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« on: February 19, 2008, 06:42:51 PM » |
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I usually use ordinary clay clumping litter (yeah, I know) - but my local Petsmart (yeah, I know again, but in my defense I don't buy food there anymore) had Feline Pine Scoop on sale, so I picked up a box.
I've tried a few of the "natural" clumping litters. Swheat Scoop tracked like crazy and stuck to the liner so badly, I could barely get it out of the box. World's Best worked great, but it's just not affordable. And I don't use non-clumping litters because KD hates the coarse texture, and because I can't afford to dump them every day with only one cat.
Feline Pine Scoop is really light, smells good but not artificial, and would cost only about $1 more than her regular litter per box fill-up. Next question is, how well does it work? I'll let you know my experiences. If anyone has used this litter, how did you find it?
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lesliek
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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2008, 06:57:37 PM » |
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My Mom used to use it & loved it. Mine didn't like the smell.
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kaffe
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2008, 07:08:56 PM » |
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I just picked up a box from my local grocery. Haven't tried it yet. I'll let you know too how it goes here. I usually use P-Pod, Swheat in the winter and Johnny cat non-clump in the summer.
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« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2008, 09:29:34 PM » |
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I used it for a month & it was OK. Tracks badly as expected (very fine powered sawdust). Scoops well, doesn't stick horribly like the wheat based stuff & clumping clays. Never smells when soaked.
It was too pricey to use for my 6 cats though, same as other clumping litters, especially now that they are on watered down canned food only. I was scooping out half the box every day. It's sawdust with a congealing compound, can't remember the name, tells on the bag.
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2008, 08:38:15 PM » |
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Well, that experiment is over. I've cleaned the cat pee out of the front hallway mat, thrown out the Feline Pine, scrubbed the pine smell out of the box, and put her old clay litter back in. No more new litters in this house.  KD gave this litter a resounding paws down. I think it's probably because the texture is so different from what she's used to. It's very soft and light and looks like it would be great for kittens - and of course if they get used to it then, they'll be happy with it from then on. But KD's neither young enough nor healthy enough to handle the change. Evaluation from the human point of view: it's reasonably priced, light and easy to handle, clumps OK, doesn't seem to stick to the pan (though the trial didn't last long enough to be sure of this), and smells good. On the downside, it tracks worse than anything else I've ever used. |
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« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2008, 08:56:00 PM » |
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Well, that experiment is over. I've cleaned the cat pee out of the front hallway mat, thrown out the Feline Pine, scrubbed the pine smell out of the box, and put her old clay litter back in. No more new litters in this house. KD gave this litter a resounding paws down... ay yay yay... well, OF, that's ktties for you. Isn't it frustrating when we think we've foind something truly GOOD for them, they turn it down, refuse to have anything to do with it and give us evil looks for even bringing it into the house? "who brought that here? You? Hisss..."  For our part here, the feline pine clumping litter wnt very well... doesn't track as much as the P-Pod does and doesn't stick to the pan as Sweat does. Will we use this again? For the price and the acceptance by THIS mob of cats here, I say, YES we will be buying this stuff again. |
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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2008, 10:13:06 PM » |
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Zoey likes alot .... when i get the new kitties I will go back to chn feed as it is more economical
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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2008, 07:31:49 AM » |
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My cats did not care for the piney smell. I didn't care fo it either--it was a little too fine and powdery.
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« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2008, 04:35:00 PM » |
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I use Feline Fresh pine pellets. They also make a clumping pine litter. It is available at some independent stores and usually a dollar or so cheaper. Been using it for years. For cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters.
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« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2008, 05:26:35 PM » |
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I bought a box, then I realized I'm allergic to pine!
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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2008, 05:28:54 PM » |
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NedF- So am I ! |
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« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2008, 10:41:19 AM » |
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I don't like it, it sticks to the box like glue. I've been mixing with World's Best which I kind of like but have concerns about bugs since summer is coming. I used SWheat Scoop several years ago until the day I opened the box and there were many critters inside UGH.
Been using clay litter since then until I tried World's Best. I have two boxes one with regular Tidy Cat and the covered box with clumping.
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« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2008, 05:31:54 AM » |
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hrmppp! Some people say that pine litter is bad for cats. Is that true? Why?
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« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2008, 05:46:49 AM » |
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I think some cats have gotten this litter trapped between their toes. Anyway, that's what I remember hearing at the shelter.
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kaffe
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« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2008, 03:45:18 PM » |
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Catwoods told me pehaps it becuase pine oil is toxic to cats - like many plant oils... but apparently they treat the pine litter with high heat which gets rid of the oils... but, who knows? I bought "World's Best" this last two weeks Just to be safe |
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