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Kitty Litter Substitutes

  1. Wood shavings

  2. Sand and sawdust

  3. Dirt or sand

  4. Shredded paper from your paper shredder

These are all compatible with composting and can be used to make compost after kitty is done. If it makes you squeamish to use it on food crops, which I have done with no ill effects, just use it for your flowers or trees after composting.

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By Jennifer from Butternuts, NY

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Kitty Litter Substitutes

Hello,
Thank you for the advice. I have worked for a Veterinarian for over 27 years and it is our experience that wood shavings/sawdust can cause upper respiratory infections in cats. I would also be careful of the dirt as it can contain organisms that can cause illness. The paper shredding is a great idea. (04/01/2010)

By Sherri

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July 17, 20170 found this helpful

Everyone should do what I did. Get a cat door. Put the litter box outside. Works great. I use wood pellets.

 
July 29, 20180 found this helpful

For the poster who worked in the vet --and does not recommend sawdust or wood shavings, does this include the pelleted form--as used in wood burning stoves or the pelleted wood horse bedding. The idea is that the urine soaked wood breaks down, but is that going to create enough dust to harm cats?

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It's supposed to fall through the cracks in a grated tray. Most of us are looking for cheaper alternatives to clumping litter. 6$ for 40lbs of wood pellets vs $16/17 for 17lbs of tidy cat clumping litter.

 
August 26, 20180 found this helpful

kiln dried Equine pine pellets work great, turns to saw dust when wet, easy to scoop out. 40 lbs 5.98

 
January 28, 20190 found this helpful

I just started using cat littler with baking soda and hamster bedding(the soft dust free) and they havnt shown signs of hating it

 

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