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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2008Disposal of Kitty Litter
I posted this message, or a very similar one, last night and even had one response and today it is gone. Why would that be? Was it removed or was there an error on Googles part? My question is this: I use Tidy Cats kitty litter. I use an odor control formula and we are religious about changing the boxes every week. I like it for many reasons - it doesn't seem too dusty and it is inexpensive where I buy it. However, I have some concerns about "recycling" it. There are fresheners in the stuff so I cannot put it on my garden. We have chickens as well and sometimes I sell the eggs as "organic". I can't have them scratching around in the stuff. We had this big hole in our yard where there was a pool once and we have been throwing the kitty litter in that hole. Come spring we will throw some gravel and dirt and then cover it all with topsoil and sew some grass over it and none will be the wiser. But now... how to dispose of this stuff? I have tried plastic bags... my next thing will be to try the kitty liner bags... but plastic garbage bags tend to rip, so they aren't very effective. What do other people do about this issue? Just curious, would love some suggestions. Thanks :-) >>What do other people do about this >> issue? Just curious, would love some >> suggestions. I have covered container with a plastic trash bag inside. When I scoop, I put the "items" in the container. Once a week I go to the dump and I empty the container into the plastic garbage bag. I add baking soda to the container after emptying it. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') Yes, I think I am going to start using those liners for kitty litter boxes... Thanks ;-) >I posted this message, or a very similar one, last night and even had > one response and today it is gone. Why would that be? Was it removed > or was there an error on Googles part? Get a newsreader. > My question is this: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Thanks :-) Why not use Feline Pine? It smells great, naturally, and I just flush it down the toilet, and our old house plumbing takes it without problem. The bag says you can use it as mulch in the garden but I don't want to attract other cats. Would you throw your own waste into a hole in your yard? Haven't you ever noticed how well the grass grows over the septic tank? LOL :-) <winks> My concern, though, was the deoderizers in the kitty litter... I like the idea of Feline Pine... I will look into that. THANK YOU ;-) > My concern, though, was the deoderizers in the kitty litter... > > I like the idea of Feline Pine... I will look into that. > > THANK YOU ;-) My cats *eat* both Feline Pine and that Swheat litter. Only Bast knows why...which has nada to do with your question. I recycle plastic containers but not cat litter. There is a limit especially if you don't live in a house in an area where the weather sucks all winter (yeah, MileHigh). Why use containers you have to *pay* for to dispose of used litterbox litter? I use those cheap thin plastic bags the grocery puts your purchases in, doubled (one inside the other, sometimes they have small holes at the seams so check that) put the bedroom waste basket contents (ads, mail,paper shreddings) first as a supporting base in inner bag....then I take the thick plastic bag used for what I scoop from litterbox and dump into the doubled bag holder. BTW that thick plastic bag beside toilet is an old xray film bag, I have a large group saved from when I worked, you won't have this but rig something up that can't smell up your bathroom. Kitty waste offerings alone (not litter) go down the porcelain throne. After carefully transferring used litter into my thin grocery bag container, I knot the tops and put it into a larger, easier to carry plastic bag and that goes down to our garbage dumpster. All this involves saving a few plastic bags but I am too cheap to buy something just to take out used litter,LOL. > Haven't you ever noticed how well the grass grows over the septic > tank? LOL :-) > > <winks> hehehehe >I posted this message, or a very similar one, last night and even had > one response and today it is gone. Why would that be? Was it removed [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Thanks :-) You cannot recycle kitty litter. In the UK we are allowed to put it in our garbage bins if we tie it up in plastic bags. If you don't and just chuck it in they will return your bin unemptied. Hey Everyone, I sure appreciate your tips. I think they are all good ideas. I am going to give them a try :-) Thanks so much :-) On Feb 2, 5:37 pm, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > >I posted this message, or a very similar one, last night and even had > > one response and today it is gone. Why would that be? Was it removed [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > garbage bins if we tie it up in plastic bags. If you don't and just chuck it > in they will return your bin unemptied. Same here, Tweed....but sometimes I wonder if loose used litter in the dumpsters might keep our obnoxious group of wild raccoons out of them. They get in there at night looking for food and sometimes a pointy-nosed, masked dark-furred scavenger will barrel out and away when you throw in your trash! |
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