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looking for a new litter
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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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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 -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon "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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"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 |
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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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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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"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 |
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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 ________ 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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"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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"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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