alternatives to cat litter???

rita-rabbit

charlies-aunt wrote: »

I have had a multiple cat household in the past - down to one very grumpy old lady at the moment - but I have devised my own little stategy for saving on cat litter

Use two identical litter trays, I use stacking boxes as the sides are higher to stop them kicking litter out ...but as longer as one fits inside the other, it will be okay.

For the top tray - perforate it all over the base, I used a skewer heated on gas cooker and then sanded it down.

Put a thick layer of newspaper on the bottom tray so that its sandwiched between the bottom and top trays.

Add cat litter to top tray - you will find that the newspaper draws down the urine through the perforated holes and stops the litter getting saturated - and although you may want to change the newspaper daily - your cat litter will last considerably longer.

I buy bags of compressed bedding for horse stables from local feed shop instead of cat litter - a really big square shaped bag is about £6 - its very absorbent & odour-reducing and one bag lasts my cat approx a year.

personally whilst v moneysaving - it sounds rather labour intensive - maybe something to consider for younger cats & if you don't mind having uncovered litterboxes.

purplepardalis

I would second the soil from outside idea too. If you can dry it out first then ever better and less messy

SuzySu

Perhaps not so cheap, but certainly long-lasting and non-smelly is the City Cat crystals (£3.99 for 3.8l) and it can last up to a month (depending on how many cats you have and how often they 'go'). I keep mine by the upstairs loo so that I can just scoop out the solids and flush them straight away. It doesn't clump and doesn't smell AT ALL. I've tried quite a few in the past but would not change from this one.