How To Use Wood Pellets For Cat Litter

Wood pellet litter is usually made from pine and occasionally cedarwood.

How to use wood pellets for cat litter. To gain the full benefit of wood pellet litter a pellet-specific sifting litter box is recommended. Sprinkle additional pellets on the surface to maintain the litter. You use pine pellets as cat litter by spreading it evenly on the floor of the litter box until it is about an inch deep.

Add some fresh wood pellets to the litter box. Wood pellet cat litter works by absorbing the liquid - along with the smell - and then crumble into sawdust. When cleaning the litter sift out the solid waste.

With a standard litter box youll likely need to change your pellets every week or two. I am very keen on trying this method - however all of the videos and posts Ive seen seem to come from the US where Tractor Supply Co. Your cat should start using the new wood pellet litter on his own.

Many people dont realize that clay cat litter is poisonous to cats -- the fine dust can lodge in their lungs and digestive system from paw licking and groom. In this video I am using equine pellet bedding as litter. Inspect the litter tray daily and remove any solids.

The insert can be lifted and shaken to separate unused pellets from sawdust. Sifting litter boxes contain a standard litter pan with a slotted tray insert. The pellets are surprisingly absorbent and thats part of why they work so well as cat litter.

Shake the upper layer of the box so the sawdust falls into the bottom layer. Start adding pellet litter to the other box as well. The panning for gold technique helps to save wood pellets that are still usable by quickly separating the sawdust of used litter from the good pellets that.