-=> Quoting Joan Kelly to Lyle Gardiner <=-
 JK> Lyle Gardiner wrote in a message to Joan Kelly:
 
 JK> Well, I have two panthers too, but they don't shred the
heavy duty
 JK> jumbo liners.  So far.... 
Hi Joan,
   Unfortunatly, one of my cat's is slightly nerotic, he keeps
stirring up the litter until, I tell him to stop.
 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.
 JK> 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.
 JK> I tried that.  My cats hated it, wouldn't use it, and the
town
 JK> declared it to be "non-flushable".  So I'm back with the
clumping. 
 JK> Frankly, with the non-tracking antibiotic version both the
dust and
 JK> 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 
Another problem, more of one with a mult-cat family, is damp
litter, which is now become mud, clinging to the cat's claws,
those the cat doesn't ingest have to be cleaned manually.
Another problem with some clamping litters is high amounts
of silicates, which cut feline paws.
As for flushing we don't flush our, dump it in our compose pit.
Found the name of the company: Pine Fresh
                               Cansorb Industries Inc.
                               555 Kesler Road
                               Cleeland, NC. 27013
 JK> Yeah, I'll bet!
But I wouldn't have it any other way. Everyone of them has their
own personality, if you interested I can tell you all about them.
Lyle
... Cats! GOD/s gift to mankind.-LG
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