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Post by littlewiseowl on Apr 22, 2011 23:24:48 GMT -5
At the moment, my guys have Yesterday's News as litter. The only downfall is that it's getting rather expensive as they dump it rather quickly.
We use non-medicated chicken feed for our cats' litter and it's great. We did use World's Best Cat Litter (for the cats and ferrets) but again, the price was astounding... Could I use chicken feed for my ferrets' litter...? It looks almost identical to WBCL.
Another possibility... I have a GIANT bag of shredded aspen that I occasionally use for the snakes. Could this be used as litter? I know it's recommended for reptiles and small mammals as bedding because it doesn't contain aromatic toxins like pine and cedar do.
Input?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 23:34:09 GMT -5
From what I read chicken feed is basically the same as WB. Mae sure it doesn't get bugs in it and you're go to go  |
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Post by littlewiseowl on Apr 22, 2011 23:41:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 23:56:30 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that link - I've considered trying it once my WB bag is gone. Does it control odor well?
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Post by littlewiseowl on Apr 22, 2011 23:58:54 GMT -5
Yep, but now the litter area sort of smells like chicken feed now  Doesn't really bug me since it reminds me of my childhood when we raised chickens for food. lol |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 23:59:35 GMT -5
What does chicken feed smell like ? ;D
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Post by littlewiseowl on Apr 23, 2011 0:23:13 GMT -5
My childhood! lol
It's not a bad or offensive odour.. It just smells like... Chicken feed! lol You'd have to smell it yourself.
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Post by Sherry on Apr 23, 2011 0:32:49 GMT -5
Actually- have sent off a couple of emails to see if I can find it here ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2011 5:53:08 GMT -5
Littlewiseowl, thanks for that link! I keep on thinking about trying this stuff. My big concern is that I've been using the Arm & Hammer corn litter and it has a bit of baking soda and is lightly scented already; OBVIOUSLY chicken feed wouldn't be. I can't think of anything I might add to the litter to make it smell fresh, really. This stuff seems to be GREAT at odor control and I don't want to sacrifice that.
Also, the whole thing about bugs getting in it really worries me. I didn't see anyone talk about it there on that link, but I've seen other discussions where people talk about receiving a bag that had weevils already in it , and having to freeze down any portion they weren't already using in the litter bin. I struggle for space to house the SOUP in the freezer, much less 10-50lbs of litter! And we have two fridges and a freezer! (mom owns a cakery, everything is full of cake ingredients >_<)
I'm just thinking WB and the Arm and Hammer aren't at risk like the feed would be. Anyone come up with any other info? I couldn't find anything conclusive.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2011 6:04:49 GMT -5
 Weevils in the litter box....blurgh! As if what we find in the litter box already isn't bad enough sometimes...  I think I'll stick with my local imitation of YN - Good Mews. About $5-8 for a 30 lb. bag and I'm not supporting Purina! Yay! I did think about the chicken feed till everyone started mentioning bugs though... Lesser of two weevils, eh?
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Post by littlewiseowl on Apr 23, 2011 8:36:33 GMT -5
We've been using chicken feed for our cats for about half a year now, my aunt has too and we've never seen bugs.
Trust me, if we did, my family would have had that bag out of the house so fast.
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Post by littlewiseowl on Apr 23, 2011 9:47:18 GMT -5
Any input on the aspen shavings though?
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Post by Sherry on Apr 23, 2011 10:20:41 GMT -5
If they've been cured to eliminate the oils in them, they should be fine. Feline Pine is fine because of this, so I don't see why aspen wouldn't be.
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Post by taratee on Apr 23, 2011 10:33:49 GMT -5
you said it was expensive because it gets dumped so often are you talking cleaned out and thrown away or like ferrets turning the box over and it getting everywhere?
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Post by littlewiseowl on Apr 23, 2011 11:18:02 GMT -5
They've been kiln-dried, is that the same?
And the ferrets dumping it and getting their water in it so I can't even reuse it.
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