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litter smells
I'm having some success keeping the smell down to a minimum, after a few
weeks of desperate experimentation. Urine isn't much of a problem, but I swear I can instantly detect as few as three molecules of cat poo from the other side of the house. Luckily, I'm at home much of the time, so I come running, scoop it straight into the toilet, and flush. I change the whole tray daily or once every two days). We're using "Breeder's Choice", which is made from recycled office paper. It doesn't clump, but it's very absorbent, and can be chucked into the compost. I line the tray with newspaper, and put a single drop of Nilodor on the paper (any more, and you can smell the Nilodor itself, which is sickly-sweet). That plus opening the window when possible, and a lavender air freshener, have made life bearable after the initial new-owner shock of discovering just how amazingly bad cat poo smells. :-) Kate Orman http://www.zip.com.au/~korman/ "I have no idea what that meant." - Dot Warner |
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I keep a regular size litter box for two cats in an extra bathroom with an
open window and one of those ionic air filters in it. I use the Feline Pine litter which is made from compressed pine sawdust pellets. I have really good luck with it. I also make sure to feed my cats high quality food. I tried Science Diet and IAMS, but both made the cat's poop smell incredibly strong and foul. I have moved to a brand that I really like called Precise Plus. It has all the vitamins, but the minerals are chelated, rather than salts. It also has a few herbs in it, including yucca, which is supposed to reduce litter box odor, and cranberry extract for urinary tract problems. I chose it because it uses turkey instead of "poultry meal", "poultry by-product", or whatever the USDA lets Purina call the rotting scraps, innards, and other stuff that is unfit to eat. The dried food actually smells kind of good, somewhere between turkey jerky and corn chips. If you feed them food that smells bad before they eat it, digesting it doesn't make it smell better. Occasionally, I give them the same brand of wet food and sprinkle some probiotics on it (acidophilus and other beneficial organisms) and their poop has a much less offensive smell. It is a fair amount of bother, but I am in a small apartment and their isn't room for a big, expansive, pungent smell. -- Ferris Germane wrote in message ... I'm having some success keeping the smell down to a minimum, after a few weeks of desperate experimentation. Urine isn't much of a problem, but I swear I can instantly detect as few as three molecules of cat poo from the other side of the house. Luckily, I'm at home much of the time, so I come running, scoop it straight into the toilet, and flush. I change the whole tray daily or once every two days). We're using "Breeder's Choice", which is made from recycled office paper. It doesn't clump, but it's very absorbent, and can be chucked into the compost. I line the tray with newspaper, and put a single drop of Nilodor on the paper (any more, and you can smell the Nilodor itself, which is sickly-sweet). That plus opening the window when possible, and a lavender air freshener, have made life bearable after the initial new-owner shock of discovering just how amazingly bad cat poo smells. :-) Kate Orman http://www.zip.com.au/~korman/ "I have no idea what that meant." - Dot Warner |
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I keep a regular size litter box for two cats in an extra bathroom with an
open window and one of those ionic air filters in it. I use the Feline Pine litter which is made from compressed pine sawdust pellets. I have really good luck with it. I also make sure to feed my cats high quality food. I tried Science Diet and IAMS, but both made the cat's poop smell incredibly strong and foul. I have moved to a brand that I really like called Precise Plus. It has all the vitamins, but the minerals are chelated, rather than salts. It also has a few herbs in it, including yucca, which is supposed to reduce litter box odor, and cranberry extract for urinary tract problems. I chose it because it uses turkey instead of "poultry meal", "poultry by-product", or whatever the USDA lets Purina call the rotting scraps, innards, and other stuff that is unfit to eat. The dried food actually smells kind of good, somewhere between turkey jerky and corn chips. If you feed them food that smells bad before they eat it, digesting it doesn't make it smell better. Occasionally, I give them the same brand of wet food and sprinkle some probiotics on it (acidophilus and other beneficial organisms) and their poop has a much less offensive smell. It is a fair amount of bother, but I am in a small apartment and their isn't room for a big, expansive, pungent smell. -- Ferris Germane wrote in message ... I'm having some success keeping the smell down to a minimum, after a few weeks of desperate experimentation. Urine isn't much of a problem, but I swear I can instantly detect as few as three molecules of cat poo from the other side of the house. Luckily, I'm at home much of the time, so I come running, scoop it straight into the toilet, and flush. I change the whole tray daily or once every two days). We're using "Breeder's Choice", which is made from recycled office paper. It doesn't clump, but it's very absorbent, and can be chucked into the compost. I line the tray with newspaper, and put a single drop of Nilodor on the paper (any more, and you can smell the Nilodor itself, which is sickly-sweet). That plus opening the window when possible, and a lavender air freshener, have made life bearable after the initial new-owner shock of discovering just how amazingly bad cat poo smells. :-) Kate Orman http://www.zip.com.au/~korman/ "I have no idea what that meant." - Dot Warner |
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Use baking soda when u clean the box after u dry it out sprinkle it on the
bottom then add the litter no more stinky poo! |
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Use baking soda when u clean the box after u dry it out sprinkle it on the
bottom then add the litter no more stinky poo! |
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