Ask for the wood pellets for pellet wood stoves. TSC keeps it in the back when it’s not heating season. It works better as litter than the horse stuff. We train puppies to it so it should work for cats too. The wet stuff just breaks back down to sawdust.
Same as above, we use the wood stove pellets. Tried the horse stuff but found the wood stove stuff smelled nicer and was cheaper than the stuff marketed for horses. Who’d a thunk! We have two cats and both have always used the pellets. Just a few pellets escape from the box and you pick them up & toss them back in. I tend to pick out the broken down pellets every other day so there isn’t too much tracking but if there is, it vacuums up quickly. Smells SO much better than the clay stuff but isn’t flushable. I recently tried the corn litter which is flushable. Hate the smell. Can’t wait to dump it out. Have also started trying the clumping pine fresh but wish it was flushable. Smells better than the corn but I want to just be able to flush and not put everything in the garbage.
horse bedding for kitty litter
One of the disadvantages to using horse bedding for kittly litter is that it won’t kill viruses. Certain clay litters kill a virus associated with FIP (feline infectious peritonitis), which is deadly. Tidy Cat scoopable is one. Using crystals, pine, shavings, etc. will not kill this virus. See a website called catvirus.com for more information.
It’s excellent and it’s biodegradable unlike clay cat litter.
I tried the Feline Pine but I didn’t like it even half as much as this corn based clumping litter http://www.armandhammer.com/pet-care/cat-care/Products/arm-and-hammer-essentials-natural-clumping-litter.aspx
Now I can compost the litter, and not catch a rash of $#!t from my husband about the clay sticking to his tractor tires 
I would think it would be fine.
I’ve also used “oil dry” which can be bought by the pallet at Sam’s Club.
Years ago, some animal feed provider, I forget the name, which was headquartered in Atlanta, sold cat litter made from peanut hulls. It was great as it could be applied to the roses in the yard and wasn’t ground clay. Unfortunately the company quit selling it.
Tried it but didn’t like it. We have a ton of rescue cats, and the smell was bad, and it was very messy. For lots of cats it just didn’t work–we now use Arm&Hammer clumping litter.
It would probably work better for just a couple cats. 
I grab one of the horse bags from the barn every 3 months or so. We scoop the poop once a week, and dump the pellets probably every other week. We have 1 box, 1 cat, and he is indoor/outdoor so he does do a certain amount of business outside. As for the feline disease that the litter does and doesn’t kill, well I have 1 cat so not terribly worried about it, and he is 15 so I think we are good.
I just switched to the ground corn cob litter. I love it so far, clumps nicely,no dust, no smell and a heck of a lot lighter than clay clumping litter.
You guys are geniuses! I have quite a few cats, and I HATE throwing the litter away. I’ve been wondering if there was atype of litter that could be composted. I’m going to be trying out the wheat mids and the pine pellets.
Thanx again!
LBR
I am currently using the corn cob pellet from TSC…$7.00 a bag, smells better than the pine pellets, and goes out in the woods. Cheap, effective…Yahoo!
My kitties have one box with Fresh Step clumping litter and one with the pine pellets. They do all their peeing in the pellets and all their pooping in the clay litter. It’s GREAT! They didn’t seem to like how the clay litter would clump when they peed in there and they would go right in front of the box if some of the litter was clumped, so the pine pellets really saved me. One pan of the pellets lasts a couple weeks, and since they only poop in the clay litter, that pan lasts ages!
I never had any issues with the pine pellets smelling bad either. I’ve always thought they smell pretty nice, even when used? Maybe my nose is just out of wack?
Not a kitty - but I use the pelleted bedding for my rabbit’s litter box. His pee is really strong smelling, and there is no smell with the wood pellets. He likes to sit in his litter box too, so the wet part goes to the bottom and the top part that he sits on is dry.
In a pinch, or if I run out, I"ll use the feline pine, but a couple of bags of pelleted bedding last me a good month, and I clean his litter box every day.
Ugh, I wish I could. I tried and one of my terror cats started eating the pine pellets, as well as corn, and swheat scoop.
I use wood stove pellets for the cat boxes and they work great. Very little mess if you dump the cat box every few days. I’ve had young and old cats on the pellets and they all use it fine.
I love the cracked corn idea and am going to try that. Thanks!
Love the wheat litter. It works great and we have 5 house cats, so we definitely tried different litter!
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One of the disadvantages to using horse bedding for kittly litter is that it won’t kill viruses. Certain clay litters kill a virus associated with FIP (feline infectious peritonitis), which is deadly. Tidy Cat scoopable is one. Using crystals, pine, shavings, etc. will not kill this virus. See a website called catvirus.com for more information.[/QUOTE]
I’ve looked all over catvirus.com and can’t find any reference to clay litter killing the FIP virus. Can you point me to the right article? We just lost two young cats to FIP and I would try anything to make sure this never happens again. It is a horrible disease. I hate the clumping clay but if it kills FIP, I’ll figure out how to deal with it.
You can also buy it at Home Depot, Lowes, and sometimes at BJ’s in the winter. I use it for the bunny’s litter box. Near the end of the winter I stock up - the stuff’s only $5 for 40 lbs!
I use Equine Fresh and love it. We only have one kitteh, who arrived at such a young age that she doesn’t know any better.
There is no odor and since I scoop the box 2 or more times a day, it all gets turned over quickly. We dump the whole box about once a month.
If you live in an urban environment and you’ve EVER seen a roach, I don’t recommend the corn litter. They (apparently) think it’s food. (Ask this former Brooklynite how she knows :o )
Eugh.
