Dear Tidy Cats:

[Brigid]

On behalf of cat staff everywhere, thank you for the lightweight litter.

Love,
Brigid (the human)
Brigid (the cat)
Ruby (the other cat)

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Yes, it is a marvelous thing.

[Wait Wut]

2. Oh, yeah...

...except for the first time I bought it and when I went to take it out of the back of my SUV I "overlifted" and hit myself in the face.

[graywarrior]

3. Seriously...awesome stuff!

[csziggy]

4. I seriously want to try it

But my husband accepted the "gift" of seven bags of cheap cat litter from a friend whose cats had all died off (naturally, nothing heinous). For some reason, he'd accumulated bags and bags which had gotten stashed away in his garage. My husband helped him clean out his garage and got the cat litter and eight sheets of 1/8 plywood. This is the worst cat litter I have ever used - it doesn't control odors, it doesn't clump at all so I can't sieve out the smelly parts and it tracks everywhere. The cat hates it. I need to give some of the bags away to people I know who work on their cars, ATVs, and tractors at home - it'd be great to absorb oil.

[rurallib]

5. Well my picky little friend name of Tammy

rejected it outright with a pee next to the litter box. So I went and got her regular stuff and we are back where we were.
I have tried to change litter on her 3 times and have lost 3 times.

[Brigid]

6. I'd been using Tidy Cats all along.

I hope this similar enough that "the princesses" will accept it.

[LisaL]

8. Same here.

I tried the corn litter and pine litter. He only likes clay. If he doesn't like it, he pees outside.

[LisaL]

7. My cats like the regular tidy cats better.

[sammytko]

12. Mine too

I tried the lightweight version, and it didn't control odor as well as the regular stuff. And it didn't last as long. It seemed like I went through a big jug in a couple of days. The regular stuff will last at least a week. I clean out the boxes a couple times a day.

[Wolf Frankula]

14. My Cats Have Used The Regular Tidy Cats All Their Lives

Whenever we try the clumping, (much easier for the two legs) the cats start sneezing. And the SWheat Feline Pine won't work. The Cats won't use them. Once when I filled a box with Feline Pine, a cat walked into it, dug a pit, then took her dump outside the box to show her contempt for it.

Wolf

[AwakeAtLast]

9. If it's lighter, why is it so much more expensive?

I won't be using it until it's affordable, unfortunately.

[ailsagirl]

10. It didn't work well with mine...

I forget why, exactly, but I never bought it again.

I ran into a lady at the supermarket today (in the pet food aisle) who has seven cats!!

[Le Taz Hot]

11. Up until last week we had 7 cats.

My Duchess passed away from unknown causes last week so we're down to 6. Two are inside kitties and everyone else are outside kitties.

[ailsagirl]

16. I'm very sorry

We know that it's inevitable, but the permanent absence of one of our kitties is wrenching.

[Fla Dem]

13. But is it biodegradable? I use Swheat. All natural biodegradable.

I don't want my cat sticking her nose in anything that is chemically produced, or made in China as some cat litter is.

[blogslut]

15. If anyone is interested...

Here's a low-budget way to make clay litter "clump". Add a cup of corn starch to it and stir. It's not perfect but it does make it easier to scoop. I also add baking soda to help conceal the smell.

Normally, I prefer the pine stuff but my stupid store is always running out of the inexpensive brand when I need it so I get clay litter to tide me over.