turg's Journal: Random Poll: Clumping Cat Litter

Clumping cat litter or the old-fashioned kind?

Clumping

[Shadow Wrought]

Not that I've had a cat since my kitty allergies kicked in 10 years ago, but clumping for sure.

Re:Clumping

[Cujo]

Yeah, but sooner or later your wife is going to make you unclump the cats...

old fashioned

[bofkentucky]

But I never had a full-time inside cat, I just use it as a traction aid for the truck when things get slippery.

Re:old fashioned

[StalinsNotDead]

I just use it as a traction aid for the truck when things get slippery

The cat? Or the kitty litter?

Ain't even a question

[baldass_newbie]

Clumping. There is no advantage, in my not so humble opinion.
Best plan of all: no cats.

Best plan of all: your friends have cats

[mekkab]

You can pet them when you want to, and then you can GO HOME.

Neither one ...

[tomhudson]

I tried feeding both to the cats, and they won't eat either one.

It's like the canary seed ... I planted it, no canaries!

The antifreeze worked ... auntie drank it and the next day she was well below room temperature ... the trial's next week.

Ba-da-boom!

Antifreeze is like Kool Aid

[Roody Blashes]

And everybody should drink up!

don't get me started [clumping]

[mekkab]

So clumping AND deoderizing is the only sane way to go.

That being said, one of my cats has some IBS-like symptoms (think StB's MMH&I problems and you got the picture) and switching to a high-protein diet wasn't enough, so we started using Swheat kitty litter. Which is sort of clumping, but is far inferior to Tidy Cats in terms of clumping, dust generated, ease-of-sifting, and odor control. But it has the one benefit of no more bloody stool.

but goddamn does it stink. I mean, we have industrial streng [austinair.com]

Re:don't get me started [clumping]

[subgeek]

teh mekk daddy is correct.

clumping + odor control = happy cat owner

and unless you have a situation like his cat does, there is no substitute for the clumping power of tidy cats.

Outdoors == Toilet Clumping Regular

[spun]

Let the fuzzy poo factories go outdoors. Or train them to go in the toilet. [karawynn.net]

Argh, who stole my greater than signs?

[spun]

Argh. There were supposed to be greater than signs in that title...

Re:Argh, who stole my greater than signs?

[turg]

where?

Re:Argh, who stole my greater than signs?

[spun]

It was supposed to be Outdoors == Toilet > Clumping > Regular. Meaning letting the furry buggers go outside or training them to go in the toilet is best, followed by clumping kity litter, followed by old school.

Of course Gritty-Kitty brand kitty litter is the very best. And the tastiest!

Outdoors == Less Healthy, Generally

[Interrobang]

Actually, it's oftentimes healthier to keep a cat indoors, if you have enough room for them to run around -- they don't pick up parasites, they don't get fleas, they don't get into the neighbours' garbage, and they also don't get into fights with the neighbourhood strays and other roaming fauna -- or the traffic, for that matter. Besides that, in an area where rabies is endemic to the point where people leave rabies-vaccine bait out for the wildlife, keeping a cat indoors is actually not a bad idea.

I lik

Re:Outdoors == Less Healthy, Generally

[KshGoddess]

Clumping and the damned automagic cat box.

2 cats. 2 cat boxes. clumping, deodorizing cat litter and a hepa filter.

C (anti-lameness-filter BS goes here)

[ncc74656]

Neither...I have a dog.

If I had a cat, though, it'd be cool to train it to use the toilet instead of a litter box. I understand some people have done that with theirs.