Natural Cat Litters Head To Head With Tidy Litter
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 | Topixia General
Let’s investigate a few of the advantages and disadvantages of natural cat litters and Tidy Litter.
Beginning with Tidy Litter:
- It’s convenient and easy to buy
- It’s quite heavy to carry, so you’ve to be careful you don’t injure your back
- It’s not a green, planet-friendly product, nor is it biodegradable
- It can enlarge to 15 times its original size, meaning it’s harder to dispose of
- Over time, it accumulates into billions of pounds of non-degradable waste
- It will track throughout your home, especially as it isn’t silica dust-free
- There is nothing in this product to control the urine odors
- Its texture isn’t particularly soft, so it will be harder on your cat’s feet
- It’s only really suited to single cat households
- It contains toxic ingredients, so you have to be make sure that your cat (or any other pet) doesn’t consume it
- It doesn’t last very long, so you will need to make frequent visits to the stores to buy more
Natural cat litters, on the other hand, are much different:
- They’re convenient and easy to buy
- They tend to be quite lightweight, which places much less stress and strain on your back when carrying it
- They’re both green and biodegradable
- They don’t enlarge to up to 15 times their original size, which means it’s much easier to dispose of it
- They therefore don’t pile up into billions of pounds of non-degradable waste, choking the landfill sites
- They are low or no tracking, and they’re silica dust-free
- They have super urine control properties
- They have a soft texture, making them easy on your kitten’s or cat’s feet
- They work really well for multiple cat households
- They are non-toxic, even if consumed
- They will last longer, meaning you don’t need to buy cat litter as often
We recently researched several brands of natural cat litter. It is really fantastic that there are so many choices available now. Until now, we were only able to buy clay-based cat litter from the grocery stores. Now there are several brands of green cat litter that are totally biodegradable. That means eco-friendly - just what we like.
Here are the new green cat litters to look for:
- World’s Best Cat Litter:
- Made from whole kernel corn
- The pellets are both small and soft, so no foot injuries
- Long-lasting freshness
- Excellent on clumping
- No back strain
- Safe for all kittens and cats
- Very green and eco-friendly
- Feline Pine Cat Litter:
- Made from pine
- Small/soft pellets
- Back saver
- Super-long fresh scent for days (one month plus)
- Good for all cats
- Urine soaks into the pine and dissolves into sawdust, very green with no need for clumping
- Feline Fresh is a lower-cost version of Feline Pine, with a very similar structure and feature set
- Swheat Scoop Cat Litter:
- Swheat Scoop litter is made from naturally processed, secondary (non-food grade) wheat grown in the heart of the Great Plains states
- 100% biodegradable
- Strong clumping, which makes for easy scooping
- Low dust, no tracking, no silica from clay
- Great for multiple cat households
- Excellent on odors
- Light and easy on your back
- Small, soft pellets
Overall, these are fantastic alternative safe organic cat litters that are very effective for cats of all size and ages, making cat behavior training much easier. These cat litters are very eco-friendly and non-toxic. You’ve heard the horror stories of cats consuming toxic chemicals in their cat litter and getting ill or even dying from that stuff. Now, you have some fantastic choices that are great for the environment and won’t make your cats sick.
Please give these cat litters a try because the traditional clay-based litters cannot be reabsorbed into the ground and just pile up into billions and billions of pounds of waste. Strictly speaking, clay-based litters never biodegrade because they cannot be absorbed or broken down by the organic environment. It is time for green cat litters. 100,000 truck loads of cat litter gets dumped in our land fills, do your part to put a stop to this, go green and use only eco-friendly cat litter.