What is your litter stockpile amount?

**doolittleky** · 01-18-2007, 07:04 PM

I have enjoyed reading this thread and I know what Jen and Lizzie and everyone else that has more than a few cats feels like when they go to buy litter. I have always used Tidy cat clay and use to get the 30 lb bags at Walmart because that was the cheapest price but their prices went up and I started getting forty lb bags at Petsmart. The problem with that thought is my bad bache and bursititis and me trying to carry mulitple bags inside. It was too hard on my back so I started getting 20lb bags at Petsmart for 2.99. I have to get at least 6 bags a week for my gang. I go through at least 80 lbs of litter a week and sometimes more if the diabetics sugar is high. I would love to be able to buy ahead but with having to get so much I barely can get what I can for that week. Eventually I would like to get ahead but right now it is jsut impossible. I also hear the comments"My God, how many cats do you have?" etc
Melissa

**CultureJunky** · 01-19-2007, 03:58 AM

This thread is great. It just goes to show how you all care so much for your babies. I don't stock up as I don't need to, only having the two. I use a generic clumping litter and they get along fine with it. In fact any litter that I get if I get something that's cut down or on offer they never turn their nose up at. I'm very lucky I don't have litter problems with them.

Reading this thread makes me realise how great everybody on this forum really is!!

**catlover4ever** · 01-18-2007, 08:48 AM

I tend to go once a month to either BJ's or Sam's Club and get 6 40lb containers of Fresh Step or ScoopAway (I can't remember which one) and that will last for a month or more.

When I used to use clay litter, they would put it on sale for .99 cents a bag and I would go in with two carts and pile up 10 bags in each cart....you should see the looks on people's faces when I started rolling through the store with all that cat litter

....but what you really should have seen was what my car looked like with all that litter in it.

I swear when I come home with all that litter....my babies seem to have a little bit of a glimmer in their eyes....kind of like "YEA HAW!!!! Party in the Kitty Litter Tonight....Come One...Come All!!!"

**Freedom** · 01-18-2007, 09:05 AM

My cats like Tidy Cats litter. So I stick to that one brand, as I don't need to have 7 cats choosing to ignore the boxes due to a change in litter.

Target will have it on sale about every 6 weeks, for 28 cents per pound. I usually by 6 plastic tubs, 35 pounds each. It gets stored in the garage. Somehow I missed one sale and was running low. As in the only litter in the house was an open tub, about half full. I was getting panicky, then Target had another sale. Whew! Saved. I bought EIGHT tubs this last trip. 280 pounds. My little Honda was NOT happy on the short ride home.

I still don't understand why the plastic tubs (plastic is an oil product, right?) can cost less than the boxes.

We have yellow plastic tubs all over the place. Dad loves them for carrying fertilizer from the shed to his vegetable garden. And all his small tools go in yellow tubs to move from one project to the next. He uses them to bring in his dahlia bulbs (and others) for the winter, then to carry them out again in the Spring. No project gets completed in a day. So we have yellow litter tubs as lawn ornaments.

**KitCat** · 01-18-2007, 09:30 AM

I got a 40 lb bag of Sweat Scoop for Cocoa Kitty. That's the most I have on hand at a time (for my 1 kitty) and I have a plastic container I put it in.

**Logan** · 01-18-2007, 10:11 AM

Mine is on, partially used container, just in case. We only have one cat now, Butter, and he chooses to "go" outdoors. He knows the litter box is there, but he rarely uses it.

**Donnaj4962** · 01-18-2007, 10:18 AM

I am so fortunate that my girls are not picky about their litter. I buy a generic brand of clay litter for $1.00 per bag at the Dollar Store! I buy 2 bags per week as there are 2 litter boxes in the apartment. (Yes, my girls have more bathrooms than I have!

) Sometimes I will buy 4 bags and have the extra 2 on hand.

I change their boxes once a week, and try to scoop every couple of days. If I don't, Tabitha will get disgusted and decide to pee wherever she pleases!

And sometimes it is right in front of me, as if out of spite if I haven't cleaned the bathroom! :::hrmph:::

**lizbud** · 01-18-2007, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Logan

Mine is on, partially used container, just in case. We only have one cat now, Butter, and he chooses to "go" outdoors.

Logan, I didn't know about Mimi.

I am so sorry. ((Hugs))

I never have more that a 20lb bag on hand at any one time.

**Crazy-Cat-Lover** · 01-19-2007, 05:13 AM

Since the fire, I have been to busy unpacking and such - I didn't realize the cats only had 20 pounds of litter left! That doesn't last them very long (clumping clay). I think I am going to switch to something more natural, hopefully it will last longer.

**Tubby & Peanut's Mom** · 01-19-2007, 10:58 AM

I used to stockpile EVERYTHING! From cat litter to paper towels to Cheerios and Chicken Noodle soup for Terry. When we moved into the motorhome, I learned in a big hurry that stockpiling wasn't going to be allowed anymore. Do you know how hard it is to break the stockpiling habit?

**mrspunkysmom** · 01-19-2007, 10:29 PM

Sometimes I stockpile Feline Pine if Bi-Lo has a good price on it. I do stockpile the canned food and pouches that my kitties like as treats when thye are on sale.

I stockpile other stuff that is on sale too. I also hate shopping and like to save money.

Anne

**shais_mom** · 01-20-2007, 01:36 AM

I like the Tidy Cat's Small Spaces and awhile ago Pet Supplies Plus had them on sale for #27 $5!
So I bought all they had.
So I usually have at least 2 or 3 on hand. For awhile I was storing the litter in a small (18 gal) tote and was buying Walmart's Clumping in the #25 boxes. I ended up having like 100+ pounds of litter in the tote!

I also like Fresh Step and Scoop Away.
I liked the Everclean but it comes in cardboard boxes and I figgered out last year those don't work to well out in the garage with the wind blowing in the snow and the rain. So I try to stick to the plastic containers if I'm going to keep it in the garage. I don't really like to use the bags either b/c of the above reason.

**shais_mom** · 02-11-2007, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by shais_mom

I like the Tidy Cat's Small Spaces and awhile ago Pet Supplies Plus had them on sale for #27 $5!
So I bought all they had.
So I usually have at least 2 or 3 on hand. For awhile I was storing the litter in a small (18 gal) tote and was buying Walmart's Clumping in the #25 boxes. I ended up having like 100+ pounds of litter in the tote!

I also like Fresh Step and Scoop Away.
I liked the Everclean but it comes in cardboard boxes and I figgered out last year those don't work to well out in the garage with the wind blowing in the snow and the rain. So I try to stick to the plastic containers if I'm going to keep it in the garage. I don't really like to use the bags either b/c of the above reason.

I just bought this.....
http://www.armhammerpets.com/performance.aspx

and I should also say that I don't normally buy the bags b/c KLOE likes to CHEW THRU THEM!

**jazzcat** · 02-11-2007, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by shais_mom

I just bought this.....
http://www.armhammerpets.com/performance.aspx

and I should also say that I don't normally buy the bags b/c KLOE likes to CHEW THRU THEM!

I've been getting that for my Dad's cat Miss Kitty. It really seems to have helped with litter box odors in his house and I don't notice as much dust.