I adopted my Rescue 9-month-old cat, back in February. The person at the adoption agency told me that the cat was using Pine Pellets for the litter, so when I got home, I checked YouTube videos on Pine Pellets and started using them. All went well for a couple of months until I went into the hospital for Covid.My daughters came to my Condo every day, and one of my daughters said that my cat had pooped outside the litter box, which she had never done. I attributed that to the fact that I wasn't around. Upon returning from the hospital weeks later, I discovered that my cat was not covering her poop in the litter box anymore, and about every 4-5 days she would poop right next to the litter box. This went on for a few weeks and didn't seem to be resolving itself.
What got my attention, is the fact that she made zero attempts to cover her poop with the pine pellets. She covered her pee, with no problem in the pine pellet litter boxes ( I have 2 boxes), but never the poop. I started thinking that maybe she didn't like trying to cover the poop with pine pellets. I got a 3rd litter box and filled it with Arm and Hammer Clump and Seal, and set it right next to one of her other litter boxes. She immediately started using the Clump and Seal box, totally ignoring the Pine Pellet boxes. Whenever she pooped in the Clump and Seal box, the poop was totally covered up and buried. Since then, no more problems with pooping outside the box. She just doesn''t like the Pine pellits for burying poop. .
I suspect that the adoption agency used Pine Pellets for the economy of it, but my cat was probably on a clay type litter prior to that.
What got my attention, is the fact that she made zero attempts to cover her poop with the pine pellets. She covered her pee, with no problem in the pine pellet litter boxes ( I have 2 boxes), but never the poop. I started thinking that maybe she didn't like trying to cover the poop with pine pellets. I got a 3rd litter box and filled it with Arm and Hammer Clump and Seal, and set it right next to one of her other litter boxes. She immediately started using the Clump and Seal box, totally ignoring the Pine Pellet boxes. Whenever she pooped in the Clump and Seal box, the poop was totally covered up and buried. Since then, no more problems with pooping outside the box. She just doesn''t like the Pine pellits for burying poop. .
I suspect that the adoption agency used Pine Pellets for the economy of it, but my cat was probably on a clay type litter prior to that.