Whatever works best for my cats!

Before we lost my old cat I had to go out of my way to a couple big name stores to get the EverClean unscented stuff, cause it was the only thing she'd use. Seriously. I don't know how many different types of litter I tried with her.....

My current pair are less picky, I've been using Arm and Hammer's newest clumping litter, so far like it quite a bit, and its $5-$10 less than the EverClean.

 

Same as @ruthcatrin, whatever works well for our cats. They're not very picky though, so I guess whatever works best for everyone. My mom recently found a new litter that's super light weight and clumps really well. I'm not sure what brand it is, but the fact that it's light weight really sold us. We just get ours at Fleet Farm because there's usually coupons.

 

Oh, I do always use unscented litters if that helps. The biggest turn off for me is "New Fresh Clean Scent!!!!" or whatever they're advertising this year. I'm allergic to many commercial scents (and mostly can't stand the rest), so thats a requirement for me.

 

I didn't see that this was posted in the Cats section and read the whole post thinking you were talking about a litter of puppies. I was very confused, lol!

 

Lol...me too!

 

Ha, me, too, Inkii. I thought it was a Very bold move on Weaver's part to talk about boosting puppy litter sales in a pet store.

When my parents bought litter for our old cat, selection was based on availability (ie Costco) and price. Not much thought process put into it. Odor control and clumping didn't come too much into play. For most of his life, I think we used FreshStep and Arm & Hammer.

When I took care of my grandparents' kittens, I went for the cheap natural clay products from BigLots and Costco. Main factor: price and clumping. Odor control was not big since I cleaned it so much. Availability wasn't an issue because I only had them a couple months.

With this years' foster kittens, I kind of went overboard on making sure they had a good start, so I actually did some reading on the "best litters." When I moved them to commercial litter (from hogsfuel), I happened to get what would become my favorite--Country Cat wheatgrass litter. It was small enough to sift, it was affordable, it smelled good but was unscented, natural and environmentally scented, no dust, and best yet, it absorbed/degraded when wet and stuck to poop. The latter made cleaning easy--no mess for scooping poop out and all I had to do for the moist litter was scoot/scrape the top intact layer of litter off to the side and scoop the bottom degrade layer out. I could change the litter less often so the bag went further.

Compared to
YesterdaysNews: Hated it. Super wasteful, wouldn't sift. Absorption and clumping were not effective. Messy.

WorldsBest: Cats didn't like it, clumped but didn't absorb well, so wasteful and had to change out the whole pan of litter with every cleaning. Stank and was messy.

I think I tried one more, but I can't remember what it was. My fav was still the Cat Country, and I would use it again for future cats.

ETA--I should say that some litters are advertised as flushable--this wasn't a big perk for me. I flushed solid waste a couple times, but for the most part didn't.

 

Here's another vote for the lightweight litter we just discovered too. The kind we got is "Pet's Pride." It clumps well, is not dusty and is much easier to deal with. At my age and size, hauling 40 pound boxes of litter up the cellar steps is not so fun. I'm loving this new stuff. It comes in 15 pound containers (looks like a big thing of liquid laundry detergent) with a nice easy screw open top. The container is also a good feature as it is easy to carry with the handle, not too heavy, and easy to pour out of.

 

My biggest, biggest thing is low dust. So many litters are just incredibly dusty! I hate to think of my cats scratching around in the litter inhaling a bunch of clay dust.

 

I bought the Arm&Hammer Double Duty clumping litter. I bought 40 pounds of it, so I hope the new kitty likes it. :/

 

When we had a cat, we used fresh step clumping litter. It's just the brand my family always used, so there wasn't much thought into it.

I also thought we were talking about puppies lol
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I use the worlds best cat litter - I am an overbearing paranoid pet parent. I wanted something all natural and that still clumped. I love it. I personally don't find that it smells bad but then again, I clean the box twice daily.
When it comes to buying local vs commercial, for me its price - I do try to support the local stores but when they are selling it for 20$ more than the commercial store I have to go with what my wallet prefers.

 

I use fresh step. I tried some of the natural litters and the cats refused to use the boxes. Then, I would switch which had the new stuff location wise and they would change their litter box preferences. After awhile I felt like I was tempting things too much that I returned to what they like.

When I get next kitty, I hope to toilet train early on so I don't have to fuss with litter. I had one cat trained, but I think the rest were too old when I gave it a go. Now all I have to do is train puppy to stay away from toilet!