Cat litter - merged

snowman2_2

Beauticat wood chip for me but I buy the big bags as my cats use the litter tray all the time

Polleyanna

I buy tescos own wood based pellets for about 3 pounds something for a fairly big bag, Ive tried others but this seems about the best litter. I empty it whenever there are 'presents' left (up to 4 a day I have 2 cats!) and change about every 2-3 days.

ClaireLR

A lot of people seem to change theirs every couple of days, I only change ours once a week! We have 2 cats but they love to have a dig about, we have a huge cat litter tray (I would say its about 60 x 40 cms) and we put in a whole bag of catsan (10 litres) I think maybe I could do with buying a smaller litter tray and not putting so much in, someone mentioned they fill to about 1 inch depth, how much does everyone else put in?

System

ClaireLR wrote: »

A lot of people seem to change theirs every couple of days, I only change ours once a week! We have 2 cats but they love to have a dig about, we have a huge cat litter tray

Every week? Where do you keep the cat litter? We change ours every day (2 cats) or the house stinks.

We get out catlitter from here:
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/cat_litter/clumping_litter/13626

The price goes up and down but its around £6 for 7KG or £10 for 15KG. But if you search around the net (or MSE forums) Zooplus always has a 10% off code somewhere & delivery is free for orders over £29 so we order our cat food from there too.

It's clumping litter so it lasts a long time as you only have to scoop out the 'clumps.' It claims "15kg Extreme Classic lasts as long as 45kg normal cat litter"

So far I've tried most litters available and this is the best. I haven't tried Asdas yet though - so will give it a go next time!

sparklewing

My cat litter tray is in the hall, we have a housecat so it's the only place he uses. We clear out the clumps of dirty litter once a day and empty and wash out the tray completely once a week(actually it says to do it once a month on my litter bag). It definitely doesn't stink.

Although saying that, when I didn't use clumping litter it did smell if it wasn't washed out more often.

Maz

When I got my little girl kitty, I just used shredded newspaper. The usual, remove solids etc and I cleaned it out every couple of days. Never had any problems with nasty niffs! It didn't take her long to get used to her new home and she goes out in the garden now.

Not sure whether the shredded newspaper would be a good long term option though, we didn't have to use it for very long. Cost me practically nothing though!

saintscouple

Our 2 cats refuse to do their buisness outside, which for neighbours like ours that's a good thing, though currently we dispose the litter in carrier bags then put it in our wheelie bin.

They are quite fussy and have always used the clay type of litter. We have tried others but they just don't like it.

Anyhows, in the aftermaft of the budget, and knowing that supermarkets will be charging for carrier bags sooner than later, I wonder if anyone had any advice on how we can dispose the litter in a more environmently friendly way?
We live in a small house with no garden.

Thanks in advance.

orlao

I was going to say compost heap for wood based litter ( after flushing any solids!!!) but with no garden I don't suppose that's any use.....

I've never used the clay litter but could that be composted?? Even if you don't have your own compost bin, most gardeners are happy to accept suitable donations IYKWIM. My neighbour has always asked us non gardeners to top up his compost heap (within strict "guidelines") in return for a small share of his veggies etc....

I love it as I get some lovely fresh fruit and veg with none of the work. The only gardeners in my house are the digging dog and the cat:eek:

HTH

saintscouple

orlao wrote: »

I was going to say compost heap for wood based litter ( after flushing any solids!!!) but with no garden I don't suppose that's any use.....

I've never used the clay litter but could that be composted?? Even if you don't have your own compost bin, most gardeners are happy to accept suitable donations IYKWIM. My neighbour has always asked us non gardeners to top up his compost heap (within strict "guidelines") in return for a small share of his veggies etc....

I love it as I get some lovely fresh fruit and veg with none of the work. The only gardeners in my house are the digging dog and the cat:eek:

HTH

That's why i stated no garden, otherwise we had gone with that idea. But unfortuantley we live near a city centre, and thus there are no gardens locally to consider the composting idea.
I hope maybe the supermarkets will covert to a paper-based carrier bag perhaps.

welshmum_3

I use nappy sacks and then in the bin.