when my cat was a kitten we used "catsan" it had no smell
now i use wood cat litter and dont find a prob and it's an open tray
I use unscented plain old store brand litter. I've tried others and haven't liked them and neither have my cats. We all think the smell of the litter itself is nasty. That corn and pine stuff is particularly nasty IMO. Once it gets went it just become a mushy nasty mess. I am using 2 covered (but not filtered) litter boxes with store brand clumping clay litter for 4 cats. I scoop them daily and completely clean them weekly and never have a problem.
Arm And Hammer works great. It's corn based, which is good.....BUT, this litter smells weird. I wish they'd make it w/out that nasty smell.
Ashelen, why don't you try The World's Best Cat Litter? It REALLY is the best. It's corn based and smells like corn and that's it. It's safe for people and cats. It's even safe for kitties to eat and doesn't harm them. The only negative is that it is a bit pricey, which I can't do right now.
Your solution is to keep experimenting w/brands until you and kitty find the one that works best! =) Go check out the other cat litter post and you'll find some more information about other good, safe litters.
I used to use the Arm and Hammer litter until i was told about Fresh Step and i love that stuff. Snickers doesnt seem to get near the litter in his feet either with this. sara
Thank you so much! I'll look for that this weekend! :-)
oh ya this can be a problem, not only do us humans not like the odor of some of these litters but cats don't either!
I wouldn't use pure baking soda no, its too powdery and not good to inhale so much.
I recently tried a natural corn litter and that one was one of the worst!! the pine smell was over powering....dont know why it should smell like pine, to me it HAS to be chemicals. my cats hated it too.
I did read online from some other cat people that theres a litter that PRESIDENTS CHOICE sells.....Loblaws or Real Canadian Superstore (here in Canada). its a 'green' litter, (as in natural not color).
I just bought a bag. its a GREEN COLOR BAG and has the word GREEN PC on the front....it too is made of corn however, it doesn't appear to have the chemicals that some of the other ones do, this one has a pleasant smell and it DOES help alot with odor too.
hope that helps...♥