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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2004World's Best Cat Litter?
Hello, What have experiences been with World's Best Cat Litter? The dust from clumping clay litter is driving me nuts in more ways than one, so I bought a bag of WBCL at Petsmart on Saturday. I like the lightness and the lack of dust, but it smells strange (even before the cats used it). Can anyone tell me how it holds up after a few weeks? Does it start to smell, like most litters do? Some start to smell after a day or two, no matter how clean I keep the boxes. I have 13 cats and many litter boxes, so I'm hoping WBCL will hold up and that I can get used to its strange smell. Thanks! Dave <SNIP> > I like the lightness and the lack of > dust, but it smells strange (even before the cats used it). Can anyone > tell > me how it holds up after a few weeks? I presume you will clean every few days? If you leave it a few weeks, I am sure it will smell worse than a rotten corpse. > Does it start to smell, like most > litters do? Some start to smell after a day or two, no matter how clean I > keep the boxes. Cat piss STINKS, so unless you empty all the litter and refill, then yes it will stink after a few days, new cat litter should not stink badly though, unless like our cats, your fluffballs like to jump in and dump something immediatly. Have you considered using a litter tray with a door on it? We use one and it helped a lot smellwise. > I have 13 cats and many litter boxes, so I'm hoping WBCL > will hold up and that I can get used to its strange smell. Do you have 13 "indoor" cats? Or 13 cats that spend a lot of time indoors? It is not surpirisng. I have three cats, if one goes for a poop - it stinks and then we scoop and flush it. We have just got our third cat, and the scooping is now done four or five times daily. With 13 cats, I would never stop scooping - and if you dont scoop 13 cats droppings, then it is going to stink to high heavens I guess. Good luck, Gary. PS in worst case scenario: http://www.siturelational.com/img/0307-clothes-pegs.jpg May have to apply lubricant to outside of nose, as these can eventually cause irritation :) > Hello, > > What have experiences been with World's Best Cat Litter? The dust from > clumping clay litter is driving me nuts in more ways than one, so I bought a > bag of WBCL at Petsmart on Saturday. I like the lightness and the lack of > dust, but it smells strange (even before the cats used it). Do you have a very sensitive nose? I don't notice any smell from WBCL right out of the bag. > Can anyone tell > me how it holds up after a few weeks? Does it start to smell, like most > litters do? If you're religious about weeding it, it holds up a long time. I have four cats and two boxes. If I weed consistently (daily), I don't have to change the litter until after about a week and a half to two weeks. If I am neglectful, I have to change it once a week. > Some start to smell after a day or two, no matter how clean I > keep the boxes. In my experience, WBCL is much better than that, but then I don't think it starts with a smell as you do. > I have 13 cats and many litter boxes, so I'm hoping WBCL > will hold up and that I can get used to its strange smell. 13 is a lot of cats. You must have a big house. Priscilla > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks! > Dave WBCL has a "cereal" like smell to it because it's made from corn. I tried using it and I thought it controlled odors well and clumped very well. The trouble is, my cats didn't care for it. If you decide to switch to this, do it gradually by mixing your old litter with WB. You won't want to upset your cats. Rene Regardless of litter brand, I mix half a box of that "Arm & Hammer litter deodorizer" in each litter tray. Works OK and it's cheap. Of course, you could probably make an even cheaper deodorizer by mixing some sort of perfume in plain A & H Baking Soda. That's probably all their litter deodorizer really is. I'm just too lazy to try. >Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Thanks! >Dave > Of course, you could probably make an even cheaper deodorizer by > mixing some sort of perfume in plain A & H Baking Soda. Hodge doesn't seem to go for perfumed litter. I think that's what got him peeing outside the box in the first place.  Signaturehttp://www.mindspring.com/~slywy/pages/hodge.html >> Of course, you could probably make an even cheaper deodorizer by >> mixing some sort of perfume in plain A & H Baking Soda. > >Hodge doesn't seem to go for perfumed litter. I think that's what got >him peeing outside the box in the first place. Hmmm.... well, if that's the case, then maybe plain A & H Baking Soda will work to control odor - if you can get Hodge back into the box, that is. Come to think of it, I should try the "unflavored" A & H myself. After all, what does the perfume really do, given that the Baking Soda probably does most of the odor absorption? Another posting (can't remember by whom) makes better sense than BOMOON ever could: replace the whole kit-and-kaboodle (if you'll pardon the euphemism) with a new litter box, and make sure that the total number of litter boxes is the number of your cats plus one. Anyway, good luck with Hodge. Funny how cats' behaviour can suddenly change for no discernible reason like that. BOMOON And don't forget to.... DUMP THE PSYCHICS !!!! (especially the PET PSYCHIC !!!) > >> Of course, you could probably make an even cheaper deodorizer by > >> mixing some sort of perfume in plain A & H Baking Soda. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > will work to control odor - if you can get Hodge back into the box, > that is. He peed on the carpet again tonight, but in the box this morning. I don't get it. Feliway doesn't work. I'm really not sure what got him peeing on the carpet. It's one particular corner. > Come to think of it, I should try the "unflavored" A & H myself. > After all, what does the perfume really do, given that the Baking Soda > probably does most of the odor absorption? Yeah, this weekend I'm going to switch it all over to unscented. In his box, he leaves no odour. (But he does mean to get some outside it.) > Anyway, good luck with Hodge. Funny how cats' behaviour can suddenly > change for no discernible reason like that. Yes, sometimes he's on target. Lately he's not. He's been checked repeatedly for urinary problems; doesn't have any, and has no symptoms. I did find a site that said his pattern -- one spot in particular, not all the time, etc., is a behavioural, not a physical issue. Gee, I would almost rather he go back to biting me. That problem is 80 percent resolved (as long as I'm wary :). Signaturehttp://www.mindspring.com/~slywy/ We tried WBCL and liked it very much for a while (though I don't care for the dirty diaper smell coming from the used litter in the scoop container). We have since discontinued it because it is extremely dusty! If you have a covered litterpan, the dust is less noticable, but given the amount of dust I was seeing in the foster room I can't recommend the stuff even with a covered pan. It's a pity, because it has some excellent features (lightweight, highly absorbent, long-lasting with daily scooping, good odor control in the litterpan). But the dust factor is so great, I worry about the cat's health. Sharon Talbert Campus Cats > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks! > Dave > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks! > Dave I used TWBCL for a long time & liked it a lot - & the cats had no objections to it. It held up fine (no odor; OTOH I've never noticed an odor as long asa the box is kept scooped out), virtually no dust, & litter didn't form rock hard clumps against the sides or bottom of the box - was easy to scoop. However, they changed the formula a while ago & I then noticed that I was finding particles of litter all over the house - it was tracking like crazy & driving me nuts, continually vaccuuming or sweeping up the tracked litter. As a result, I have stopped using it. Too bad - 'cause otherwise I liked it. Cathy Hi, We have used it for almost a year. Each morning I clean out the clumps and the solids and llush it down the commode. There is no residual odor and I have not changed it since we started using it, just refil. Unlike clay nothing runs on through to the pan and it it drys quickly. I found the local feed store (horse, dog, rabbit, etc.) has the 30 pound bags for about $27. It is a little more expensive but we never have to empty it, just scoop the clumps. A few weeks ago there was discussion that some of it had moths in the corn but we have ot had that problem. Don |
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