Cat litter - merged

looby-loo_2

I use the free sheet newspaper

davetaylor

Hi, I am fed up carrying 5 ltr bags of cat litter back home from Sainsburys. I use their own brand ultra clumping stuff which is great. I just scoop out the tray twice a day and top it up every few days. I empty and clean the litter tray once a fortnight.

Where is the cheapest place to buy bulk buy this ultra clumping stuff online?

Dave

d900

if you cant flush it then its not worth buying.
best cat litter dosnt kill them if they eat it
clumps
dosnt smell of wee/poo
and if flushable

sparklewing

I use Cats Best Oko Plus cat litter. It's compostable and clumps really really well, it's a larger granual than other clumping litters so I was scepticle but it really works. It's really good at holding odours too and though it does track it isn't as bad as some I've used.

I buy it from www.petplanet.co.uk it costs £22.99 for 40l (enough to fill a swingtop kitchen bin). It lasts ages at least 2 months. Free delivery if you spend over £29, I usually bulk buy whatever food they have on offer too (not necessarily recommended as I now have 7 boxes of a wet food my cat refuses to eat :rolleyes: )

candy210212000

Me and my mum have both had cats and i would have to say that the spars own cat litter is by far the best. I have tryed almost everyone going and cannot beat it plus the price is reasonably good to.

Badger_Lady

OK, not the nicest topic, but I can't be alone in this!

My cat likes to have an indoor litter tray, which I keep in the bathroom. However, he has got fluffy paws and a non-existent sense of personal hygiene - he treads the stuff everywhere! (And I mean the actual cat litter, not his urine / faeces).

I hoover / brush the bathroom floor every day, but it's not enough - there's nothing nicer than waking up to a hungry cat jumping on your bed and realising your duvet is covered in used litter! :eek:

I've tried all the different varieties - wood, little stones, earth and even that "magic" stuff. He doesn't give a moo, he never buries his business anyway and is more than happy to use the empty tray if I've got distracted halfway through changing it. But he still treads it all over the house.

So I think I may have come up with a solution - incontinence pads (can you tell I worked in a nursing home?). A plastic tray liner, as usual, and then a flat pad (like a large, flat nappy or sanitary towel) in the bottom of the tray. It would soak up the urine, leave any faeces available to easily pick up and flush away (as normal), but there would be nothing for him to tread.

Has anyone come across a similar system for pets before, or have concerns that I haven't considered, before I spend £20 on a pack of pads?

mirrorimage0

you could always get friendly with the local chemist, a lot of people return stuff thats not needed any more (ie when someone dies) and officialy they arent allowed to give anything out to anyone else but incontinence pads arent exactly medication, also pampers and probably other brands do large sheets for cots/beds for when your getting the kids dry at night or to use as changing mats when your out im assuming its a similar thing

tishywish

I know the feeling - my cat has fluffy paws that cat litter just loves to stick to!!

The only thing I'd think with the pads is that the cat might try to bury what he's done and then the pad's going to get ripped/mangled? It does sound like a good idea in theory. I've used the absorbent pads in a cage when I had a cat who had been run over and it worked well for him when he had to be in the cage 24/7.

Badger_Lady

Oo - what pads did you use?

I have had the same concern... the fact that he's normally so lazy about burying things gives me hope. In fact, one of my lodgers shut him out of the bathroom recently, so he just peed on my leather beanbag. I wouldn't mind, but it was 5 days before I realised there was a nice smelly puddle in the corner of the room! (I'm anosmic.)

tishywish

Oh, now you're asking - it was a few years ago and I would have got them from Pets at Home or the vets. I think I might have used the puppy training pads but I'm not sure and they've probably improved since then, too.

Do you think it's a male cat thing, not bothering to bury anything?!