Feline Pine Platinum Natural Pine Original Non-Clumping Cat Litter, with Baking Soda, 40 lb

Anybody who has cats and has been using clay cat litter up until this point needs to give pine pellets a try.I was super reluctant to use anything other than clumping clay as that was the only litter substrate that seemed to work. I have 3 cats and a total of 4 litter boxes, so upkeep naturally is a bit tedious. I did some heavy research and discovered a few key points about clay litter:1.) It is mined from clay quarries, and the mining process is extremely enviromentally damaging.2.) It does not bio-degrade3.) It is very toxic to cats when ingested while grooming paws.I read a few articles about the pros and cons of many different litter substrates and I narrowed viable alternatives down to one: pine pellets. There are so many pros to pine pellets with only 1 or 2 cons:Pros:1.) Smells fantastic, even when soiled. You cannot detect the smell of cat urine or feces. Also, no dust.2.) Economical. A large 60 lb bag of pine pellets from an animal feed/supply store runs only about $25.00.... compare this to an expensive box of clay clumping cat litter.3.) Lasts a long time in the box as long as you are diligent in keeping up with it - which I hope one would be regardless of litter substrate.4.) Does not track on cat paws5.) Is completely non-toxic, biodegradable AND compostable - if you are lucky enough to have a garden (for flowers - no ediable plants) or even better, a compost heap - the discarded litter can be mixed into the compost/soil and does not do any damage. The urine smell is not present and the pine provides excellent ruffage to the pile.6.) Cat poo can be easily scooped out and flushed down the toilet instead of thrown into a plastic trash bag to be immortalized in a land-fill. (This was admittedly very bizarre to get used to but the logic behind it outweighs the societal norm). And, if you accidentally flush down a pellet or two - they are septic safeCons (and logically, there are only 2!)1.) You have to use sifting litter boxes for the most painless cleaning efforts. There are many pre-designed sifting litter boxes on the market as well as many helpful D.I.Y guides on how to make your own sifter. When the pellets get wet, they turn to a wet pulp and then quickly dry out. The dry powder falls into the bottom of the litter box and can be easily sifted out, leaving the solid unspoiled pellets in the box. The powder then can be put outside in a compost heap or somewhere discreet and leaves NO odor or urine/ammonia.2.) Your feline friends may need some time to adjust to the new substrate and may be reluctant to use the pine pellets.What I did with my 3 cats was I dedicated one litterbox to just entirely pine pellets while I mixed in pine pellets in the other 3 litter boxes along with their clay. Gradually, they began to realize the pellets are not so bad and became comfortable with using the strictly pellet litter box. After each change, instead of adding fresh clay to the boxes - I added pellets and now, all 4 boxes are almost entirely pellet.It takes some getting used to for you and your kitties. This was uncharted territory for me. But trust me when I say it, the benefits to switching over outweight ANY negatives.You feel good about your choice economically. You wallet and bank account will thank you for not spending hundreds of dollars a year on giant boxes of clumping clay litter.You will feel good enviromentally, as buying pine pellets is 100000× more eco-friendly all around than other litter alternatives.and sensually... because face it, who doesn't love the smell of fresh pine??

My cat took to the Feline Pine pellets without any problem, but he's never been finicky about his litter box. We use them in the Booda Dome Cleanstep Cat Box (which I also really like), and I love that this litter doesn't turn into cement in the corners and bottom of the box like every other litter I've tried. I've used clay, wheat, corn, walnuts, and recycled paper, and this is the best in my opinion.Like others have said, Feline Pine Original comes in pellets that dissolve and turn into sawdust when they get wet. You then scoop out the sawdust and any poop, leaving the whole pellets in the box. It took a little time to come up with a system for using this litter in a regular litter box (as opposed to a sifting litter-box), but it's easy now. I have an extra plastic tub with a lid (that I saved from the TidyCats litter that I tried to use a long time ago), and that's where I keep a sifting litter scoop and a regular solid scoop (the solid scoop that I use is the Pureness 1-Cup Food Scoop that Amazon sells for less than a dollar, and it works just fine). When I'm cleaning the litter-box, I remove the tools from the TidyCat container and use them to move the solid waste from the litter-box into the TidyCats waste container. Then, I remove the sawdust from the box. I do this by pushing all the litter to one side of the litter-box and taking large scoops of the litter and "sifting" the sawdust into the TidyCats waste container. I then put the clean pellets back into one side of the litter-box and continue until I've sifted through all of it and am left with only clean pellets. Then, I dispose of everything in the TidyCats waste container, and put the scoops back in it for storage. I post this is an extremely long description of how I clean a litter-box, only because I was really tempted to buy a sifting litter-box just to use the Feline Pine. Then, I came up with this method, which is easy and allows me to keep using the Booda Dome Cleanstep Cat Box, which I really love.I like Feline Pine Original because it *doesn't* clump and turn into a sticky mess, and I feel like the cat box overall is cleaner because it doesn't have remnants cemented to the inside. The waste sawdust cleans up very easily. I also like that it controls urine odor better than any other cat litter I've used and it's unscented. Because it's unscented, it doesn't mask poop odor, so if you're right on top of the litter box, you'll smell a fresh poop for a few minutes, but the sawdust that forms when the pellets get wet helps to cover up the poop and dry it out so that it doesn't continue to stink.Before switching to Feline Pine, I was using the Blue Buffalo Naturally Fresh made from walnuts, and for odor control that would still be my second choice. However, the Feline Pine is still much cleaner and it is totally dust-free.