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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2004Cinnamon
Is Cinnamon bad for cats. I mean I want to sprinkle some of the cheapy stuff you get from the dollar store in their litter and on them to keep em smellin nice. I know you can sprinkle baking soda in the litter to keep it smelling fresh but baking soda doesn't have much of a smell to it. Tina ------ "Sesame Street Workshop laid off sixty workers. News of the firings was brought to employees by the letters F and U." --Jimmy Fallon http://www.i-love-cats.com/Health/plants.htm is a list of toxic items. A search of google hasn't show up anything that says the actual cinnamon is toxic, although cinnamon oils are. One site recommended cinnamon for diabetic cats, which interested me so I shall have to do more research on that one. I wouldn't use an excessive amount to be on the safe side. > Is Cinnamon bad for cats. I mean I want to sprinkle some of the cheapy > stuff you get from the dollar store in their litter and on them to keep em [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > letters F and U." > --Jimmy Fallon > http://www.i-love-cats.com/Health/plants.htm is a list of toxic items. A > search of google hasn't show up anything that says the actual cinnamon is > toxic, although cinnamon oils are. One site recommended cinnamon for > diabetic cats, which interested me so I shall have to do more research on > that one. I wouldn't use an excessive amount to be on the safe side. I don;t have a defnite answer either. I just wanted to add to previous post that if you do find cinamon is OK healthwise, the smell of it may NOT be the one cats like. In fact it may put them off the area alltogether. Strongly sujggest test it first on a different area, before pouring it all over the one area you NEED them to use-litter tray. If you are in UK, you may wanna try Tesco's own cat lightweight litter. I have been using it since day one, and it basicaly does an excellent job absorbing smells. I never change the litter in less then 3 days, and 4 cats are sharing the tray. (Obviously I have to remove the obvious bits :)) But smellwise-brill. If not in UK, just check the various litters, some of them do mantion absorbtion of smell good enough for human noses. Gee > > http://www.i-love-cats.com/Health/plants.htm is a list of toxic items. A > > search of google hasn't show up anything that says the actual cinnamon is [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Gee Can't add to the cinnamon thing, although Gee has a great point as to whether the cat would be perceptive/receptive to it or not. But, as for smelling litter. Asside from the crystal litters (which do a good job on odor control) I have found that Arm & Hammer has a great smelling/long lasting clumping litter. The downfall I have with the A&H brand is they use too much clay. the clumps are very clayish and stick to the bottom of the box. (I have a littermaid box and this presents a problem for me). But the odor control is very good. Actually I have never come across a litter that absorbed any of the smell but I do shake a little carpet deodoriser in the bottom of the litter tray it helps, I have to clean the tray out two sometimes three times a day as like Henri RB, Wilson will not use the tray more than once, and I keep two trays down at all times,four if I go out for the day, although mostly there is only one, at the most two used when I return, Jean P. > > > http://www.i-love-cats.com/Health/plants.htm is a list of toxic items. > A [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > the bottom of the box. (I have a littermaid box and this presents a > problem for me). But the odor control is very good. > Is Cinnamon bad for cats. I mean I want to sprinkle some of the cheapy > stuff you get from the dollar store in their litter and on them to keep em > smellin nice. I know you can sprinkle baking soda in the litter to keep it > smelling fresh but baking soda doesn't have much of a smell to it. > > Tina Cinnamon will only temporarily cover the odor - not obsorb it. Bakign soda obsorbs the odor. Its kinda like using a bleach cleaner to clean your bathroom and kill the germs, as apposed to just spraying a can of air freshener in there to cover up the odor. Switch litters to one that has more odor absorbancy. |
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