Re: Minor miracle needed

On May 15, 9:03 am, "Pat" <patricia251.catlit...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Christina Websell" <spamf...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

| rather than try to get old litter to take up urine I'd go out into
| my garden and dig up some earth for the boxes every day. It's free and
it's
| what cats prefer to use after all. There hasn't always been cat litter
;-)

In a month or two I'd have a very deep hole in the yard! The soil is mostly
red clay anyway so I don't think this is the answer.


I use potting mix (i.e. soil) for kitty litter. It's cheaper than
"proper" kitty litter and, best of all, can be recycled. I get the
cheap potting mixes which cost anywhere from $5 to $10 for a 35L bag,
which is larger than your large kitty litter bags.

After the cats have used the soil, the poo gets removed and the rest
of the stinky soil gets put out in a far part of the yard to get
rained on. After many months of this, the soil is ready for use again.
I do have several piles of soil "resting" out in the yard, much like
people have several compost heaps going. After a while, you don't need
to buy any more potting mix.

I once used kitty litter. I hated it. Expensive & dusty. Now I spend
very little on cat litter.

Dewi.

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