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I used to flush cat litter that was advertised as "flushable" but I don't any more. My plumbing got stopped up (I can't say that it was definitely because of the cat litter) and the plumber showed me the inside of the pipes with his little flexible camera. I could see the stuff all along the pipes. Now I just take the clumps out and scatter them behind shrubbery.
I don't mean to go off-topic, but would like to bring up another issue with cat litter;
I will never by silica gel crystals again and am considering getting an in store credit for the product. It was fairly expensive and worthless.
It was worthless for me because when I went down to scoop the stuff up, it wouldn't fall through the scooper at all. That right there makes the product worthless to me, the customer who buys the stuff in the first place and the Master King of my Castle because I'm the one who was given cat litter duty from my now wife... probably my 2nd or 3rd main duty as her husband. Between doing that and killing and removing the occassional centipede, I'm in like flinn.
It's also worthless, because our two kitties, Jeff and Frank (code names, of course) will not go #1 or #2 in the stuff. Thank God I gave them a choice between the original clay type clumpable stuff and the SGC type. I waited WAY to long to clean up for them too, but the poor little critters were having to share one little box (I have two for them and they usually go #1 in one and #2 in the other) and they did a really neat job of doing one on one side of the box and two on the other. I think they've been trying to tell me their frustrations, but I just don't speak cat.
Poor kitties. Don't buy this ripoff blue and white overpriced garbage, please.
I don't mean to go off-topic, but would like to bring up another issue with cat litter;
I will never by silica gel crystals again and am considering getting an in store credit for the product. It was fairly expensive and worthless.
It was worthless for me because when I went down to scoop the stuff up, it wouldn't fall through the scooper at all. That right there makes the product worthless to me, the customer who buys the stuff in the first place and the Master King of my Castle because I'm the one who was given cat litter duty from my now wife... probably my 2nd or 3rd main duty as her husband. Between doing that and killing and removing the occassional centipede, I'm in like flinn.
It's also worthless, because our two kitties, Jeff and Frank (code names, of course) will not go #1 or #2 in the stuff. Thank God I gave them a choice between the original clay type clumpable stuff and the SGC type. I waited WAY to long to clean up for them too, but the poor little critters were having to share one little box (I have two for them and they usually go #1 in one and #2 in the other) and they did a really neat job of doing one on one side of the box and two on the other. I think they've been trying to tell me their frustrations, but I just don't speak cat.
Poor kitties. Don't buy this ripoff blue and white overpriced garbage, please.
Many people I know like the crystals. And so do their cats...but their cats were brought up on it and use to the texture on their feet. To ask 2 cats who are accustomed to normal sand or clay litter to do a drastic change like this would be asking for lots of litterbox problems ie avoidance.
I wouldn't flush anything down the toilet except the bare minimum. Even tampons are a no-no.
Remember the three "P" rule; Pee, Poop, and Paper. (toilet paper). (No Paper Towels, "flushable" wipes, feminine hygene products, toys, cell phones keys, pencils, soup, newspaper, potato chip bags or any other food packaging, etc.) All of which I have personally retrieved from toilets and main sewer lines.
Remember the three "P" rule; Pee, Poop, and Paper. (toilet paper). (No Paper Towels, "flushable" wipes, feminine hygene products, toys, cell phones keys, pencils, soup, newspaper, potato chip bags or any other food packaging, etc.) All of which I have personally retrieved from toilets and main sewer lines.
LOL....sounds like sound advice! Thanks for the early morning giggle!
I don't mean to go off-topic, but would like to bring up another issue with cat litter;
I will never by silica gel crystals again and am considering getting an in store credit for the product. It was fairly expensive and worthless.
It was worthless for me because when I went down to scoop the stuff up, it wouldn't fall through the scooper at all. That right there makes the product worthless to me, the customer who buys the stuff in the first place and the Master King of my Castle because I'm the one who was given cat litter duty from my now wife... probably my 2nd or 3rd main duty as her husband. Between doing that and killing and removing the occassional centipede, I'm in like flinn.
It's also worthless, because our two kitties, Jeff and Frank (code names, of course) will not go #1 or #2 in the stuff. Thank God I gave them a choice between the original clay type clumpable stuff and the SGC type. I waited WAY to long to clean up for them too, but the poor little critters were having to share one little box (I have two for them and they usually go #1 in one and #2 in the other) and they did a really neat job of doing one on one side of the box and two on the other. I think they've been trying to tell me their frustrations, but I just don't speak cat.
Poor kitties. Don't buy this ripoff blue and white overpriced garbage, please.
I use crystals and it works perfect with my cat. But as Shelby said, my kitty was brought up with it. The one I have absorbs smell and you don't have to change the sand before a month has passed. I only scoop up the poop (after like 3 hours, coz then the smell is gone and it's perfectly dry).
I don't ever want to use another type of sand actually
I have this tiny apartment and there is no kitty odor at all!
Mine won't even use a litter pan. He cries at the door to go outside. He'll sleep for 12-14 hours, but when he needs to go out, you know about it! It's not a food meow, it's a let me out yowl!
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I ended up throwing out almost an entire bag
Silica Gel Crystals
) will not go #1 or #2 in the stuff. Thank God I gave them a choice between the original clay type clumpable stuff and the SGC type. I waited WAY to long to clean up for them too, but the poor little critters were having to share one little box (I have two for them and they usually go #1 in one and #2 in the other) and they did a really neat job of doing one on one side of the box and two on the other. I think they've been trying to tell me their frustrations, but I just don't speak cat.
