Wood pellet litter

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What do I do with it once it's used? The bag says to dispose of it with "appropriate household waste" but I don't know if this means to stick it in a black bag or put it in with my kitchen waste for composting!

How often should I be changing it? I've scooped out the solids and the bits that had turned to sawdust and was planning on changing it completely every 2 to 3 days. Will this be OK? Should I be doing it every day?

Do you tend to put the "used" bits into a nappy sack or straight into the bin? We've only had the cats since yesterday so still trying to figure everything out (first time cat owners).

Can you also recommend any cat-safe cleaners I can use to wipe around the edges/the bottom of the tray after I've scooped out the sawdusty bits to keep it as clean as possible in between changes? I don't want to use anything harsh or strong smelling, as I've read this could put them off it.

i use the pellet litter and yes i just scoop the solids one day, and when there is more sawdust than pellets i empty the tray out completely i just put it stright in the bin bag in the kitchen bin or you can compost it as its wood based if you have a compost bin,
and to wash the tray out i just use plain water and then just dry it with kitchen roll as you dont get that much mess in the tray with pllets s

Smart price nappy sacks are good for poo, if you've got a compost bin put the sawdust in that.

The urine will do it good.

We use these too. Scoop the poo into a cheap nappy sack as soon as we spot it. Leave the tray until it is more sawdust than pellet then put it in our bin (still black sack collections here rather than wheels bins). Might start putting it in our compost bin now though.

I have 2 trays which I alternate so I just rinse with cold water at the outdoor tap and leave to air dry outside. I've never noticed them smelling.

We've only just changed to wood litter and I've also been wondering where to get rid of it. At present it's being bagged up and stuck in the household waste bin, which is what happened to the previous non compostable stuff, but as it's supposed to be organic and recyclable I've been considering chucking it into the garden waste bin which we rent from the Council.

I always remove poo, stick it in a bag and dump it into the dog poo bin up the road.

I also use the Cat's Best kind (although mine is Tigerino) - scoop poos & balls of wee into dog poo bags & flush them down the loo.

It seems to take about 4 weeks to turn into all sawdust (& that's with 3 cats using it, it's very economical) & then I scoop the last solids out & put the sawdust in our green waste in. The tray then only needs a wipe but the cover gets a bit niffy so I usually give both a good blast with the shower spray in the bath

Green waste bin

There are pet-safe cleaners at Pets at Home

I've never thought about putting wood pellet litter in the compost bin.

That's one of the several fab things about the Cat's Best type of wood-based litter, pipbin (love your name btw - wish I'd thought of it )

I used to use the crystal kind, which does absorb wee & so stays relatively dry, & it is easier to find poos in it, but it got trodden all over the place, & as it got wetter it used to stink, & the tray used to get scratched to buggery with the sharp edges of the crystals.

Thanks TheOne I've checked on the councils web site but they say no cat litter in the garden waste bin.

Oh really?

I didn't check...

They might just mean soiled litter though (ie no poo)? Worth checking with them maybe?

Well I have just asked a friend, and fellow cat lover, who happens to work for the council sorting out their recycling and that.

Friend says that you cannot put litter in the composting as cat wee is nasty and toxic and no good for the compost.

Oh dear

I've been putting mine in for months!

I use this cleaning spray to clean my cats litter tray when I change it. It's also suitable for their food bowls

Oops, wrong link (from a previous bird thread!) this is what I actually use - cleaning spray