What kind of litter do you use? I do not like the smell of World's Best and Swheat Scoop isn't good in the humidity. Plus they are pretty expensive. Odor control and clumping are characteristics I am looking for. Thanks!

Alisha,

It took me a long time, lots of litters - and my last challenge was considering Jeremy's allergies. I finally chose Nature's Miracle which is all natural, clumps and the first litter that I ever tried that has absolutely NO odor. I have to be careful to schedule changing it because it gives no hints of odors. Obviously, if they have a bm and don't cover it - it's not that miraculous! I do empty very often during the day if I'm working at home, and usually change, clean & overhaul it completely once a week. However, I've gone two weeks with no problems. BTW, it is also okay to use with open cuts, wounds, etc. It's made from corn cobs/husks.

Maria

Thanks Maria! I hope they have it on Maui! There are just two small pet stores there. They do have high quality stuff but its SO expensive. Does Walmart carry the Nature's Miracle stuff? How much do you pay for it? It sounds GREAT!

Nature's Miracle litter became popular because when it came out their reputation for selling other products, such as odor remover that you can add to litter to take the odors away was well known.

They don't sell it at Walmart here. It's a bit expensive, but I use less of it to be honest because the cats like it, and I don't have to use so much - that helps because Jeremy tosses litter out the litterbox door when there is more in there. I pay $8.99 at Pet Goods for 10 lbs.

BTW, I used Sweatscoop for a few months, but had to stop because Jeremy had problems and I think he was allergic to the wheat. I like it, except when the weather was humid, it smelled like moldy bread (to me).

Maria

Alisha:

I’m very glad you have raised this question.

I have been using Swheat Scoop or the past year of so. I switched to it because it was flushable. Used litter was the single biggest component of my weekly garbage pickup. However, I stopped flushing it because A) it often clogged the toilet, forcing me to get the plunger, B) I was worried that I would overload my septic system (living out in the country).

Now that Evan is receiving fluids for his CRF (which he has, along with Hyperthyroidism), I have discovered that Swheat Scoop is not absorbent enough to deal with the extra urine in Evan’s box. For the time being, I have started to switch back to Arm and Hammer litter.

Overall, I found that a 40 lb bag of Sweat Scoop would last me a month – and that is with 4 boxes. I think Sweat Scoop’s odor control is better than the clay based litters (provided you scoop out whatever is sticking to the bottom of the box).

Swheat Scoop formed larger, gummy clumps, than clay based litters. These larger clumps did a better job in getting all of the urine out of the box (as in, the clumps would not break up, of if it did break up, would still be caught in the scoop).

Although Swheat Scoop was more expensive than clay litter, I think the big bag lasted as long as several boxes of clay litter. For example, one big bag would set up four litter boxes and still give me extra to add as needed. A big box of clay litter would only fill up two litter boxes. In the long run, I think Swheat Scoop was less expensive than clay.

But, with all this said, I still have to do something for Evan’s box, as Swheat Scoop is not cutting it for him.

Mark

Just wanted to add a PS to my post about Nature's Miracle. It's flushable. I don't flush everything - I only flush the feces and I bag the urine so I don't have a toilet problem. I'm very happy getting rid of the smelly stuff immediately - down the toilet. However, having old plumbing, I don't take the chance of putting it all down the toilet. This works well for me. I did the same when I used Sweatscoop.

My petsitter uses a clay litter, but always has a bag of Nature's Miracle to add some to it because she says it clears up the odor of her clay litter.

For what it's worth.
Maria