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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
 Posted - 01/02/2012 : 19:43:52
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Hi all
I know this isn't a reptile but I'm looking for some advice...
When we get more kitty litter in the next coupla days I'd like to try the clumping stuff, I was just wondering if any of you use it and find it easier to clean out than the non clumpy :)
Thx in advance
Scaly :) |
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 19:57:09
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| i would steer clear of the clumping stuff as it tends to stick to there paws and it the ingest it you can imagine what happens in the kittys tummy, before we had a cat flap we used the wood pellets from the range, it used to cost about 9 pounds for a sack. other people have used the clumping litter with no problems. xx |
1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 20:01:53
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| okies, tbh if it makes cleaning easier we can always get him a little mat to get any off his ickle paws, and the stuff we got makes it rlly hard to clean any wet stuff out without taking loadsa clean stuff out too :P |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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ozziesmum
Yearling
United Kingdom
736 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 20:07:34
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| Hi Scaly, they're usually clay based so it does clump but the clumps are very sticky and tend to stick to the litter tray which makes scraping them out quite messy it's also very dusty when dry and unless you have a covered tray it'll end up all over the floor. When the kitties use the tray if their feet get wet the little lumps of litter stick to their feet and get walked over the floor as well. The best one i've found is the pine pellets as there's no dust and no mucky footprints, it's compressed pine sawdust and when the kitties wee the pellets absorb it all and swell up and convert back to sawdust they absorb the smell as well. I think you can also get the pelleted paper as well but I've never tried that. |
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Oscar Black Lab, Saffron, Merlin and Mischief the cats, assorted fish, Rhubarb & Custard the corns, Tuppence the Tortoise, Tripod the Leopard Gecko.
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paulie78
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2331 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 21:24:53
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| I use the cheapy cat litter i just dont see the point in spending lots on stuff for the cats to poop in lol ive tried them on the recycled paper based litters and the wood pellets in the past and they didnt like it too much so went back to the el cheapo type my mum swears by the white crystal type cat litter that clumps and changes colour when its dirty but my cats refused to use that lol |
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 22:48:10
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We use sainsburys value stuff for out cats, works fine.
Mum tried wood pellets a while back, and they refused to use it, pooping elsewheere. Stuck them back on the cheap stuff and they were fine. |
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 23:39:53
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| my cats won't use litter at all now, think it must be 8 years or more since they used a tray, they always go outside. I recently had to keep one in because he had an infection so put a tray out, he held on for more than 24 hours and point blank refused to use the tray, for his own comfort i had to open the flap for him to go toilet, can't have been good for him holding on that long. When they did use a tray i tried both the wood pellets and the cheapy stuff, i liked the wood pellets as there was less waste but was a b**g*r to clean out but found it smelt less than the cheapy stuff. |
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1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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scottishbluebird
it is all my fault
United Kingdom
8403 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 01:51:43
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| I just use tesco value |
     
0.1.0 Corn - Kellogs
1.0.0 Hognose - Storm
0.1.0 Staffy - Lyla
1.0.0 Spaffy(staffy x springer)-Spyro
1.0.0 Ferret - Peanut R.I.P
0.1.0 Crestie - Fudge. Wish List - Pygmy hedgehog. Tropiocolotes |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 08:23:29
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| None, I kick all 4 cats ****s into the garden where they go in next doors bushes or trees and do their business! Can't get them to use a litter box at all. WE used to use like grey cheap cat litter, that clumped well I think XD |
   
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paulie78
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2331 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 11:18:58
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My cats are flat cats they dont go out they were rescued at a very young age and were very sick after i got them well i started taking them out into the garden supervised but they really didnt like it at all so they are more than happy to stay indoors hades is very fussy about the cleanliess of his litter tray and once hes done his buisness wont use it again till its clean lol
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0.2.0 Chinchillas
1.1.0 Cats
1.1.0 Birds
0.0.2 Fishtanks
0.0.1 Cali Kingsnake
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 15:33:31
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might give the clumpies a go once, cos everyone has different opinions ;)
Found out today that Angus is going to be staying with us :)
So chuffed, can't stop smiling :) |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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scottishbluebird
it is all my fault
United Kingdom
8403 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 18:24:14
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| Glad you have a new addition to your family |
0.1.0 Corn - Kellogs
1.0.0 Hognose - Storm
0.1.0 Staffy - Lyla
1.0.0 Spaffy(staffy x springer)-Spyro
1.0.0 Ferret - Peanut R.I.P
0.1.0 Crestie - Fudge. Wish List - Pygmy hedgehog. Tropiocolotes |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 18:27:32
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He's soooooooo cute, he behaved stupidly well at the vets! didnt get outta his box :P
Gotta take him back nxt week to take away his manliness, the vets gave us a free cat box lol |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Red123
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2030 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 21:17:09
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We use Tesco value or Asda Smartprice cat litter. It does stick to the bottom of the litter tray but we use a wallpaper scraper to remove it from the tray and not had it sticking to their paws. We have in the past tried paper litter, wood pellets and shavings but one of our girls is a very large lady, alot bigger than most, weighs 14 lb and is NOT fat. The litter tray use to tip over when we had litter in it that had no weight to it. Not pleseant for us or the paw cat.
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Simmy_82
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1272 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2012 : 07:09:00
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| I used the clumping stuff once. It's a right pain. |
 
0.1.0 - Cat - Tallulah
0.0.1 - Carolina Corn Snake - Lilith |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2012 : 14:04:45
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okies will stick to this one then :P
Red, theres a coupla piccies of him at the end of this post :)
http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21677 |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2012 : 10:50:58
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| This stuff is awesome!! no smell at all! |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2012 : 14:39:38
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| Does it not smell of pine, I know when I used stuff like that it used to pong of a small forest lol. |
A very special super, duper thanks for K :3 |
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Dancross0
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1315 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2012 : 16:02:03
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I used the cheap Asda stuff. My cat Dex was only using it for a month (although, he did have to use a tray for 6 weeks last year, he got run over and had his pelvis broken in 3 places); he now has a catflap.
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2012 : 16:47:35
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quote:
Originally posted by Sta~ple
Does it not smell of pine, I know when I used stuff like that it used to pong of a small forest lol.
Doesnt reek, just keeps the smell of cat pee away :) |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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FAO cat owners
mind you if he's gonna go outside his litter thats not too bad a place really