Litter & its 'accompanyments'

[Helena]

So Whiskas supermeat is grain free?

It is, mine seem to have adapted quite well to eating it.

Whiskas in gravy however, does contain cereals and  Whiskas in Jelly contains vegetable protein extracts (soya), so I won't feed either of those.

Thats interesting - wonder how much the basic Felix has in terms of cereals. I'll read the box when I get a new one (use the pouches as that is something I can empty myself).

Not sure Helen, but it seems to me that cat foods with gravy and jelly often do contain cereals.

One thing I have noticed is all flavours of Felix contain fish but Whiskas doesn't.

That's no problem as Bubz doesnt enjoy fish!

I'll have to do some looking around and hope she isnt a fussy eater if I change brands.

H

[Mark]

So Whiskas supermeat is grain free?

It is, mine seem to have adapted quite well to eating it.

Whiskas in gravy however, does contain cereals and  Whiskas in Jelly contains vegetable protein extracts (soya), so I won't feed either of those.

Thats interesting - wonder how much the basic Felix has in terms of cereals. I'll read the box when I get a new one (use the pouches as that is something I can empty myself).

Not sure Helen, but it seems to me that cat foods with gravy and jelly often do contain cereals.

One thing I have noticed is all flavours of Felix contain fish but Whiskas doesn't.

[Millys Mum]

** dont flush the cheap asda litter if its clay **

They will have more than a nasty job clearing the loo when it blocks up 

[Gillian Harvey]

So Whiskas supermeat is grain free?

It is, mine seem to have adapted quite well to eating it.

Whiskas in gravy however, does contain cereals and  Whiskas in Jelly contains vegetable protein extracts (soya), so I won't feed either of those.

Thats interesting - wonder how much the basic Felix has in terms of cereals. I'll read the box when I get a new one (use the pouches as that is something I can empty myself).

Not sure Helen, but it seems to me that cat foods with gravy and jelly often do contain cereals.

[Helena]

Thats interesting - wonder how much the basic Felix has in terms of cereals. I'll read the box when I get a new one (use the pouches as that is something I can empty myself).

[Mark]

So Whiskas supermeat is grain free?

I can't get Alice or Clapton to eat the senior supermeat 

[Gillian Harvey]

Some foods claim to reduce stool odour 

Its true - raw fed cats definitely have much less smelly poo, I mean, hardly any odour! I'm noticing a slight difference now because of not being able to afford to feed raw all the time, so they are getting Whiskas Supermeat, which is ok, because it doesnt have any of the cereals/grains that are contained in many canned foods, but there is still more smell to the poo than when they were fed just raw. Any foods that have those cereals etc in them will cause smelly poo, simply because cats arent designed to digest them in any quantity.

[Helena]

we use the wood based litter pellets Helen and find that helps with smells somewhat.   Its also lighter for disposal through the household waste and biodegradable and kinder on the environment than the clay litters.

Some people here use the chick crumb and others and they are all in different price ranges.

I'll look out for that when I'm shopping - thanks.

H

[Helena]

One of the problems is no matter how good the litter is at absorbing smells, if they don't bury it you get it full force 
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Some foods claim to reduce stool odour but I'm not convinced. A lot of it is down to the cat. For some reason, Willow's are far less offensive than any of the others. It's not a girl thing as Alice's are real stink-bombs 

Sounds like Alice and Bubz are alike on this! It is very much a case of 'holding one's nose' with hers!

H

[Mark]

One of the problems is no matter how good the litter is at absorbing smells, if they don't bury it you get it full force 

I have started using ultra clumping which keeps smells down as long as you take the poo and clumps of wee out regularly - but it does create a lot of heavy waste. Having 4 trays I am well aware of that 

Some foods claim to reduce stool odour but I'm not convinced. A lot of it is down to the cat. For some reason, Willow's are far less offensive than any of the others. It's not a girl thing as Alice's are real stink-bombs 

[madkittyrescue]

we use the wood based litter pellets Helen and find that helps with smells somewhat.   Its also lighter for disposal through the household waste and biodegradable and kinder on the environment than the clay litters.

Some people here use the chick crumb and others and they are all in different price ranges.

[Helena]

After a particularly - er, "aromatic" - night, I'm pushed to ask why, if Bubz has access to the outside, does she insists on using the litter to empty her bowels? Every night! This morning's (or last night's) leavings were so "aromatic" that I didnt need to go into the sitting room to smell it, it wafted through to the kitchen! I'm using an 'el cheapo' litter from Asda at the moment but even the ones that say they minimise the smells dont seem to do a great deal.

And this leads to the disposal .... I've been putting it into the household waste but depending on how often she uses the tray it can weigh the bin bag down consiiderably. At the moment I have a PA who finds Bubz' trays something she can just about manage (cant say I blame her!) so asking her to put the solids down the loo would be potentially very diffficult to manage. I'm floating on thin ice asking my PAs to clean up after Bubz until I can challenge the agency under the DDA, so want a simple option if possible.

Helen