Notice to users of "flushable" litter...

[pomtzu]

We've used clumping litter for years, but always the unscented. Vet once told me that some cats develop allergies or reactions to whatever they use to scent it. And since we have a septic system, flushing it down the toilet was never an option. The only thing that plastic grocery store bags are good for, is used cat litter, and it goes to the landfill with all the rest of the trash that is picked up.

My RB Meezer Ming taught himself to use the toilet - only to pee tho. I think he just liked the noise of the tinkle! Dummy never learned how to flush when he was done tho!

[moosmom]

Cats don't generally like "scented" litters, and I think they were made for the owners so they don't have to smell the odor of a litterbox. My RB cat Mollie Rose had severe kitty allergies and asthma. That's why I switched to Feline Pine pellets. Absorbs the urine odor and you only have to remove the solid waste daily. Once the pellets breaks down to sawdust, you dump the box and start over. It's great. No silica dust, very little tracking.

[Freedom]

Flushable litter has been banned in California for several years because of that. They did a study and tied it directly to a certain type of sea otter dying off.

I found it very convenient when I lived in the apartment, in the winter months. Stopped using it when I heard about the otters.

[carole]

oh crap i never even thought about allergies , they only make the clumped one with lavendar now, to be honest i cannot even smell it myself, and i have a good nose for smells, bad and good lol, i do hope it does not upset my kitties delicate noses, i am sure nikki has allergies she often sneezes but seems very well all the same, i guess time will tell, if that is the case then i will have to search hard for another new litter, oh joy, we have one called kitty crumble here, it looks very interesting, but is not a clumping one, which is the type i prefer really.

Well how silly of them not to do research and see whether scented litters affect the kitties, yes it probably is purely for the owners, but how dumb is that?

[Medusa]

since we have a septic system, flushing it down the toilet was never an option. The only thing that plastic grocery store bags are good for, is used cat litter, and it goes to the landfill with all the rest of the trash that is picked up.

Same here.

[sirrahbed]

all kinds of nasty bacteria go down the toilet - that is what it is for....how can toxoplasmosis in cat poop be worse than anything else? Honestly this sounds like environmental poop to me.

[pomtzu]

all kinds of nasty bacteria go down the toilet - that is what it is for....how can toxoplasmosis in cat poop be worse than anything else? Honestly this sounds like environmental poop to me.

Good point! And it all goes thru a sewage treatment plant before it is released anywhere in the environment - right???

[lvpets2002]

We hope!! Also drinking water is recycled too.. We Hope!!

Good point! And it all goes thru a sewage treatment plant before it is released anywhere in the environment - right???

[Lilith Cherry]

Donna - If you can;t squat do not visit China! LOL? Usually very dirty, no privacy and carry paper with you at all times

[lvpets2002]

OMG that is the toilets in China.. I think the litter box sides are taller..

Donna - If you can;t squat do not visit China! LOL? Usually very dirty, no privacy and carry paper with you at all times

[pomtzu]

Donna - If you can;t squat do not visit China! LOL? Usually very dirty, no privacy and carry paper with you at all times

YIKES!!!! I never planned a visit to China anyway, but this just cements that idea!!!

What is that on the left hand side of the first pic?

[lvpets2002]

Yup I wanted to ask that too = But was afraid too..

What is that on the left hand side of the first pic?

[carole]

Ah yes the loos in china, my son took a picture to show me them i was horrified, all the factory's he visits over there have them just like the picture you showed, thanks goodness the hotels don't, phew.