Dustnix Mineral Cat Litter

[Meowmee]

I am searching new litters to see if there is something else I can try because worlds best is creating huge amounts of fine powder dust in the cat litter box room upstairs although not the garage one, and on the stairs. I found this one and wonder if anyone has heard of it or used it? It is expensive though, it says it is made of ore. I am wondering if it would be similar to clay at all or not? I can't find any reviews anywhere so either it is new or just too pricey. Maybe it goes a long way though.

I ordered a tofu one to try also which has mostly good reviews, because I can't tolerate this dust anymore. I am wearing a mask to scoop and sweep now which has helped a bit. I am a bit nervous of the tofu
because other brands reviews people complained of fruit flies eating it, lol.

Robot or human?

 

[Kris107]

I haven't heard of that, and I'm skeptical. They don't really show the contents of what it is - just talk about it in vague terms. The English on it isn't very good either. I'd stick to things with some solid reviews (pos or neg). You'll have to update how the tofu litter works for you.

 

[Meowmee]

I found this one which could be similar and has good reviews. I haven't checked yet to see if its at Amazon. If the other one gets any reviews, good ones, I may try that eventually, too as long as it’s not clay based.

Apparently, though mineral cat litters, according to AI are clay based. However, bentonite which is a common ingredient and a lot of clay and tofu cat litters is apparently made from volcanic ash, which is not clay. I have used a special clay called creative paper clay, which is made mostly a volcanic ash and paper fiber which I don’t have an allergic reaction to which does not have dust. It’s also air dry and once it dries, you can drop your sculpture or whatever and it will never break.

Neakasa Mineral Cat Litter 22lbs / 10kg

Neakasa mineral cat litter, odor free, dust free, instant & tight clumping

neakasa.com

 

[iPappy]

I just recently started using the tidy cats box with the pine pellet "cheat". So far, it's not creating much dust except around the box if the cats track a bit out. I switched with the hopes that it would cut down on some of the dust in my sun room because it's getting to the point I can't keep up with the dusting out there, but it's too soon to tell if it's going to be a good choice for that long term.

 

[Meowmee]

What is tidy cat box with the pine pellet cheat? Hope it works for you

The dusting is a nightmare ‍

I cant use the large pellets because they don’t scoop at all, and can’t clean out the boxes too often… and I’m allergic to anything pine scented, very badly.

 

[iPappy]

Oh, if you're allergic to pine don't use those pellets!
Someone posted a video about a cat owner who used the breeze box, but placed a tray underneath it and used regular pine pellets from the store that are much cheaper than the tidy cats litter. You scoop the poop, sift the box out, and all the urine turns into sawdust and goes into the tray underneath it.
I have not used the litter you mentioned, but if you try it I'd love to know what your thoughts are.

 

[Meowmee]

One thing I found is that bentonite is a clay but is formed from volcanic ash when it decomposes. It has three different forms-
high swelling (sodium), low swelling (calcium), moderate swelling (intermediate sodium-calcium) bentonite. Sodium bentonite or calcium bentonite usually used in clay cat litters, and in some tofu litters so maybe this one above is clay really, although I can't find if ore is the same really.

Anyway, I have set up one of the boxes in cinnamon’s room with the tofu litter, I cleaned the whole thing out threw away the world‘s best that was in it and I swept and damp mopped the entire room.

I’m very worried now, though because no one has used the new box yet… in fact, someone went in there and used the other box that still has worlds best in it as if to say they don’t like the tofu… here are some pics.

I know you’re supposed to normally mix the litters together at first, but I just can’t go through that right now because it’s just becoming very overwhelming and that will cause more dust if I put in world’s best.

It took 4 bags to fill one gigantic box. I’m not sure if I should order them more yet because I don’t even know if they’re going to use it and I’m just hoping I can get my money back if they refuse to use it. This one doesn’t have any bentonite – here are the ingredients: tofu, corn starch, deodorant, guar gum, and modified starch.

I hope they will use it and I hope that it doesn’t break down into fine powder like worlds best if they do use it.

 

[iPappy]

When I switched my girls litter, I left the old box out and placed the new box with the new litter next to it. They explored the new box but didn't use it for a day or so. Just yesterday I took the old box out. Sometimes it takes them a few days to decide the new stuff is worth their while. I'd leave it out for them and see what happens.

 

[Meowmee]

When I switched my girls litter, I left the old box out and placed the new box with the new litter next to it. They explored the new box but didn't use it for a day or so. Just yesterday I took the old box out. Sometimes it takes them a few days to decide the new stuff is worth their while. I'd leave it out for them and see what happens.

Yes I am going to do that, if they haven't used it by then I will try putting a fine layer of the wb. I thought for sure Quinn would dive right in because he’s the most adventurous. I don’t think he’s ever had an issue with any of the cat litters. He went and inspected it, but he didn’t jump in the box or anything that I saw anyway this litter is unscented, but it has a mild, pleasant smell, which is a little bit like coconut.

when I trained him to use the Cat Genie, I took his regular box and put it nearby I think and then I stopped cleaning it and then he used the catch and he said that took a little bit longer for him to adjust to the plastic litter.

I have to leave them the option of the other box with the worlds best because otherwise there’s only one other box in the garage downstairs that also has worlds best and I’m scared they’ll start pooping everywhere etc. if they reject the tofu.

Someone is already mildly upset. I think Quinn because he’s not covering his poop, but it could be cinnamon too. I’m not positive. I’m pretty sure it’s Quinn though because he does do that occasionally very occasionally he poops on the ground just to tell everybody this belongs to him I think. Fortunately, his poops are very well formed and small so it’s not a big clean up. It may not be due to the litter though, but it could be due to only having the one box upstairs that has the one they like now.

Well, hopefully by tomorrow or the day after they will start using it and then I’ll find out how it is.

 

[iPappy]

Another idea would be to take some of the poop and place it in the new box. Sometimes, this helps them realize that yes, this is their bathroom! Sprinkling just a TINY bit of the used old litter into the new (even confined to a corner) might help a bit as well.

 

[Meowmee]

Another idea would be to take some of the poop and place it in the new box. Sometimes, this helps them realize that yes, this is their bathroom! Sprinkling just a TINY bit of the used old litter into the new (even confined to a corner) might help a bit as well.

Good ideas, I have done that before but this time I wanted a fresh clean litter with no old poop/ smells because the wb really smelled awful to me anyway when I cleaned it etc. and it was so broken down.

Anyway, someone just used it or at least I just discovered that one kitty used it probably an hour or two ago. It was a small urine and it clumped very well. Fortunately, I have those wire scoops that have large openings in them and the tofu Litter that hasn’t been clumped just falls right through. So so far so good. We’ll see how it goes with poop, if they don’t continue to use it I will try sprinkling a tiny bit from the other box in there or fresh wb litter or add some poop.

I’m going to investigate on my cameras and see if I can figure out who was the first one to try it. I just realized I should’ve taken pictures of me scooping it because I wanted to document it all lol- maybe I’ll make a YouTube video about it. I will take pics next time.

Another good thing so far is there was almost no tracking- only two pieces of the tofu on the wee pad and one tiny piece by the door of the bedroom.

I will see how it goes over time, hopefully this one will be the solution I need to either completely eliminate the dust or cut down on it. I think the real test is going to be how it reacts to Zena’s soft stool.

 

[Furballsmom]

tabbytom do you have suggestions beyond what the OP has done?

 

[tabbytom]

tabbytom do you have suggestions beyond what the OP has done?

I cannot really suggest anything besides Tofu Cat Litter as both my boy and I are very satisfied with the performance.

But I have to say that Tofu Cat Litter is much much better than Bentonite Clay Litter.

Meowmee , although I prefer Tofu Cat Litter, but I have to say that they still produce fine powder if you level the litter with force and they also settle at the bottom of the litterbox, same as Bentonite Clay Litter but the powder is not as worse as Clay Litter.

If you check out my thread :- A Documentation on the Transition from Clay Litter to Tofu Cat Litter for my boy, I use to clear the powder by scooping out and sieving the litter to clear the powder but now I just tilt the litterbox so that most of the litter will end up almost half way to the other end of the litterbox and exposing the fine powder at the empty end. I use a scoop and scoop off the powder (not all of it) and I do this once a week instead of emptying the whole litter box.
Tofu Cat Litter is much cleaner and much easier to clean than Bentonite Clay Litter even when it is still damp. Easy wipe off with no mess as compared to clay litter.

Ever since the change, my house had much much less litter dust and foot prints and I don’t wear a mask now when I clear the litterbox.

 

[Meowmee]

I cannot really suggest anything besides Tofu Cat Litter as both my boy and I are very satisfied with the performance.

But I have to say that Tofu Cat Litter is much much better than Bentonite Clay Litter.

Meowmee , although I prefer Tofu Cat Litter, but I have to say that they still produce fine powder if you level the litter with force and they also settle at the bottom of the litterbox, same as Bentonite Clay Litter but the powder is not as worse as Clay Litter.

If you check out my thread :- A Documentation on the Transition from Clay Litter to Tofu Cat Litter for my boy, I use to clear the powder by scooping out and sieving the litter to clear the powder but now I just tilt the litterbox so that most of the litter will end up almost half way to the other end of the litterbox and exposing the fine powder at the empty end. I use a scoop and scoop off the powder (not all of it) and I do this once a week instead of emptying the whole litter box.
Tofu Cat Litter is much cleaner and much easier to clean than Bentonite Clay Litter even when it is still damp. Easy wipe off with no mess as compared to clay litter.

Ever since the change, my house had much much less litter dust and foot prints and I don’t wear a mask now when I clear the litterbox.

Thanks I read your post a long time ago when I was having an issue with clay litter in one box for Cinn when he came inside I think. I can't remember now.

I am using a tofu one now: just started it in one box- Raki Venus is the brand name, which has no bentonite which a lot of the tofu ones have.

So far I have scooped it three times for pee and there is no dust and very little tracking. I am upset to hear that like all the other litters it will break down over time to fine powder- ugh. I am switching because Worlds Best which is corn has produced an awful fine powder dust which is affecting me, not my cats, lol. After a bout of bronchitis I can't take it any more, I am asthmatic too.

I have two huge boxes upstairs and the dust is in that room and all over the stairs. I almost never clean out the entire box, I just scoop a lot and add fresh litter as needed. I will have to see what happens with this litter. The boxes are huge and I can't physically carry them with litter etc. so it is a major deal to clear them out etc. It took at least two hours to clean out this one. I did it by scooping the old litter into bags, and then wiping it, then washing it in the shower instead of outside.

I will keep an eye on it for dust in the bottom and then either try scooping and sieving or tilting the box to remove dust but that is going to be problematic for my asthma etc even with a mask. ugh, what a disappointment. I will see how it goes though, maybe it will be ok. But I was dubious that it would not break down over time.

I do level the litter after scooping but softly. My guys, 3, are diggers and Quinn side pees sometimes but none are huge peers.
Zena has soft stool though, no one has pooped in it yet so it may not work for that. They still have one huge box with Worlds Best in the closet area. Just switching this box to tofu has cut down the dust a lot so far, but it has only been one day.

But it looks like I may have to eventually switch the back to the cat genie if this doesn't work out. or I can try this mineral one I posted about here and see how it is- it is made from Ore apparently.

Maybe smaller boxes and Worlds Best may be ok, because i have a regular box in the garage that does not produce as much dust, but they don't use it much so maybe that is why. That one has a hood too. It's a large box but it is small compare to the gigantic ones which are open and not hood. But my guys really love the gigantic boxes and it cuts down on messes when the box is missed etc.

But so far the tofu is much less dusty. if you do not remove the dust do you think it would be as bad as clay dust and get tracked all over etc.?

With Worlds Best, the fine powder was not just sitting at the bottom, it was EVERYWHERE in the box, and it was getting all over the room, when I swept it, and in my lungs etc., which was 2-3 x a day sometimes- it was all over the dust pan etc. and my guys were tracking the fine powder, it was a on the stairs especially which had to be swept at least once per day, a real nightmare! My asthma was getting worse daily and then I had bronchitis which I am still recovering from and I said that is it, I can't do this anymore with this awful dust.

I don' remember ever having that issue with clay or any other littler before. I think the giant non hooded boxes played a role too. And more cats. I also wonder if they did something different to it. I usually use the low tracking one too.

I have never cleaned out the boxes that much in the past before either, no matter what litter it was. But the Cat Genie toilet which is washed out every cycle and has plastic litter had 0 dust, but it had other issues like clogging and tech issues.

 

[Meowmee]

Update is, both Quinn and Cinnamon were seen near the box with tofu on camera, so I assume they are the ones who peed in it, no poop yet. I wonder if they will poop in it if they still have the worlds best one. I am waiting to see how the tofu handles Zena's soft poop. I think it will be ok for Quinn and Cinn's normal poop.

Also when I damp mopped the room, I didn't wear my mask(kn95) and my lungs were worse again after, I had to use albuterol and it felt like the bronchitis was back a bit, so I recommend wearing a mask even for damp mopping any type of dust especially if you are recovering from bronchitis / pneumonia etc. The albuterol loosened it all up, to cough out and made breathing easier. Even if someone cooks something with a smell etc. now it affects my lungs a lot and makes me start coughing badly again.

I have always masked when sweeping dust in the garage or outside because I am highly allergic to that dust, my eyes and nose fill up immediately with thick mucus and tearing etc. However now I will wear masks for any type of sweeping even with this new litter if it produce dust. So far I don't seem to be having a reaction to it and did scoop the pee without a mask. So far there is no powder and the smell has not affected me yet. The cats seem ok with it too.

I have not tried flushing or dissolving this tofu litter, I may try it in a dish of water as a test, but I will not be flushing it because our toilets clog with anything other than normal waste, even toilet papers if they are too thick. So all litter wastes goes into bags and into the outer garbage usually unless cleaning out the box and then I put it in the woods. I used to flush poop but then the litter spills all over so I stopped.

 

[tabbytom]

But so far the tofu is much less dusty. if you do not remove the dust do you think it would be as bad as clay dust and get tracked all over etc.?

Yes, tofu is much less dusty and tracks little. I don’t think it’ll be as bad as clay. I remember when my boy was using clay, my floor has a film of dust as well as on other stuffs and after switching over to clay, I don’t see much litter dust and foot prints.

I have 4 inches high of tofu in the litterbox and I top it up once a week with 6L of new litter. Even if at the end of the week or near the end of the week when the litter is lower and the way my boy digs, it does not reach the base. Even if I don’t scoop out the litter powder, the pee will sink to the bottom and get soaked up by both tofu pellets and powder as the tofu powder still can absorb the pee.

I keep the litter at 4 inches because my boy pees very big clumps and also sometimes he’s a crazy digger and he digs all the way to China
I scoop out the tofu powder just in case he reaches rock bottom and stir up a dust storm but so far he has not reach that stage yet.

So to answer your question, the answer is no unless the litter is very low like maybe only less than 2 inch deep of litter as if you do not clear the tofu powder, it accumulates and become higher.

 

[Meowmee]

That sounds like maybe it will be ok and better than World's Best. I haven't used clay for years now but used it for Cinn when he came inside. Anyway I have a whole box of it and they are using it so we will see how it goes. I don't have any to top it off right now, so I have to order more for that. I didn't measure how much I put in but 4 bags about 20 lbs total or so. Maybe 3-4 inches. The litters seem to clump better with more, but then dust can happen more depending on the litter.

If you ever get sick of the tofu, you might like the cat genie because the pee is not scooped it just goes into your toilet or a plumbing line. I got that for my Wizard because he also had a lot of pee and big ones.

 

[tabbytom]

That sounds like maybe it will be ok and better than World's Best. I haven't used clay for years now but used it for Cinn when he came inside. Anyway I have a whole box of it and they are using it so we will see how it goes. I don't have any to top it off right now, so I have to order more for that. I didn't measure how much I put in but 4 bags about 20 lbs total or so. Maybe 3-4 inches. The litters seem to clump better with more, but then dust can happen more depending on the litter.

If you ever get sick of the tofu, you might like the cat genie because the pee is not scooped it just goes into your toilet or a plumbing line. I got that for my Wizard because he also had a lot of pee and big ones.

I’ve not tried World’s Best (may not have it here ) as my boy used clay the very first day he was rescued and I got stuck with it for that long as I was afraid to switch.

It is better to have at least 4 inches deep and you saw the size of the litterbox my boy is using. I can tilt it when it’s full but not with the clay. I have problem bringing the clay into the house when the stocks arrived and not to mention clearing the clay to make way for the tofu. I have sensitive nose and I’m asthmatic too.

I‘m very happy and satisfied with the tofu.

 

[Meowmee]

I’ve not tried World’s Best (may not have it here ) as my boy used clay the very first day he was rescued and I got stuck with it for that long as I was afraid to switch.

It is better to have at least 4 inches deep and you saw the size of the litterbox my boy is using. I can tilt it when it’s full but not with the clay. I have problem bringing the clay into the house when the stocks arrived and not to mention clearing the clay to make way for the tofu. I have sensitive nose and I’m asthmatic too.

I‘m very happy and satisfied with the tofu.

I am going to try tilting mine in a couple of weeks to see if dust is happening. It’s pretty heavy though. I mean it’s a huge box so it may be a little bit harder to do. That’s why I can’t clean them so often other than the cost of replacing all the litter because it’s so heavy, but I think the tofu is probably a little lighter than the corn even I’m not sure.

i’m going to measure mine with a ruler and make sure it is 4 inches. I think it is it looks like about 4 inches and I put four bags of the tofu in. Plus the pee is clumping very well which it probably wouldn’t if it was less than 4.

I was using clay years ago in the Litter Robot because you couldn’t use anything else in it at that time…but for the regular boxes I had changed to walnuts and maybe some other ones.
I am allergic to clay in addition to the dust, but with the Litter Robot I didn’t really have to interact with it too much. Just empty the tray and fill it up. But it turned out to be a huge mess because the clay got stuck all over the ball eventually, I just threw it out even though they the whole thing for me at least once.

That was when I got the cat genie toilet for Wizard and he liked it. I don’t think Sybil ever used that, she had her own upstairs. She used the walnut litter in it.

 

[tabbytom]

I am going to try tilting mine in a couple of weeks to see if dust is happening. It’s pretty heavy though. I mean it’s a huge box so it may be a little bit harder to do. That’s why I can’t clean them so often other than the cost of replacing all the litter because it’s so heavy, but I think the tofu is probably a little lighter than the corn even I’m not sure.

i’m going to measure mine with a ruler and make sure it is 4 inches. I think it is it looks like about 4 inches and I put four bags of the tofu in. Plus the pee is clumping very well which it probably wouldn’t if it was less than 4.

It's much much lighter than clay. Tilt the box from the narrow end with both hands and slowly jiggle the box high enough so that the litter will gather and pile up on the other side till they almost touch the top edge. Don't lift the box when it's full. Only lift it when the litter is getting low before you top up.
The very most you can see the exposed bottom is about slightly more than 1/3 of the bottom (depending on the amount of litter left in the lite box) and to see more, the litter will over flow on the other side. After scoping out the powder, repeat for the other side if you bother.

Whenever I scoop the pee clumps at the end of the day, I'll tilt the litterbox from the narrow end as my boy is a corner pee'er and I tilt it more and usually it'll expose the bottom with the powder beneath the litter and I'll scoop the powder out. If I don't see the powder, I'll skip that step till I see it the next time and also it depends on which side I tilt. Sometimes his pee is on both ends and so some ends have more powder than the other depending on which end was cleared more often.

I drew a 4 inch height line around the litterbox as a guide. You can see the line on the litterbox in my thread in the first photo.