Is A Natural Cat Litter Better Than Tidy Litter
Let’s take a look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of natural cat litters and Tidy Litter.
Starting with Tidy Litter:
- It’s convenient and easy to buy
- It’s not especially light to carry, so you’ve to be careful you don’t hurt your back
- It’s not a planet-friendly, green product, nor is it biodegradable
- It can expand to 15 times its original size, making it’s harder to get rid of
- Over the course of time, it piles up 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, which means it will be harder on your kitten’s feet
- It’s not very well suited to multiple cat households
- It contains toxic ingredients, so you have to be careful 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
On the other hand, natural cat litters are much different:
- They’re convenient and easy to buy
- They tend to be quite lightweight, which places much less strain on your back when you have to carry it
- They’re green, and also biodegradable
- They don’t expand to up to 15 times their original size, making disposal easier
- They therefore don’t pile up 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 excellent 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 ingested
- They will last longer, necessitating fewer trips to the stores
We recently looked at several brands of natural cat litter. It is really terrific that there are now so many more choices. Until now, we were only able to buy clay-based cat litter from the grocery stores. Nowadays there are various 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 out of 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 cats and kittens
- 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 or more)
- 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 for easy scooping
- Low dust, no silica from clay, no tracking
- Great for multiple cat households
- Excellent on odors
- Light, easy on your back
- Small and soft pellets
All in all, these are tremendous 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 planet-friendly and non-toxic. You’ve heard the horror stories of cats ingesting 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 give these cat litters a try 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. It is time for planet-friendly 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 planet-friendly cat litter.