I am a fan of Dr. Elsey's Ultra Unscented Clumping Clay Cat Litter.
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How much is it/weight?
I have it with chewy at $21 for 40 lbs. I have two cats. I think I go through a bag every 4 weeks?
Im seeing like $60 on Amazon. Let me check Chewy
There is a discount for auto ship. I just checked. I do 1 bag every 3 weeks.
Ah k, thanks!
I also have an auto-litter bot and use this brand. Itβs been the best bang for my buck from what I can tell.
I have a severe fragrance allergy and I second this recommendation. Also two of my cats need inhalers and this doesn't bother them either.
If you want no dust then some kind of pellet litter would be best, like corn or pine pellets. My cats hate that texture though, so we had to find one with a similar texture to clay litter. I worked at a pet supply/food store for a couple years and tried a bunch of litters, nothing with a granular texture is truly dust-free, and I found clay litter claims of being βlow dustβ to be complete bullshit. I settled on Sustainably Yours Large Grain litter, itβs corn based. The large grain really reduces the dust, I get a little bit when emptying the bag but the large grain doesnβt throw dust when they dig around in it. It also clumps pretty well.
I have an auto litter box so it has to work with that too, sorry, should have provided that. Im sure they all mostly do
The large grain litter I mentioned should be fine enough for an auto litter box to sift. Definitely not pellets though.
Where do you buy it?
My local pet store, but you can find it online. Itβs definitely more expensive than clay cat litter, absolutely nothing will be as cheap as clay. My cats have special medical needs though, the dust from even βlow dustβ litter gives them horrible coughing attacks, so we just have to budget for the more expensive litter.
If its a step in resolving her struggle its really not at i$$ue :)
I hope you find something that helps your kitty, good luck!
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"Sustainably Yours" is the best I've tried. It's even endorsed by Jackson Galaxy.
I love that guy!
The Cat Daddy!
That show is one of the few that makes me cry, all the time
I've had great luck with pine- and corn-based cat litters for low/no scent and low/no dust. Only problem is that they usually don't clump, though they do make ones which do. Oh, and they're all much lighter than the normal stuff. I'd say give one of those a try.
Non-clumping pine pellets are great because all the pee soaked pellets turn to sawdust and you can sift it out.
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wood pellet. if you buy it packaged for horse stall bedding instead of cat litter you can get 40 lb for $6. requires a special litter box because it's different from the clump and scoop type.
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if you don't want to change your litter box, you want Naturally Fresh Walnut shell Quick Clumping. please remember not to use clumping litter with small kittens
Since this horse bedding is made from wood fibers, itβs relatively safe for cats. But keep a couple of things in mind to ensure your catβs health:
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Check if the type of wood pellets contains any harmful additives. You want 100 percent natural wood, preferably pine, cedar, or oak.
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Ask if the equine pellets are kiln-dried to remove phenols. Phenols are dangerous for cats since their livers canβt break them down. In large amounts, they can be deadly.
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Ensure that the wood is not treated with any chemical additives.
(E: personally, though in the UK, I buy Cat's Best pellets. Probably more expensive than horse pellets, but they come in smaller packages I can manage, and are 100% safe for cats so I don't have to worry)
I treat 'em like kittens but all adults ;)
Pine pellet for horse stalls is definitely the correct answer. It's the most effective, easiest litter AND it's monstrously cheaper.
I've tried maybe 5 or 6 different litters, nothing absorbs as much smell as pine pellets. You can ignore it for a couple of days without issue. It doesn't track or clump. You don't have to scoop pee, although you should give it a quick stir or sift daily. That's easy enough to do when you scoop any poop.
Pretty Litter. Its exceptional.
I actually cant stand it, it doesnt make any visible dust but whenever I had cleaned out the litter box (or even someone else doing it in a completely different room of the house) it felt like it was desiccating my lungs and airways. It was horrible.
Agreed!
We stopped using pretty litter because it didn't absorb as much smell as pine chips, smells bad itself, tracked everywhere, and the pH changing thing sounds cool but just wasn't necessary. It's also needlessly expensive.
The crows loved their cat food though.
Purina had a good one that was pellets made from recycled paper. Think it was called yesterday's news. I haven't seen it in my local stores in a while though.
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Blaine's farm and fleet brand. Cheapest clumping litter I ever found, dust free and unscented. It worked great.
Saddly I moved and now it isn't convient to buy.
Petco carries a "sofresh" litter that you can refill. Its unscented and does just fine keeping smells down. If i smell anything then i probably forgot to empty it.
Not particularly low dust but also not any worse than purina or others i've used. And its cheap due to refilling. I have a few petcos that i pass weekly regardless so its pretty convenient for me, at least.
Thanks, but ya its gotta be low dust. Potentially (pretty sure) I got an asthmatic one
When I tried that arm and hammer slide litter, it was bizarre how little to no dust there was, when id pour it out.
My cats didn't care for the texture though. It's very fine, and they'd kick it out of the litterbox.
Currently have Purina TidyCats Free & Clean Unscented
In my experience this type of litter is the best (clay clumping pellets) with the automatic litterbox. I usually go for one of the super turbo ultra types instead of unscented. I have 5 cats on it, it works the best for us even when the robot is out for cleaning and they're going in the box again.
Pretty litter is good but marginally less useful the more cats are going in it, and the dust it kicks up is invisible but still irritating and clumps kinda badly. I only use it if I really need to diagnose a UTI but it's been over half a year now since I bought a bag.
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