I’m not sure what you can do if you struggle with composting size but the most “eco friendly” is Bio-Catolet.

It made from 100% recycled materials (paper based I think(, is compostable, nondust forming, non clumping, good at protecting agaisnt ordour and unlike other paperbased ones they are pellets and so dont “break apart” and mess up the house!

Also, talking from intense experience, it is good for very VERY fussy cats! I have two little terrors who wouldnt use anything but Tescos own brand that was dust forming and well..awful!

They took to the new one perfectly! The packaging is also paper so can be recycled unlike many that are plastic. It comes in at least 12ltrs & 25ltrs.

Hope that helps! ^-^

PS: it doesnt create the nasty damp paper smell :)

And yes…. congrats on having your cats and good luck with the 3 - 4 - 5am wake up calls for no reason other than they just wanted to! :p

I don’t have an answer for this, except to say that another reason to swich from the traditional clay types is that (from what I’ve read), the mining practices are really destructive.

We’ve been gradually switching our cat over to a pine-based litter with no problems (so far). She’s had litterbox problems in the past so I’m releived that she’s adjusting so well to this type.

this is gross! cat litter is disgusting anyway, why would anybody want to use it again.

if you don’t want to waste resources take the cat out! duuuuuuuh! you don’t see a dog peeing in a tray!

get a life!

much love

Because Barney McWhiskers some cats (like ours) have FIV and should not be allowed out incase they infect other cats or pick up other infections.
Also, if you’ve ever had a cat decide to use your flowerbed as a toilet you’d be encouraging all cat owners to use a tray.
Go figure - how often do you see piles of dog crap not picked up by irresponsible owners??????
To answer the comment “you don’t see a dog peeing in a tray” there are two reasons, dogs aint clever enough to do it on their own and their owners are too dumb to train them! Period.

I take it from your posting that you are a dog owner… figures…

all dog owners train their dogs and their dogs ask to go out.

you need to stop getting so annoyed about cat litter and stop saying figurs/go figure!

Insted of using the regular clay litter that you have to throw away use a organic litter. There’s a lot of different kinds, I recomend recycled wheat litter. It clumps well, is Biodegradable, and all you do is flush it away. Although some pets are allergic to wheat so a good alternitive is the pine litter. It works just as good as the wheat.(but depending on brand doesn’t mask the smell as well) I don’t recomend paper based because they’re not biodegratable

An old friend of mine used to use old litter to fill in the holes in her gravel driveway. Somehow exposure to the air took away the smell…

I’d recommend Morrison’s recycled paper cat litter, which is cheap, odourless and the cat happily uses it. Then it goes on the compost heap.

On another tack, has anyone tried using shredded newspaper? It seems a bit pointless to carefully send off our old papers for recycling, and then buy in the same stuff after it’s been processed. I think I’ll try cutting out the middleman, and see how that works out.

Hi Ann,

We tried that the other week when we ran out of litter one Sunday night. We got a pee on the rug in return.

I agree though it’s silly to add the middle step if it can be avoided though - all that fuel to move it back and forth. Perhaps it would work better if we’d gradually added the shredded paper to some litter that they’re more used to to wean them onto the different texture. I guess we’ll try again - but take the rug up first ;)

Do let us know how your attempt goes though :)

-louisa

responsible cat owners keep their cats indoors. It keeps them healthy and safe from the people walking their dogs who like to chase the cats who are also on leashes. I know this because I tried it. In return I have apermanent scar where my cat latched on in utter panic.
I can’t get my cat to use anything but clay.My vet told me that once a cat decides what it likes your stuck. I was wondering about the stink factor .I love my clumping because I can remove the stink without having to change the litter every two days which is what I had to do with the non clumping kind.can these alternative litters be used with that electronic litter box? How does that thing work anyway?I would think I’d have to use clumping clay for it to work anyway. Also is there a clumping alternative? My cat is so very picky about this litter being clean.

electronic trays need clumping litter to work - there is a metal rake type thing that scrapes through the soiled litter after the cat leaves (it’s timed) and the solid waste gets tipped into a little bucket or tray that you empty. They look fantastic, but soooo expensive!