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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2006Citrus cat litter fiasco
I've been trying to figure out where a sickly sweet odor of rotting fruit was coming from in the bedroom. I've lived with it for three nights because I just couldn't find the source, even though it was making me queasy. I've asked DH to help me locate the problem for two days. Both days he told me he couldn't smell anything and he was sure the kitties were fine. Tonight I finally narrowed it down generally to our second, and least used, litter box area and wondered what sort of illness one of the kitties had gotten, or if one had actually eaten fruit and gotten ill in the litter box later, and I asked DH about it again. This time he confessed. He decided to try a new ultra lightweight citrus smelling litter three days ago. This litter has no odor unless it is wet, but that is the only thing the kitties do in that particular litter box, so now it exudes the odor of rotting cherries and tangerines. Ugh! The litter box has been banished from the bedroom and maybe I can sleep without being sick to my stomach tonight. I consider this a bastard cat slave trick. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere > The litter box has been banished from the bedroom and maybe I can > sleep without being sick to my stomach tonight. > > I consider this a bastard cat slave trick. Ugh! Glad you found the source. That sounds disgusting.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I've been trying to figure out where a sickly sweet odor of rotting > fruit was coming from in the bedroom. I've lived with it for three [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > See my quilts at > http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere When cats are apparently repelled by citrus, I wonder why someone would even consider putting it in cat litter??? MLB [citrus smell on used litter] > When cats are apparently repelled by citrus, I wonder why someone would > even consider putting it in cat litter??? MLB <devil's advocate mode = on> Marketing reasons? If it smells that bad when used, you are tempted to replace it ASAP. If the cat is repelled by the smell, you have to clean the litterbox (and therefore replacing at least some litter) ASAP. Just my humble devilish thoughts... <devil's advocate mode = off> Squarely Yours Michael SignatureSquare Dance is friendship put to music Andrea and Michael with tomcat-cats Blacky and Merlin More detailed info: http://www.curschmann-sachsen.de > [citrus smell on used litter] >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Squarely Yours > Michael I don't think so. The object of advertising is to make people want to buy. If the product stinks that would make people avoid it. I think someone who does not know cats made the assumption that "lemon fresh" smells clean and would make the litter smell clean too. MLB >> [citrus smell on used litter] >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >someone who does not know cats made the assumption that "lemon fresh" >smells clean and would make the litter smell clean too. MLB Oh, it's not lemony. It's following the current "orange clean" bandwagon. Horrid smell though. I think I found the reason DH tried it. The jar states one 2 pound jar will last one cat for one month. Methinks he was trying to change the litter less often. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere >When cats are apparently repelled by citrus, I wonder why someone would >even consider putting it in cat litter??? MLB Rescue Clean Scoop Ultralight Litter by Performance plus Laboratories in California. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere Debra skrev i meddelandet ... <snip> >I consider this a bastard cat slave trick. >Debra in VA >See my quilts at >http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere It sure was a bastard cat slave trick. Rotting oranges is one of the most horrid smells I know. Elisabet > I've been trying to figure out where a sickly sweet odor of rotting > fruit was coming from in the bedroom. I've lived with it for three [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > thing the kitties do in that particular litter box, so now it exudes > the odor of rotting cherries and tangerines. Ugh! Eww. I thought most cats hate citrus smell. Whose bright idea was it to market a litter for them that smells of citrus fruit?? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >Eww. > >I thought most cats hate citrus smell. Whose bright idea was it to >market a litter for them that smells of citrus fruit?? Rescue Clean Scoop Ultralight Litter by Performance plus Laboratories in California. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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