, & the basically the same problem w. my cats - at least one cat, at any rate - post-litter box use: sitting right down on the litter while peeing, then sitting other places in the house & leaving tell-tale marks; *constant* clean-up on my part. My older cat, Tiger (the one who sits) has peed on my bed a few times. I have a feeling it started because she went there to clean herself up after using the box, and got her pee on the blankets and decided afterward that the bed now smelled like the litterbox. I haven't had that problem in over a year, when I put her on her pee schedule. Every night between 10pm-midnight I put her in the box, she goes, and then I have to hold onto her to clean off her butt. I've tried the crystal litter. It works really well, but... do not buy Litter Pearls brand or any of the other round or oval shaped crystal litters because they *roll*, & I mean roll, all _over_ the place. It's worse than cleaning up after tracked litter! One of my cats overturns the litter box every now & again while jumping out; he overturned a box of Litter Pearls once - what a MESS! When the crystal type litter first came out I mentioned it to someone at work and she claimed that it was horrible and poisonous. Then a year or so later she mentioned buying Litter Pearls, and I reminded her of what she said previously and she swore she never said that. Today when I was talking about litter she was back to her original stand of "it's poison, stay away from it" and of course refused to admit she liked it. I may try a combination of the crystals and another type of litter and try to find the best combination. I have two boxes, so I can switch one over and leave the other with WBCL until I see what my two like. Liz |
"Bill" wrote in message
... I've used Scoop Away and haven't noticed tracking. Recently I switched to a new litter called (I believe) Swheat Scoop, which is a wheat-based clumping litter. It seems to absorb litter box odors about as well as the Scoop Away, but without the perfume-ie smell. I haven't noticed any tracking with this litter either. Both litters seem to produce less dust than others I've used. We use Scoop Away for the two cats at work. I used to like it much better, but lately I can't find the original formula I used to get and can only find a scented one. When I pick Stinky up, she smells like the litter. Which is pretty stinky... I hate that over-perfumed scent. The cats do kick litter out of the box and the guy who runs the textbook department told me that the shelves by the litter boxes get really dusty and was blaming it on the litter. Maybe they need a change, too. I'll take a look for Sweat Scoop next time I go to the pet store. Liz |
"Bill" wrote in message
... I've used Scoop Away and haven't noticed tracking. Recently I switched to a new litter called (I believe) Swheat Scoop, which is a wheat-based clumping litter. It seems to absorb litter box odors about as well as the Scoop Away, but without the perfume-ie smell. I haven't noticed any tracking with this litter either. Both litters seem to produce less dust than others I've used. We use Scoop Away for the two cats at work. I used to like it much better, but lately I can't find the original formula I used to get and can only find a scented one. When I pick Stinky up, she smells like the litter. Which is pretty stinky... I hate that over-perfumed scent. The cats do kick litter out of the box and the guy who runs the textbook department told me that the shelves by the litter boxes get really dusty and was blaming it on the litter. Maybe they need a change, too. I'll take a look for Sweat Scoop next time I go to the pet store. Liz |
"MaryL" wrote in message
... I like Better Way. It can be hard to locate, but it is a very fine, soft clumping litter -- and I find almost no tracking. I checked out their web site. I'm pretty sure I've never seen it in the two pet stores I usually go to. Is it sold in any of the bigger chains, like Petco? Liz |
"MaryL" wrote in message
... I like Better Way. It can be hard to locate, but it is a very fine, soft clumping litter -- and I find almost no tracking. I checked out their web site. I'm pretty sure I've never seen it in the two pet stores I usually go to. Is it sold in any of the bigger chains, like Petco? Liz |
From: "Cathy Friedmann"
"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: "Cathy Friedmann" I find little dust w/ the WBCL, but am now (wondering if the newer formula is the culprit?) I use Swheat Scoop and a woman who works for the company told me to mix a 1/4 teaspoon of vegetable oil into the litter in the box. She said to stir it really good and that will help with any dust. I haven't tried it yet, just wonder if anyone else has heard of doing that. Maybe it would work with the WBCL? Lauren One quarter cup isn't much, but still I wonder if any oily footprints would show up around the house - on upholstery it could be a problem. I don't have a dust problem w/ the WBCL, just a tracking & sticking to their butts (which transfers to other surfaces) problem. Cathy No, it's 1/4 teaspoon, not a cup. But you have raised a good point about possibly leaving greasy footprints. What I do for tracking is I bought one of those green plastic door mats that look like grass at a K-mart and I put it outside the box. It does a fairly decent job of catching the litter. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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