Since cats are animals special, they are treated specifically to the toilet . Living in a city apartment and possessing intelligence are accustomed to cope with the need for a toilet. Rustic, accustomed to fresh air, even in winter, ask on the street.
Most of those who spend most of their time in the walls of the apartment are very picky about choosing a place for a toilet, a tray and a filler. It's bad that cats can not tell us about their tastes. Therefore, it is often necessary to determine which cat filler is the best, by trial and error.
Trying to please cats and at the same time help owners in their content, manufacturers offer us a huge selection of these products. Fillers release absorbing and crumbling, of different materials, different in size and, respectively, at a price. Choose from a large number of firms and packages. Sometimes it turns out that expensive filler for cat litter is not always the best.
The choice of filler - which is better?
Mineral fillers are ideal for cats who are only accustomed to the tray. Created on the basis of innovative technologies, they quickly absorb moisture and odor. Granules of such filler can be very small, slightly larger than sand or rather large (5 -7 mm). Perhaps, cats love it for its external resemblance to sand.
Made of such filler from materials of mineral origin, such as zeolite, clays, bentonite, aerated concrete, porous concrete wetting, it forms a fairly dense substance, which in no case should not be thrown into the toilet. Mineral filler forms dust. If your cat likes digging holes, she will have to breathe this dust. Therefore, this filler is not recommended to be poured into cat litter of closed type. After the cat is accustomed to the tray, you can gradually replace the mineral filler with some other one.
The best feline filler in terms of economy, ecology and safety for health is the filler of organic origin. Popular is the wood absorbent and crumbling with various sizes of pellets made of pressed wood of coniferous trees or sawdust. Maybe at first he will not like the cat, but gradually she will get used to it. It is ideal for those owners who have several pets.
For those who do not like changing the filler frequently in the tray , manufacturers offer silica gel products. Balls or crystals of this filler are better than other analogues that absorb odor and moisture and, unlike others, are not carried on the paws of the house. However, this filler also has drawbacks. And one of them, this crackling at the moment when the cat wants to work paws in the tray. A very delicate cat nature does not always welcome this phenomenon.
Not every landlord can afford this filler for pets with kidney disease, as frequent replacement of it will tangibly affect the pocket.
Which filler is best for a kitten?
To filler does not harm the health of the kitten, for whatever reason hitting in his stomach, until the age of four months do not recommend the use of fillers, especially mineral and silica gel.
Kittens older fit fine granular filler. You may have to experiment a little to find out which filler is best for its tray. Or maybe your kitten does not mind going to the toilet without a filler? In this case it is advisable to buy a tray with
mesh, so that the pads of his legs always remain dry.
Almost all fillers are carried outside the tray, if it is not deep enough. You can avoid such trouble if you use one of its views on the bottom of the tray, for example, wood, and another, mineral, from above.
Which filler for a cat is better, depends on you and your pet.