Lyle Gardiner wrote in a message to Joan Kelly:
 LG> That sounds so nice, unfortunatly, my cats slice and dice any
 LG> plastic bag liners I try to use, besides I've used clumping
 LG> litter.
Well, I have two panthers too, but they don't shred the heavy duty jumbo 
liners.  So far....
 LG> At least I did until I read a few horror stories about
 LG> clumping litter. The first problem is more likely to affect
 LG> kittens then adult cat. Clumping litter collects on the cat's paws
 LG> and is ingested when the cat cleans it's feet. When the litter
 LG> reachs the cat's intestine it swells often causing
 LG> constibation. This isn't usually a problem in adult cat's but can
 LG> be fatal in kittens.
I have yet to hear anything of substance concerning this problem.
 LG> I've switched to pine pellet cat litter. As the pellets absorb the
 LG> urine, they turn to sawdust, you just scoop out the solid waste.
 LG> The sawdust is biodegradeable, or flushable. 
 LG> Sorry don't remember the trade name, but I can look it up
 LG> if any one wants to know.
I tried that.  My cats hated it, wouldn't use it, and the town declared it to 
be "non-flushable".  So I'm back with the clumping.  Frankly, with the 
non-tracking antibiotic version both the dust and the smell is kept to a 
minimum, which is fine with me. 
 LG> With nine cats you go though alot of litter in a month 
Yeah, I'll bet!
Joan
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