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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
Kittens that are started out with regular litter do NOT want to switch to the pellets ... and you can have a life long battle over it. Plus it can derail all their litter training. Once you get kittens litter box trained you do NOT want to mess with them.
Plus, any litter type change has to be gradual - change the box first, then gradually transition the litter. Too much change at the same time can upset kittens and cause urination outside the box.
As Hitch said, switch to low-dust clumping litter to combat smells.
To transition to pellets, if you must, add litter boxes with pellets to the rooms in addition to the old boxes with regular litter. Let the cats adjust slowly by having a choice as to which box to use. |
Yeah, all of this ties with my experience.
Vis-a-vis the clumps--you need a deeper box, then. I have pretty large Maine Coons; the female isn't so big, only 9-10 lbs, but the male is nearly 18lbs, and a big bruiser of a guy. We have a very deep box, basically this one:
https://www.chewy.com/frisco-high-si...navy/dp/168284 (no affil) and it's a life-saver for bigger or enthusiastic cats.
I find pelllets almost never work well with cats. They loathe the smell, and you can hardly blame them. I know, you want to make it easy and all that, but you can't scoop out what soaks in and can't be seen. It's like cedar chips. Nice idea, for the humans, but it sucks for the cat.
And heat? Oh, yeah, good thing you're going. Most vets won't neuter during a heat cycle though, if memory serves. (Is that an old-fashioned thing? It's been nearly 30 years since the last time I had to have a female neutered; our MissStorm was already neutered when we got her...)
Hitch