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Hello everyone,
In another thread I was talking to another user about Purina Tidy Cats Lightweight cat litter:
Does My Cats Pee Look Normal?
after doing further research on the cat litter I use, I found a lot of complaints on Amazon about UTI/infections being caused by this. Although my cats personally have not had any issues due to this (nor do I see how it would cause an infection... which is a living organisim attacking the system). I did find lots of mentions outside of Amazon about silica (the clumping material) in cat litter causing lung cancer in cats.
Before I dive in and do further research I was wondering if someone else already has? Have you heard of talks or seen research papers of clumping cat litter causing cancer? If true this is more bull, I always think I am doing the right thing (in this case keeping the litter box odorless) and might be causing more damage in the long run.
After reading about this I was looking at alternatives and apparantly pretty much all cat litters are terrible for cats health...
-clay cat litter without clumping properties still causes irritated lungs due to being inhaled while using the litter box
-clumping cat litter for the reasons mentioned above
-crystal mineral cat litter due to being rock hard and hurting cats feet
-newspaper shredded cat litter due to the ink being poisonous
I had then come upon a YT video by a cattery person and she claims to use a different natural (although minerals are also natural) source for her cat litter... I see a problem with her set-up though... the sawdust could also be inhaled by our cats and cause lung problems.... (fine particles).
Sigh.
In another thread I was talking to another user about Purina Tidy Cats Lightweight cat litter:
Does My Cats Pee Look Normal?
after doing further research on the cat litter I use, I found a lot of complaints on Amazon about UTI/infections being caused by this. Although my cats personally have not had any issues due to this (nor do I see how it would cause an infection... which is a living organisim attacking the system). I did find lots of mentions outside of Amazon about silica (the clumping material) in cat litter causing lung cancer in cats.
Before I dive in and do further research I was wondering if someone else already has? Have you heard of talks or seen research papers of clumping cat litter causing cancer? If true this is more bull, I always think I am doing the right thing (in this case keeping the litter box odorless) and might be causing more damage in the long run.
After reading about this I was looking at alternatives and apparantly pretty much all cat litters are terrible for cats health...
-clay cat litter without clumping properties still causes irritated lungs due to being inhaled while using the litter box
-clumping cat litter for the reasons mentioned above
-crystal mineral cat litter due to being rock hard and hurting cats feet
-newspaper shredded cat litter due to the ink being poisonous
I had then come upon a YT video by a cattery person and she claims to use a different natural (although minerals are also natural) source for her cat litter... I see a problem with her set-up though... the sawdust could also be inhaled by our cats and cause lung problems.... (fine particles).
Sigh.