Rhino wrote:
On 2013-11-30 1:08 PM, Matthew wrote:
"Rhino" wrote in message
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I recently started using supermarket gravel litter for my two cats.
They made the switch from their old litter painlessly but I find
that this litter produces a fair amount of dust. I find the dust
seems to stick in my throat. I'm not having difficulty breathing
and have no allergies that I know about but I don't much LIKE the
dust. Is there anything inexpensive I can do to keep the amount of dust
down? Would spritzing the litter with water occasionally help or
would it make the litter unattractive to the cats?

Also, is there any likelihood that the dust will harm me if I just
ignore the dust and live with it? I'm not sure if you can answer
that without an ingredient list but I'm guessing that most gravel
litter has the same ingredients regardless of the brand.

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I use tidy cat multi very little dust. Wal-Mart has it pretty
cheap. if you have a sams club they sell it for 50 pound bag for
about $8.00.
For what it's worth, I went to Walmart and they have a variety of cat
litters but NOT Tidy Cat. I checked two different Walmarts and neither
one carried Tidy Cat. I'm in Southern Ontario (Canada) so I suspect
the Canadian Walmarts use different suppliers than the American
stores.
I imagine that would work but it seems to me it just "time shifts" the
dust. Instead of getting dust every time the cats use the litter, you
get it all in a concentrated dose as you shift the litter back and
forth between containers....

Hmm. I see Pet Smart sells Tidy Cats litter. $7.99 for a 40 pound bag.
Weird: they quote the price in US dollars even though this is the
Canadian website.... The Canadian dollar is still close to par with
the US so it should still be close to 7.99 Canadian.


A member years ago name Phil. He said take a empty container and
pour the bag of cat litter back and forth to get rid of all the
extra dust from the cheaper brands



I imagine that would work but it seems to me it just "time shifts" the
dust. Instead of getting dust every time the cats use the litter, you
get it all in a concentrated dose as you shift the litter back and
forth between containers....


Try vacuumi8ng the litter through a screen before you deploy it to the cats.
That may keep the dust down that accumulates during transit, and be easier
for you to handle.