Something About Clay Cat-Litter

For cat owners, you may wish to read this:�http://www.care2.com/causes/whats-the-scoop-about-clay-cat-litter.html

An excerpt:

�Clumping litter is designed to form a hard, insoluble mass when it gets wet,� Marina explains. �It also produces a fine dust when stirred (as when a cat scratches around to bury a recent deposit). And these clumping litters absorb many times their weight in fluids. When cats or kittens use the litter box, they lick themselves clean; anything their tongues encounter gets ingested. Kittens especially tend to ingest a lot of litter when they are first learning to use the box. Kittens have very small intestines and a hard insoluble mass could very well produce a complete and fatal blockage within a couple of weeks.�

Marina then took things one step further.

�I also took several of the hard, clay-like lumps of stool produced by two of the kittens and smeared them open,� she�continues. �Not only did the stools have the consistency, smell, and texture of clay, but they even retained the color of the litter (gray with blue flecks) inside.�

Read more:�http://www.care2.com/causes/whats-the-scoop-about-clay-cat-litter.html#ixzz28PpZXIKk

Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/10/05/something-about-clay-cat-litter/

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