[Greenbuilding] Kitty litter (was Re: clay wall for pool)

[Clarke Olsen]

I try to use sawdust, or wood chips, for kitty liter, but my wife claims that the cat prefers the store-bought.
But this is a cat who waits outside to come in and use the box..
Clarke Olsen
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165 
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at fairpoint.net




On Feb 2, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn wrote:

> >  So I'm wondering "Why not just use sawdust or woodchips for kitty litter instead of buying processed wood pellets for the task ?" 
> 
> There are a million examples of companies creating markets for their products when better natural alternatives exist.
> 
> One of the worst examples is companies convincing mothers that formula milk is better than breast milk.
> 
> Maybe that is why we have cat litter?
> 
> Although some cat litter clumps together in a really great way so you just take out the clump and leave behind clean litter. Saw dust doesn't do that. The liquid continues spreading through the saw dust.
> 
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
> Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
> www.EcoBrooklyn.com
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:04 PM, RT <Archilogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:11:50 -0500, Peter/Pam Martin <p2j2 at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> I now use wood stove pellets as kitty litter; they are compostable, cheaper than clay, have a pleasurable odour, and the felines have not complained.
> 
> Thinking back to my days in elementary school, I remember kids having "accidents" in the classroom and the teacher having to call in the custodian to clean up.
> 
> I remember green stuff that looked like sawdust being sprinkled over the area to soak up the lovely kidjuice before being scooped up. There was a time when I would have known the brand & product name, but geezerdom has long since eliminated that capability.
> 
> We also know of the utility of sawdust in composting toilet and toilet-in-a-bucket applications.
> 
> And I know that the City of Ottawa likes to have the truckloads of wood chips from tree maintenance people dumped on top of their septic lagoons for a similar reason.
> 
> So I'm wondering "Why not just use sawdust or woodchips for kitty litter instead of buying processed wood pellets for the task ?"
> 
> Softwood sawdust would be naturally scented (ie pine, spruce, cedar) so should meet with the approval of Ms Cat.
> (I understand horses don't like a particular species of wood shavings for their bedding but I don't remember which).
> 
> 
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