ext_51303 ([identity profile] christymarx.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] mikekn 2004-08-25 11:38 am (UTC)

It works the same as all the clay clumping litters I've tried. It doesn't cement *quite* as tightly as some, but it's about 90% there.

What you want to think about is what the dust from clay litters does to your lungs (tiny sharp, jagged particles of silica). I developed a severe cough that would keep me up half the night. My doctor diagnosed it as asthma, gave me an inhaler, the whole bit.

Once I a) started wearing a dust mask and b) switched to lay crumbles, my lung problems have cleared up.

There's also the question of what mining for the clay does to the environment. Chicken feed is at least organic and will decompose in a landfill.

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