Dustnix Mineral Cat Litter

[Meowmee]

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.

These boxes are really huge so I can’t lift them anymore unless empty. Fortunatrly I figured out that I can just slowly scoop the litter into bags if I’m cleaning the whole thing out throw them outside and then I can carry it empty to the shower to wash it with soap and water after wiping it out with wipes, etc.

Last time I did, it was after Merlin died, and I had to sterilize everything. I took them outside to wash them outside after they’re dumping them, and then brought kettles out to pour boiling water on it to kill any toxoplasmosis, heat is the only thing that kill it in all phases. I hurt my back when I carried them out with the litter in it and did all of that.

Good idea to draw a line on it. I may just do it at one point, but I think it will just get wiped off when I clean it because I tend to clean the edges with wipes, even if I’m not cleaning the whole box out.

I tilted it a bit today and saw some fine dust already but only a tiny bit. I will check each week and see if it looks like it needs to be scooped out or whatever. I will keep updating here with photos of what happens.

 

[tabbytom]

These boxes are really huge so I can’t lift them anymore unless empty. Fortunatrly I figured out that I can just slowly scoop the litter into bags if I’m cleaning the whole thing out throw them outside and then I can carry it empty to the shower to wash it with soap and water after wiping it out with wipes, etc.

Last time I did, it was after Merlin died, and I had to sterilize everything. I took them outside to wash them outside after they’re dumping them, and then brought kettles out to pour boiling water on it to kill any toxoplasmosis, heat is the only thing that kill it in all phases. I hurt my back when I carried them out with the litter in it and did all of that.

Good idea to draw a line on it. I may just do it at one point, but I think it will just get wiped off when I clean it because I tend to clean the edges with wipes, even if I’m not cleaning the whole box out.

I tilted it a bit today and saw some fine dust already but only a tiny bit. I will check each week and see if it looks like it needs to be scooped out or whatever. I will keep updating here with photos of what happens.

Yea, it's difficult to lift a heavy box especially clay litter.

Whenever I clear out the litterbox, I'll wash it with detergent, rinse well and sanitise with IPA, let it dry before refilling. Anyway, I have another box on standby.

Draw the line outside the box with a permanent ink marker.

If you see fine powder, you can use a flat scoop and scoop them out. A flat scoop is easier to scoop.

 

[Meowmee]

Here was day 2-3. We had two poops I think. They are still using the other box with worlds best too- overall the dust is better and I have some pictures… there was more tracking of the tofu litter, even one or two pieces on the stairs, but nothing major at all, and there was more on the side of the box where I don’t have a wee pad.

That could mean that Xena used it because he likes to jump out on the side where there’s no pad, but Quinn does that sometimes too, so I put an extra pad on the other side.

That way it’s very easy to just pick the pad up and pour back any unused pieces into the box. Usually when I sweep, I used to put that back in the box, now I just throw it away in the garbage but that creates more dust, but if there are clean pieces of the tofu since they are larger and it’s so expensive, I will just pick them up and put them back in the box.

Some of tofu the pieces stick to the poop. I guess it’s a little wet when it comes out, but we haven’t had a really soft poop yet. So some of it will get wasted with the poop. With the pee anything that does not stick to the clump goes through the scoop back into the box.

Unfortunately, I did not take pictures of the stairs when it was still with the two boxes of Worlds Best to show you how bad it is. But I have pictures from today when there’s only one box with world‘s best and it’s quite a bit better.

I also took pictures of the dusty broom before I cleaned it. It was not as bad as with the two boxes either, but you can see the fine powder that accumulates on these things and on the floor and the stairs.

There was also something going on with moths in the house and I don’t know what’s causing it cause I’ve cleaned everything. There were some pads I put under electric kitchen gadgets that had little moths eating them. And I’m wondering if some of them were eating the cat litter in the upstairs bedroom too. I was changing the sheets and there was a moth under the sheet. I didn’t know what it was. I was trying to push it off and it flew away so I didn’t get to get rid of it.

Another thing about the tofu is if there’s a tiny piece of poop, it’s hard to remove it even with a spoon because it seems to be almost the same color as the shadows in between the pellets of Litter. I actually lost one of them so when I see them, I have to be careful, and right away use a smaller spoon to get them out.

So far the two little areas on the front of the litter box where I put the scoops don’t seem to be accumulating any powder… with the worlds best that gets filled with powder after only two weeks or so I put a paper towel in there, there were maybe one or two pieces of the tofu litter which I could just shake back into the box But I think they will fill up with powder too in time. Let’s hope it’s not as bad as the world‘s best level of powder.

two of the pictures are of the other Box that still has worlds best and you can see on some level how bad the powder is it’s throughout the whole litter on the sides and everywhere.

The picture of the broom dust bin, etc. was after I had already emptied what I swept up into the garbage and what I do is I take the broom, and I hit the dust part and you can literally see the dust will fall off into the garbage and some of it goes into the air, obviously too. There is a whole layer of dust that just sticks to it and builds up- the only way to control that would be to rinse it every day. I’m hoping the tofu will be better than world’s best for this issue.

 

[tabbytom]

That could mean that Xena used it because he likes to jump out on the side where there’s no pad, but Quinn does that sometimes too, so I put an extra pad on the other side.

The tracking of the tofu depends of how the cat comes out of the litterbox. I know that if my boy comes out slowly, there are just 2 or 3 or 4 pieces he'll bring out with him. But if he jumps out, that's a different story.

That way it’s very easy to just pick the pad up and pour back any unused pieces into the box. Usually when I sweep, I used to put that back in the box, now I just throw it away in the garbage but that creates more dust, but if there are clean pieces of the tofu since they are larger and it’s so expensive, I will just pick them up and put them back in the box.

I don't sweep up the pieces. I pick them up and throw them back to the litterbox. By sweeping them up, you'll also sweep other debris like hair and other dust and put back into the litterbox.

Some of tofu the pieces stick to the poop. I guess it’s a little wet when it comes out, but we haven’t had a really soft poop yet. So some of it will get wasted with the poop. With the pee anything that does not stick to the clump goes through the scoop back into the box.

Dry firm poop is easy to clear with only a few piece of litter will fall back and usually they are quite ok. If wet, damp poop or diarrhoea, then that's a little problematic. Usually I'll let those sit for awhile for the litter to soak them up and firmer before scoping up. Poo can splatter if the cat is pooping gassy poo.
I'll watch where the later fall off when scooping out these and after that I use a spoon to pick up the rest that have poo stains if I can spot them. That's why I use a light colour litter so that I can spot the stains easier.

I also took pictures of the dusty broom before I cleaned it. It was not as bad as with the two boxes either, but you can see the fine powder that accumulates on these things and on the floor and the stairs.

I use a static dry mop to mop the floor

There was also something going on with moths in the house and I don’t know what’s causing it cause I’ve cleaned everything. There were some pads I put under electric kitchen gadgets that had little moths eating them. And I’m wondering if some of them were eating the cat litter in the upstairs bedroom too. I was changing the sheets and there was a moth under the sheet. I didn’t know what it was. I was trying to push it off and it flew away so I didn’t get to get rid of it.

Is it moth breeding season?

 

[Meowmee]

The tracking of the tofu depends of how the cat comes out of the litterbox. I know that if my boy comes out slowly, there are just 2 or 3 or 4 pieces he'll bring out with him. But if he jumps out, that's a different story.


I don't sweep up the pieces. I pick them up and throw them back to the litterbox. By sweeping them up, you'll also sweep other debris like hair and other dust and put back into the litterbox.


Dry firm poop is easy to clear with only a few piece of litter will fall back and usually they are quite ok. If wet, damp poop or diarrhoea, then that's a little problematic. Usually I'll let those sit for awhile for the litter to soak them up and firmer before scoping up. Poo can splatter if the cat is pooping gassy poo.
I'll watch where the later fall off when scooping out these and after that I use a spoon to pick up the rest that have poo stains if I can spot them. That's why I use a light colour litter so that I can spot the stains easier.


I use a static dry mop to mop the floor


Is it moth breeding season?

I don’t sweep it back in anymore, it goes in the garbage. dry mop did not work for me, for the fine powder dust, they don’t pick it up, and don’t pick it all up and don’t pick up a lot of other things either. . I have swiffer and a bunch of other mops and stuff like that. the sweeping is really the only way to control it, especially on the stairs and then damp mop. Even my vacuum cleaner cannot handle this dust so really the wet mop is the only thing that does on any level after sweeping.

This is the dustiest room in the house for some reason- it has to be dusted a lot and the usual dusting pads don’t work well either, it needs wet pads or paper towels or it just builds up and causes problems. It gets a very fine white powder dust all over everything in addition to all of the cat litter dust from world’s best.

Yeah, unfortunately, my cats like to jump in and out on the side of the litter box without the pad, especially Zena, I have no clue why so far he’s not taking out a lot of this litter with him or if it’s Quinn, he’s not. I think all the poop is a little wet when it comes out so there’s always going to be some Litter if it’s the pellet type that will adhere to it. I will see how it goes with his soft poop, Zena’s poop is the one that is going to be a problematic maybe. I always leave it longer if he poops before I try to scoop it otherwise it gets all over the scoop.

As far aik it is not moth breeding season here, but from past experiences, they can breed at any time. Usually, they have to come in the house somehow, either in packages or fly in the door etc. and then they go to whatever they are attracted to and I think the corn cat litter may be one thing they like they like clothes and things like that. Anyway, it was only one moth now in the bedroom, but there was another litter box there last year that nobody used, which was a top loader, and I discovered that there were a bunch of little bugs in there, not moths though. So obviously bugs like corn.

 

[tabbytom]

I don’t sweep it back in anymore, it goes in the garbage. dry mop did not work for me, for the fine powder dust, they don’t pick it up, and don’t pick it all up and don’t pick up a lot of other things either. . I have swiffer and a bunch of other mops and stuff like that. the sweeping is really the only way to control it, especially on the stairs and then damp mop. Even my vacuum cleaner cannot handle this dust so really the wet mop is the only thing that does on any level after sweeping.

Yeah, unfortunately, my cats like to jump in and out on the side of the litter box especially Zena, I have no clue why so far he’s not taking out a lot of this litter with him or if it’s Quinn, he’s not.

As far aik it is not moth breeding season here, but from past experiences, they can breed at any time. Usually, they have to come in the house somehow, either in packages or fly in the door etc. and then they go to whatever they are attracted to and I think the corn cat litter may be one thing they like they like clothes and things like that. Anyway, it was only one moth now in the bedroom, but there was another litter box. I had that nobody used, which was a top loader, and I discovered that there were a bunch of little bugs in there, not moths though.

Do what's work best for you to make life easier.

Some bugs you just don't know how they got in. I usually hunt them down before my boy gets to them

 

[Meowmee]

Do what's work best for you to make life easier.

Some bugs you just don't know how they got in. I usually hunt them down before my boy gets to them

Yes, we have had an awful bug season this year, basket crickets, ants, moths now, spiders, mosquitos, mostly in the garage…my guys eat the crickets and then vomit, but it’s better than eating the mice.
I have rescued three mice from Quinn in the past two months or so and I just about injured myself trying to get one of them outside of the house.

 

[Meowmee]

I want to update on the tofu litter. There was more tracking now, but not terrible compared to the worlds best by any means. There has been more tracking on the stairs and the other areas. It does take time to pick it up around the litter boxes in the room. The ones on the stairs are usually just sweep and throw away because this is so expensive I try to pick up the bigger pieces elsewhere. And put them back in the box. For the ones on the stairs if you step on them, it is kind of soft and they do crumble, but I haven’t had to sweep as much as with the worlds best.

The dust is much much less so far, which is fantastic. I see some fine powder in the bottom of the boxes. I have not figured out a good way yet to get it out of there because the litter pellets are large and it’s not going to be very easy to scoop it out in the box is so large I can’t really tilt it enough and the dust carries along with the litter that gets tilted.

I think over time there will be more powder at the bottom and I may be able to scoop some of it out. When I am sweeping around the boxes after I pick up the larger pieces there’s only minimal dust and I have not had to wear a mask when doing it although should still.

Some of the cons are this litter smells very bad once the urine hits it. And little soft pieces break off the clumps, or large areas are soft and only powder with side peeing which Quinn is a side peee… the clumps are not very hard so you have to be careful when scooping them to stop them breaking apart or little parts falling off. I do have to pick out some of the little pieces that drop off and, seem to be just the powder of the cornstarch in it and urine out of the box which I don’t really like. I just wash my hands off after.

So the bad smell thing could be an issue because what I do is I scoop 2 to 3 times a day and keep it in a garbage bag which I put in the bathtub in that bedroom. And then I take it out once a day at night or in the morning to the garbage.

It does smell worse because for some reason this litter when it interacts with the urine, you can really smell the ammonia smell very strongly. I may go back to using the diaper pale things I used in the past or the Litter Genie because that will enclose the odor more.

If you don’t clean your box as much as I do, you probably could have an issue with ammonia smell if you have more than one cat. Some people said that on the tofu litters that they usethat right away, they smell very bad and had bad odor control.

For the soft stool, it seems to be a little better than urine, but you have to wait longer to scoop. Zena has chronic soft stool, and cinnamon has been having a little bit of it since we are switching back to the home cooked food. However more of the whole litter pieces stick to stool, soft or not so it’s more wasteful of the litter. The smell with the poop is not bad as with the urine, it’s better. Some small pieces of wet poop on litter do fall off occasionally and have to be retrieved out occasionally.

So overall the dust is much improved which was my main issue. I will see how it goes.The other mineral litter I posted about here has several mostly good reviews and videos now so I may try that at some point. But it has tiny pieces and will be worse for tracking I am sure.

Overall the cats had no issues switching to it and I did not even have to mix any worlds best in. The garage box still has worlds best and it does not create dust. They only use it occasionally, I think only Quinn does.

This tofu litter says it is flushable, but I have not tried to do that or even tested it in water. I may test it in a glass of water, but I hate to waste it. I never flush anything down the toilet except poop sometimes because it always gets clogged no matter what the claims are.

 

[tabbytom]

I think over time there will be more powder at the bottom and I may be able to scoop some of it out. When I am sweeping around the boxes after I pick up the larger pieces there’s only minimal dust and I have not had to wear a mask when doing it although should still.

If the litter is deep enough, it take a while before you see it and if you are like me, replenishing every week, it takes longer time to see the bottom. Unless the litter is pretty low and your cats digs all the way to China when they want to pee, then they praobly touch the litter dust. Otherwise, you don't see it till you tilt enough to see it.

If you cats hold urine for a long time, the ammonia build up is pretty strong. I smell it when my boy hold his pee for the whole day and when he pes, he pass lots and the ammonia smell is very strong but is gone after awhile even if it mixes with the litter.

I don't scoop immediately or almost immediately after my boy pees. I'll let the clump stay for the day, easier to scoop as it is dry and harder and I usually scoop by evening or sometimes in the night everyday. If he pees a little later, I'll leave it till the next day to scoop but I scoop off his poo immediately.

 

[Meowmee]

If the litter is deep enough, it take a while before you see it and if you are like me, replenishing every week, it takes longer time to see the bottom. Unless the litter is pretty low and your cats digs all the way to China when they want to pee, then they praobly touch the litter dust. Otherwise, you don't see it till you tilt enough to see it.

If you cats hold urine for a long time, the ammonia build up is pretty strong. I smell it when my boy hold his pee for the whole day and when he pes, he pass lots and the ammonia smell is very strong but is gone after awhile even if it mixes with the litter.

I don't scoop immediately or almost immediately after my boy pees. I'll let the clump stay for the day, easier to scoop as it is dry and harder and I usually scoop by evening or sometimes in the night everyday. If he pees a little later, I'll leave it till the next day to scoop but I scoop off his poo immediately.

I guess time will tell with the dust but so far it is much better. As for the urine, they don’t hold their urine in and it has never smelled this bad before so it’s definitely the urine combining with this particular litter. For instance, the world’s best never smelled that bad when it absorbed the urine… this one actually makes the urine smell 10x worse which you can smell when you scoop etc.
I never scoop any of it right away. Cause I know it’s not going to be well clumped. The problem is Quinn pees at the side as I mentioned, and the urine goes down the side of the box and it gets absorbed by the powdery stuff and sticks on the box, so it smells more, and it’s messy and breaks up, it was a bit of an issue with the wb, but not as bad as this one.

If it’s normal poo I just scoop it as soon as I notice or there is an odor etc. for soft poo I have to wait for it to clump enough. Otherwise it’ll get all over the scoop….so far anyway this litter seems to be better for the poo odor.

 

[tabbytom]

I guess time will tell with the dust but so far it is much better. As for the urine, they don’t hold their urine in and it has never smelled this bad before so it’s definitely the urine combining with this particular litter. For instance, the world’s best never smelled that bad when it absorbed the urine… this one actually makes the urine smell 10x worse which you can smell when you scoop etc.
I never scoop any of it right away. Cause I know it’s not going to be well clumped. The problem is Quinn pees at the side as I mentioned, and the urine goes down the side of the box and it gets absorbed by the powdery stuff and sticks on the box, so it smells more, and it’s messy and breaks up, it was a bit of an issue with the wb, but not as bad as this one.

If it’s normal poo I just scoop it as soon as I notice or there is an odor etc. for soft pooI I have to wait for it to clump enough. Otherwise it’ll get all over the scoop….so far anyway this litter seems to be better for the poo odor.

The smell when mixed is sometimes due to the type and amount of smelling agent in the litter. I know what you mean. Sometimes when I order the litter, they smell very nice and sometimes they smell like a horse stable. I checked with my supplier and they said it's due to the amount of fragrance agent the manufacturer added into the litter.

My boy is also a corner pee'er and his pee goes down the sides of the litterbox wall. I don't get the litter dust at the corners because I tilt the litterbox when I clear and most of the dust is somewhere at 1/3 of the litterbox which if I tilt more, it exposes more dust and I use a scrapper and push up the clean litter nearest to the dust and then I use the scrapper and scoop out the dust. Of course while doing this, you'll have to sacrifice some clean litter as you scoop.

 

[Meowmee]

The smell when mixed is sometimes due to the type and amount of smelling agent in the litter. I know what you mean. Sometimes when I order the litter, they smell very nice and sometimes they smell like a horse stable. I checked with my supplier and they said it's due to the amount of fragrance agent the manufacturer added into the litter.

My boy is also a corner pee'er and his pee goes down the sides of the litterbox wall. I don't get the litter dust at the corners because I tilt the litterbox when I clear and most of the dust is somewhere at 1/3 of the litterbox which if I tilt more, it exposes more dust and I use a scrapper and push up the clean litter nearest to the dust and then I use the scrapper and scoop out the dust. Of course while doing this, you'll have to sacrifice some clean litter as you scoop.

Yes this litter has corn starch and a couple of other ingredients so maybe it’s that, I’m not sure. It’s almost like it’s releasing. the ammonia smell into the air. Some people in the reviews using other tofu litters said that it smelled very bad right away, the pee.

This one does not smell bad, it’s only when you go to scoop it and you’re close to it and you can really smell it, I think because the parts that are powdery don’t conceal the odor well also. In fact, I can never really remember smelling that smell in years and years of using a lot of different litters, except maybe with clay litters from years ago, where you didn’t scoop them. Clay is another ingredient that does not seem to combine very well with cat urine.

This one has a nice smell, kind of like coconuts, but it’s unscented.

Maybe you could make a video of how you clear out the dust because I don’t really see how I’m gonna do that with this huge box and the bigger litter pieces. but at this point in time, it’s really only minimal so it’s not a big issue and it’s staying mostly on the bottom…I do clean the sides of the litter box if looks dusty.

 

[tabbytom]

Maybe you could make a video of how you clear out the dust because I don’t really see how I’m gonna do that with this huge box and the bigger litter pieces. but at this point in time, it’s really only minimal so it’s not a big issue and it’s staying mostly on the bottom…I do clean the sides of the litter box if looks dusty.

I did mentioned it on my thread here how I clean up and clear the litter dust -
a-documentation-on-the-transition-from-clay-litter-to-tofu-cat-litter-for-my-boy.451046 > Post #16. This was when I clean out the whole litter box. This takes a long time and pretty dusty. Not recommended.

But now, I just tilt it up length wise till the litter reached the top of the other end and I scoop out the dust as much as I can. Maybe I'll take some photos and post it here when I do this task.

 

[tabbytom]

Maybe you could make a video of how you clear out the dust because I don’t really see how I’m gonna do that with this huge box and the bigger litter pieces. but at this point in time, it’s really only minimal so it’s not a big issue and it’s staying mostly on the bottom…I do clean the sides of the litter box if looks dusty.

I just updated my thread : - page-2