Even kitties can be green

My cat and I have a  couple of things in common………. middle age spread and allergies.  We differ in that I love my husband, while Porsche tolerates him.  He is simply an extra thumb in the event I’m not home to open the cat food.

A while back I noticed that Porsche sneezed a lot, especially when doing her business in the litter box.   At the time we used a brand name clay based scoopable kitty litter. 

After a bit of research, I realized the clumpable kitty litter was doing her more harm than good.  Commercial kitty litter contains clay and silica.   Not only is the mining of clay hard on the environment, the dumping of commercial kitty litter adds to landfills as it is not biodegradable.   Living in a small town limits my shopping resources, but I was able to purchase one bag of Swheat Scoop.  It is compostable, biodegradable and made from 100% ground wheat. The starch in the wheat makes it clump and the wheat enzymes neutralizes the odor.    When wet, it smells just like oatmeal.  At $28.00 for 11 kgs I found Swheat Scoop expensive.  

 I noticed a change in Porsche almost immediately.  She no longer sneezed.   My dear husband remarked that it looked a lot like cracked wheat.  The listed ingredients were wheat, and a soy based oil to limit dust.   

We found cracked wheat at the bulk barn.   The first time I purchased 2 kg to test.   Porsche did not mind the less expensive no name brand of wheat kitty litter .  After speaking with the manager and explaining what I was using it for, he agreed to sell it to us in bulk.   We now buy a 20 kg bag for $32.00.

I simply flush the lumps and sprinkle the used litter on the flower beds.

 Today’s pick is Porsche’s favourite heart song – My heart belongs to Daddy