Tidy Cats Is An Oxymoron

April 9th, 2006

When it comes to cat litter, I have tried them all. I have three beautiful cats, all strays, and all with varying degrees of abuse apparent on them. Their litter box must be able to literally take 8 glasses of water a day. I am no slacker when it comes to my cat boxes, and I have 3 of them. I scoop them out every other day and change the litter once a week. You would think with a box to each cat that my house would not smell like a feral animal's dumping ground. Alas, it is not so. Too often I would wake up thinking the cats had pissed in my hair while I was sleeping, so pungent is the odor. I have tried the multiple cats formula. It is okay, doesn't absorb as much as I'd like, and those crystals that are supposed to Aneutralize odor... HA! They disappear at the first sign of moisture! I have lugged home the boxes of scoop able litter, you know, the tiny boxes that weigh more than a car battery. I never could quite wrap my mind around the idea that a teaspoon of space matter could weigh up to a ton until I went to grab one of those boxes. After lifting that thing into my car and the sparks that flew from dragging the undercarriage of my car the whole way home, I

started to comprehend it. I do not personally like my cat boxes to become a block of concrete, so I ditched the scoop able litter and tried going to the other end of the spectrum, the cheapest brand. In frustration, and tired of hearing, Oh, you only have 3 cats!!! I thought I would give Special Kitty a whirl. I am in love. Being a cheap brand it is mostly of a clay type mixture, which absorbs the moisture. I get a big bag for a fraction of the price, and I can lift it on my own, I don't need the dolly to get it down the stairs. It does not have a strong perfume to it, the kind that smells like piss and carpet fresh, so it does not scream out "THREE CATS!!!" I mix a little baking soda in it instead of any of those powders for cat boxes (can't stand that smell, do they only have one scent for cat box deodorizers?) and, viola! The air in my house is my own again, I can breathe deep without gagging. Ahh, Special Kitty, I would never feed my cats your food, but we will gladly urinate and defecate all over you.

-Katrina Evans, Contributing Writer