We have two cats brought over from the UK 18 months ago. We didn’t need cat litter back in the UK but now we have a (French) dog that lives downstairs here in France, the cats won’t go downstairs if the dog is there, so we haven’t got a cat flap…
The fairly traditional Intermarché premium clay-based cat litter I have been using really isn’t absorbent enough, so I was wondering what others, here, use? I am not going to spend a small fortune on cat litter, though.
PS The cats will go outside, mainly at night, in the summer if we leave an upstairs window open (and they love it bringing in voles, mice, shrews and even what looked like a juvenile rat, once. But they don’t get much of an opportunity to go out in the winter.
Interesting - I only need to change the litter I’m using every 4-5 days and we only use one large litter tray. We do have a second slightly smaller tray, but that’s only used if we go away for a few days.
Could you put a cat flap into an upstairs window and make them a ladder or a set of platforms like short shelves to jump onto ? I don’t have a cat flap because The Pig is too big/fat to fit through comfortably even though he has lost over 2kg so he goes through doors or windows upstairs onto various roofs then down a tree. He is a former stray who moved in aged 3 and has never had a litter tray in the house, so he is used to going out whatever the weather - this is his litter tray.
The window in our bedroom leads out into an outside platform with steps down into the garden, so that’s not a problem. The window is frequently open in the summer even at night. The window itself is double-glazed and we haven’t yet found anyone willing to instal a cat flap in the window glass. The walls are 2 foot thick stone.
We have two elderly cats & three trays, 2 large one medium. We find that the stuff lasts about a week - we use the smaller tray to visit the others & pick out solids which are then returned to nature. There are also regular addtions of fresh pellets & dust from the bottom of the bags of pellets that the stuff gets bought in.
Once the powder in the tray starts to look too dark it’s time to change the whole lot.
My cats use their cat flap, but I have this as a backup if we go away for a few days. Not nice for my neighbour to clean up any accidents.
This lady converted me.
Hi…We have lived here for 30 years and have nine cats all of which agree that this brand is far superior to any other. It is 3.60 Euros a box from Leclerc. When we return for UK visits all our fellow ‘catty’ friends insist on replenishments…
needs to be disposed carefully - down loo? We did that and clogged the pipework of a fosse to the point it took a day & heavy duty Karcher to clear the blockage.
Never putting litter down a loo again.
This stuff is extremely efficient using the bare minimum to ‘do the job’ it was designed for. So far has not been a problem on the ‘blocked loo’ front…why not try a box and see how you fare?
