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Old July 9th 03, 08:23 PM
Elizabeth Blake
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Hi,

I've been using World's Best Catter Litter for several years. The litter
works great, but I've finally become fed up with the tracking & the dust. I
have two cats, one male and one female. I have a one bedroom apartment, and
every room has litter in it. The jump out of the box and decide to go on my
bed - litter. The couch - covered in litter. My male cat, Otto, is all
black and when he gets out of the box he's wearing four tan boots. Then he
walks across the couch and leaves a trail of dusty prints behind.

My female cat, Tiger, will only urinate once a day. When she does go at
night, she releases quite a bit of fluid. She also sits her butt directly
on the litter and her whole rear end gets soaked and the WBCL clumps all
over her fur and it's a pain to get off sometimes.

So, I'm looking for a new litter that:

1. my cat's won't track all over the place!
2. does not need to be clumping, although that is a plus
3. does not need to be flushable
4. is not made from recycled newspaper (tried that, they hated it)
5. is not made from wood (they didn't like some pine litter)

My sister got a cat last year and I think she mixes regular clay
(non-clumping) litter in with some crystal litter. I think I've seen a
commercial for a litter that comes that way, has anyone tried it? My cat
Tiger used plain clay, non-clumping litter for the first 8 years of her life
and never minded it.

Liz


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Old July 9th 03, 08:30 PM
Cathy Friedmann
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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.

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!

Cathy

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"Elizabeth Blake" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been using World's Best Catter Litter for several years. The litter
works great, but I've finally become fed up with the tracking & the dust.

I
have two cats, one male and one female. I have a one bedroom apartment,

and
every room has litter in it. The jump out of the box and decide to go on

my
bed - litter. The couch - covered in litter. My male cat, Otto, is all
black and when he gets out of the box he's wearing four tan boots. Then

he
walks across the couch and leaves a trail of dusty prints behind.

My female cat, Tiger, will only urinate once a day. When she does go at
night, she releases quite a bit of fluid. She also sits her butt directly
on the litter and her whole rear end gets soaked and the WBCL clumps all
over her fur and it's a pain to get off sometimes.

So, I'm looking for a new litter that:

1. my cat's won't track all over the place!
2. does not need to be clumping, although that is a plus
3. does not need to be flushable
4. is not made from recycled newspaper (tried that, they hated it)
5. is not made from wood (they didn't like some pine litter)

My sister got a cat last year and I think she mixes regular clay
(non-clumping) litter in with some crystal litter. I think I've seen a
commercial for a litter that comes that way, has anyone tried it? My cat
Tiger used plain clay, non-clumping litter for the first 8 years of her

life
and never minded it.

Liz




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Old July 10th 03, 04:38 AM
Elizabeth Blake
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"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


  #10  
Old July 10th 03, 04:38 AM
Elizabeth Blake
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"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


 




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