Could I eat cat litter? [more inside]
posted by Dr. Wu on Oct 19, 2008 - 8 answers

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posted by ws on Sep 28, 2008 - 7 answers

Oh dear. Our 8 week old female kitten arrived in the house last night and she's eating the (clay) kitty litter. She will be an indoor cat, possibly with harness for small walkies. Should I worry? I've seen her act as if she is about to do her business in the tray, but she sort of mimes it, and munches on the litter when she does. She came from a house with a lot of other cats and is feeling a bit lonely I think. I have some of the absorbent crystals for litter but thought I would try her on what she is used to before phasing in the other stuff. What do you reckon?
posted by gerls on Nov 2, 2007 - 13 answers

I have 3 cats. Have tried every kind of litter; clay, silica, wheat, etc. Don't want to use the corn products (politics of corn crops). Seems like the flushable litter just clogs and is bad for the environment. Clay is cheapest but bad for cats. Those silica beads take a lot of water to manufacture. Right now I use a 50-50 mix of Wheat litter & clay litter and scoop the litter into a paper bag and put it in the garbage. Can't recycle, compost or discard in yard waste. So, 2 questions: has anyone found a better litter or better way to discard? (it must have an enormous impact on landfills I've done a pretty extensive web search which amounted to...not much. Thanks for any advice. (PS. These are 100% indoor cats)
posted by lois1950 on Jun 17, 2005 - 22 answers