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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
I haven't used it before but I'm catsitting for someone who does use
it and it is very odd stuff. Since she has 24 cats, keeping odor down is important and it seems to do that fairly well. The odd thing about the litter is that it looks like rabbit feed pellets, or hamster food. Maybe it is. As the cats pee on it, it disintegrates into sawdust. So, in order to clean the box, you take scoopfuls of the stuff and shake it, but unlike regular clumping litter, the sawdust falls out and the pellets that remain get put back. Normally the stuff that falls through is what you keep and the stuff that stays behind is what you discard. So this is just the reverse of normal scooping Of course, you still need to discard the poop. Of course, wtih so many cats, it takes a long time to scoop all the sawdust away. I looked on internet and found that the FP people sell a litterbox designed for the sawdust to fall through. The sawdust falls through holes into a lower box and you just need to dump that. Hopefully it will work well because I ordered two for her. I'm not rich but I can spare $50, she can't. Too bad they won't come in time to save me the trouble of sifting. I see FP also has a scooping litter. I guess I'll check that out for my own cats. |
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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:20:24 -0400, dgk wrote:
I haven't used it before but I'm catsitting for someone who does use it and it is very odd stuff. Since she has 24 cats, keeping odor down is important and it seems to do that fairly well. The odd thing about the litter is that it looks like rabbit feed pellets, or hamster food. Maybe it is. As the cats pee on it, it disintegrates into sawdust. So, in order to clean the box, you take scoopfuls of the stuff and shake it, but unlike regular clumping litter, the sawdust falls out and the pellets that remain get put back. Normally the stuff that falls through is what you keep and the stuff that stays behind is what you discard. So this is just the reverse of normal scooping Of course, you still need to discard the poop. Of course, wtih so many cats, it takes a long time to scoop all the sawdust away. I looked on internet and found that the FP people sell a litterbox designed for the sawdust to fall through. The sawdust falls through holes into a lower box and you just need to dump that. Hopefully it will work well because I ordered two for her. I'm not rich but I can spare $50, she can't. Too bad they won't come in time to save me the trouble of sifting. I see FP also has a scooping litter. I guess I'll check that out for my own cats. Bless you for being so kind and doing this for them. Hopefully they appreciate it!!! I can not imagine having that many cats!! I have 5 and that gets to be a chore especially when I am not feeling well but know they have to be taken care of regardless how I feel!! |
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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
"dgk" wrote in message ... I haven't used it before but I'm catsitting for someone who does use it and it is very odd stuff. Since she has 24 cats, keeping odor down is important and it seems to do that fairly well. The odd thing about the litter is that it looks like rabbit feed pellets, or hamster food. Maybe it is. As the cats pee on it, it disintegrates into sawdust. So, in order to clean the box, you take scoopfuls of the stuff and shake it, but unlike regular clumping litter, the sawdust falls out and the pellets that remain get put back. Normally the stuff that falls through is what you keep and the stuff that stays behind is what you discard. So this is just the reverse of normal scooping Of course, you still need to discard the poop. Of course, wtih so many cats, it takes a long time to scoop all the sawdust away. I looked on internet and found that the FP people sell a litterbox designed for the sawdust to fall through. The sawdust falls through holes into a lower box and you just need to dump that. Hopefully it will work well because I ordered two for her. I'm not rich but I can spare $50, she can't. Too bad they won't come in time to save me the trouble of sifting. I see FP also has a scooping litter. I guess I'll check that out for my own cats. I love it. It definitely keeps odor away. I really like the fact that it's flushable. It gets tracked all over , however. The scooping feline Pine turns to a gummy mess when wet . |
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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
"dgk" wrote in message ... I haven't used it before but I'm catsitting for someone who does use it and it is very odd stuff. Since she has 24 cats, keeping odor down is important and it seems to do that fairly well. 24 cats! Does she run a shelter?! So this is just the reverse of normal scooping Of course, you still need to discard the poop. Pine litter sounds like a pain in the ass to me and I only have one cat. Jill |
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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:35:01 -0400, "jmcquown"
wrote: "dgk" wrote in message .. . I haven't used it before but I'm catsitting for someone who does use it and it is very odd stuff. Since she has 24 cats, keeping odor down is important and it seems to do that fairly well. 24 cats! Does she run a shelter?! So this is just the reverse of normal scooping Of course, you still need to discard the poop. Pine litter sounds like a pain in the ass to me and I only have one cat. Jill We've used it for years. We used to use the newspaper litter - THAT was a pain in the rear, and it stunk to high heaven. Feline Pine is odourless until the box is ready to be changed entirely. I use an under-the-bed storage box for the litterbox and dump half a bag in on Sunday. Scoop out the solid waste directly into the lavatory a few times during the week and don't worry about the sawdust. It's doing its job. By Friday night or Saturday, virtually all the pellets have broken down to sawdust and it's time to empty the lot into a trashbag and start over. Of course I have three cats using it, not 24! I would SERIOUSLY not have the patience to try to keep the box free of sawdust... and I've never tried the clumping version. The sawdust absorbs the odour very effectively. The biggest maintenance is sweeping around the box every few days and scooping the sawdust back into the box - the cats |
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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
On Mar 31, 10:39*am, hopitus wrote:
On Mar 31, 9:20*am, dgk wrote: I haven't used it before but I'm catsitting for someone who does use it and it is very odd stuff. Since she has 24 cats, keeping odor down is important and it seems to do that fairly well. The odd thing about the litter is that it looks like rabbit feed pellets, or hamster food. Maybe it is. As the cats pee on it, it disintegrates into sawdust. So, in order to clean the box, you take scoopfuls of the stuff and shake it, but unlike regular clumping litter, the sawdust falls out and the pellets that remain get put back. Normally the stuff that falls through is what you keep and the stuff that stays behind is what you discard. So this is just the reverse of normal scooping *Of course, you still need to discard the poop. Of course, wtih so many cats, it takes a long time to scoop all the sawdust away. I looked on internet and found that the FP people sell a litterbox designed for the sawdust to fall through. The sawdust falls through holes into a lower box and you just need to dump that. Hopefully it will work well because I ordered two for her. I'm not rich but I can spare $50, she can't. Too bad they won't come in time to save me the trouble of sifting. I see FP also has a scooping litter. I guess I'll check that out for my own cats. I bought that stuff many years ago and along with Swheat scoop litter, will never mess with it again. My cats *ate* it resulting in multiple barfing all over the house. Csonsider yourself advised and forewarned.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I had a sample bag of pine litter and was not impressed at all -- especially with the odor. I know it's supposed to be more environmentally friendly, but there are some places I draw the line, and a smelly house is one of them. Besides that, I thought cats were supposed to be repelled by pine odor. Guess not. Sherry |
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dgk wrote:
I see FP also has a scooping litter. I guess I'll check that out for my own cats. The FP clumping litter is great but more expensive than the pellets. We occasionally use it if it happens to show up at one of the damaged freight outlets that we frequent, but mostly use FP pellets and we all love it. Sawdust on the floor is easier to take on the soles of bare feet than any other type of litter. We don't even try to remove the sawdust, we just take out the solid wastes. They do make special scoops for this litter. The scoop is designed to allow whole pellets to fall through. But it doesn't work because the pellets will expand slightly when exposed to liquid. So we remove the poops with hand-in- plastic-bag method, and just leave the sawdust until it starts to smell, then toss the dust into compost. |
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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:36:45 -0700 (PDT), Pat
wrote: dgk wrote: I see FP also has a scooping litter. I guess I'll check that out for my own cats. The FP clumping litter is great but more expensive than the pellets. We occasionally use it if it happens to show up at one of the damaged freight outlets that we frequent, but mostly use FP pellets and we all love it. Sawdust on the floor is easier to take on the soles of bare feet than any other type of litter. We don't even try to remove the sawdust, we just take out the solid wastes. They do make special scoops for this litter. The scoop is designed to allow whole pellets to fall through. But it doesn't work because the pellets will expand slightly when exposed to liquid. So we remove the poops with hand-in- plastic-bag method, and just leave the sawdust until it starts to smell, then toss the dust into compost. I hadn't thought about just leaving the sawdust. But apparently if you use the litterbox where the sawdust falls through, you never have to replace all the pellets, just keep adding new ones. We'll see. |
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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:35:01 -0400, "jmcquown"
wrote: "dgk" wrote in message .. . I haven't used it before but I'm catsitting for someone who does use it and it is very odd stuff. Since she has 24 cats, keeping odor down is important and it seems to do that fairly well. 24 cats! Does she run a shelter?! So this is just the reverse of normal scooping Of course, you still need to discard the poop. Pine litter sounds like a pain in the ass to me and I only have one cat. Jill I guess she does run a shelter in a way. She is involved in TNR work around here and seems to end up with the cats that no one else wants. She had five or six of her own, and then took in a few special needs cats and it sort of snowballed. She got the last eight as a group of kittens that she was trying to socialize. I posted about it here last week. I'm trying to get the last eight, who are still under a year old, adopted. They are a bit skitish among strangers so shelters prefer not to take them. By that definition, two of my four cats are unadoptable. |
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Feline Pine litter is weird stuff
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:38:59 -0400, "news" wrote:
"dgk" wrote in message .. . I haven't used it before but I'm catsitting for someone who does use it and it is very odd stuff. Since she has 24 cats, keeping odor down is important and it seems to do that fairly well. The odd thing about the litter is that it looks like rabbit feed pellets, or hamster food. Maybe it is. As the cats pee on it, it disintegrates into sawdust. So, in order to clean the box, you take scoopfuls of the stuff and shake it, but unlike regular clumping litter, the sawdust falls out and the pellets that remain get put back. Normally the stuff that falls through is what you keep and the stuff that stays behind is what you discard. So this is just the reverse of normal scooping Of course, you still need to discard the poop. Of course, wtih so many cats, it takes a long time to scoop all the sawdust away. I looked on internet and found that the FP people sell a litterbox designed for the sawdust to fall through. The sawdust falls through holes into a lower box and you just need to dump that. Hopefully it will work well because I ordered two for her. I'm not rich but I can spare $50, she can't. Too bad they won't come in time to save me the trouble of sifting. I see FP also has a scooping litter. I guess I'll check that out for my own cats. I love it. It definitely keeps odor away. I really like the fact that it's flushable. It gets tracked all over , however. The scooping feline Pine turns to a gummy mess when wet . Oh, I hadn't realized that it was flushable! I've been throwing it away. |
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