Opinions on Cat Litter

[nannabownanna]

We have an enormous fat, lazy, good for nothing but eating, sleeping and pooping cat.
We have always bought whatever is cheapest!
I prefer Fresh step, hands down over any other, but SHE (the cat) prefers tidy cat!
Tidy cat does not control oder the way FS does but FS is expensive!

So, I feel it's 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other.....
if you get my meaning.

[bugweena]

I prefer Scoop Away clumping litter for my cats.

[Sculpture Widow]

Originally Posted by thriftycj Now, I use pine litter exclusively. Less tracking, better odor control, and much healthier for the cats.

We LOVE pine litter (pine pellets). I will never go back to clay clumping cat litter again.
Feline Pine is the name brand, but Petsmart has their own store brand which runs a bit cheaper. Pine pellets are also the same thing as pet bedding for rodents, even horses. We used to live in country in a very rural area, and I would go to the farm store & buy horse stall bedding -- it is exactly much the same thing but larger sized pellets (Equine Fresh is one brand name). It works the same if your cat doesn't mind the big pellets. And talk about cheap. Something like 40 lbs for $6 (at least where I was). I did think that it broke down a bit faster, but I assume that was due to the pellet size, and they pellets didn't seem to hard/packed as the type made specifically for cats.

Pine litter lasts much longer, is MUCH healthier for your cats, and goes back to the environment, and comes from a renewable resource unlike the clay litter. It's just pine wood. No chemicals or anything artificial.

The biggest change that is very noticeable, is that there is no cat litter box smell in the house. We had tried every brand of clay type litter, and they have odor/freshener additives which is gross (to us), then add urine or feces smell to that & you have a very noticeable cat box. We love the Feline Pine type litter because there is absolutely NO odor to it (of course with no poop in the box -- have to scoop the poop). I guess if you call the smell of "wood" an odor, there is one, but it it not noticeable to us or DH who is highly sensitive to odors/perfumes/etc. We also have less tracking with the pine litter. If some of the litter comes out of the box, it's in the larger pellet form, which for me is much easier to pick up that the tiny bits of clay litter (at least for me).

We have 2 cats, and a 25lb bag ($10?) lasts us a couple months.

I have also used Wheat Scoop, and a similar litter made from corn cobs, but they both track more (have a fine texture). But they were great as far as no odor, healthy, and super eco friendly.

note: i have never tried the silica gel (crystal) cat litter.

[pantherkat]

I used to use the cheapest that I could find. I was ok with it until I recently discovered Tidy Cat scoop (bogo at publix) in the plastic jug container. I only have one cat but I bought the one for multiple cats. This stuff is great! As long as I clean it out every day or two, there is no bad smell, and the urine does not pool down at the bottom. It just clumps up and I scoop it out and the rest stays dry. I love this stuff.

I actually got a raincheck from publix when it was bogo so I can get more later!

Although it is a little more expensive, I think it is totally worth it as it lasts much longer!

[katiegirl]

When K-Mart had doubles I bought three bags of Yesterdays News, and was so happy to have gotten such a great deal.

Then I came home and posted to my blog and a one of my friends said she had horrible experience with that litter. I then read reviews online and a lot of people said their cats hated the litter and ended up going in their owner's bed (why, I don't know, but it was def a trend) so I returned the litter the next day.

We usually use Tidy Cat. Seems to work ok.

[couponwitch]

I our house, there is only one opinion on cat litter that matters and she has chosen the clay type. She likes to digg and then tracking it all over my clean floor. We have tried other litter but she has a way of expressing her opinion and it much easier to sweep up cat litter to cleaning up other stuff........

[hokiegir1]

Originally Posted by katiegirl When K-Mart had doubles I bought three bags of Yesterdays News, and was so happy to have gotten such a great deal. Then I came home and posted to my blog and a one of my friends said she had horrible experience with that litter. I then read reviews online and a lot of people said their cats hated the litter and ended up going in their owner's bed (why, I don't know, but it was def a trend) so I returned the litter the next day. We usually use Tidy Cat. Seems to work ok.

The bed is a thing where the cat is telling you "This is YOUR fault." Mine have done it when I've gone on vacation and left them with my mom (I was in college and lived with her at the time). Came home to poo on my bed.

Before we got the cat genie (EXPENSIVE, but worth it to us, cat "toilet" that flushes all waste down the drain) we preferred scoop away.

What we like about the cat genie: no scooping (does it itself from 1-4 times a day depending on what you choose). We can leave for a couple days and the box is still taken care of.

What we don't like: the plastic pellets for litter get tracked EVERYWHERE. There are times when it gets a little stinky (we usually jsut run an extra cycle then), and about 1 or 2 times a month, it gets clogged with some kind of string the cats found and ate and hubby has to take it awaprt and clean it. Also, the supplies are about $60 every 2 months (sanitizer solution and pellets).

We currently have 4 cats and 1 box, so that can be a challenge. One of the cats isn't ours, though...just cat sitting for SIL while their house is on the market. When it was just our 3, they have apparently worked out a schedule between them. LOL!

[thriftycj]

Originally Posted by Sculpture Widow We LOVE pine litter (pine pellets). I will never go back to clay clumping cat litter again. Feline Pine is the name brand, but Petsmart has their own store brand which runs a bit cheaper. Pine pellets are also the same thing as pet bedding for rodents, even horses. We used to live in country in a very rural area, and I would go to the farm store & buy horse stall bedding -- it is exactly much the same thing but larger sized pellets (Equine Fresh is one brand name). It works the same if your cat doesn't mind the big pellets. And talk about cheap. Something like 40 lbs for $6 (at least where I was). I did think that it broke down a bit faster, but I assume that was due to the pellet size, and they pellets didn't seem to hard/packed as the type made specifically for cats. Pine litter lasts much longer, is MUCH healthier for your cats, and goes back to the environment, and comes from a renewable resource unlike the clay litter. It's just pine wood. No chemicals or anything artificial. The biggest change that is very noticeable, is that there is no cat litter box smell in the house. We had tried every brand of clay type litter, and they have odor/freshener additives which is gross (to us), then add urine or feces smell to that & you have a very noticeable cat box. We love the Feline Pine type litter because there is absolutely NO odor to it (of course with no poop in the box -- have to scoop the poop). I guess if you call the smell of "wood" an odor, there is one, but it it not noticeable to us or DH who is highly sensitive to odors/perfumes/etc. We also have less tracking with the pine litter. If some of the litter comes out of the box, it's in the larger pellet form, which for me is much easier to pick up that the tiny bits of clay litter (at least for me). We have 2 cats, and a 25lb bag ($10?) lasts us a couple months. I have also used Wheat Scoop, and a similar litter made from corn cobs, but they both track more (have a fine texture). But they were great as far as no odor, healthy, and super eco friendly. note: i have never tried the silica gel (crystal) cat litter.

You should check out Feline Fresh, which is carried at WM. Same as Feline Pine, but with smaller pellets that seem to break apart better. They also have a frequent buyer program... for every 5 bags you buy, you mail in the UPCs and get a coupon for a free bag.

Have you tried the special litter box for Feline Pine? Trying to decide if it is worth the $20....

[PeachySteph]

I have two cats and prefer scoop away. there is NO odor ever, even when I forget to clean the box. occasionally I'll use Tidy Cats (supreme scoop).

[PeachySteph]

Also, we have the Roll Away litter box (can get it at petsmart). Paws down the BEST litter box I've ever had. We almost got a self cleaning electric one until we read that poo, etc. can clog the teeth in it and it sometimes scares the cats.