Let’s take a look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of Tidy Litter and natural cat litters.
Beginning with Tidy Litter:
- It’s convenient and easy to buy
- It’s quite heavy to carry, which means you must be careful you don’t hurt your back
- It’s not a green, planet-friendly product, nor is it biodegradable
- It can enlarge to 15 times its original size, making it’s harder to dispose of
- Over the course of time, it piles up into billions of pounds of non-degradable waste
- Your cat will track it throughout your home, particularly as it isn’t silica dust-free
- This product has no odor-control features
- It does not have a soft texture, so it will be harder on your kitten’s feet
- It’s not very well suited to multiple cat households
- It contains poisonous ingredients, so you must be make sure that your cat (or any other pet) doesn’t ingest it
- It doesn’t last very long, so you will need to top up supplies frequently
On the other hand, natural cat litters are much different:
- They’re convenient and easy to buy
- They don’t weigh very much, which places much less stress and strain on your back when you have to carry it
- They’re green, and also biodegradable
- They don’t enlarge to up to 15 times their original size, which means it’s much easier to dispose of it
- They consequently don’t accumulate into billions of pounds of non-degradable waste, choking the landfill sites
- They are silica dust-free and no or low tracking as well
- They have superb urine control properties
- They have a soft texture, which makes them easy on your cat’s or kitten’s feet
- They work really well for multiple cat households
- They are not poisonous, even if consumed
- They will last longer, meaning you don’t need to buy cat litter as often
We recently looked at several brands of natural cat litter. It is really terrific that there are so many choices available now. In the past, we only saw clay-based cat litter from the grocery stores. Now there are a few brands of green cat litter that are completely biodegradable. That means eco-friendly - just what we like.
Here are the innovative green cat litters to look for:
- World’s Best Cat Litter:
- Made from whole kernel corn
- The pellets are 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 planet-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 and kittens
- 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 for easy scooping
- Low dust, no silica from clay, no tracking
- Great for multiple cat households
- Excellent on odor control
- Light and easy on your back
- Small, soft pellets
Overall, these are tremendous alternative safe organic cat litters that work well for cats of all ages and sizes, making cat behavior training less of a challenge. 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 sick or even dying from that stuff. Now, you have some wonderful choices that are great for the environment and won’t make your cats ill.
Please try out these new cat litters because the traditional clay 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. Now is the time for natural 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.
