Showing posts with label pets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pets. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

World's Best Cat Litter

I love World's Best Cat Litter; we've been using it since we first got our kitty 5 years ago. It's a clumping litter made of corn, which means that there's no mining issue (if that's something that concerns you). It's flushable, if that interests you, and it's safe to eat, for what that's worth.

What I like about it particularly, though, is that it's quite good at clumping and odor control. We use a litter locker, which means we scoop the clumps, so having scoopable clumps matters.
No matter what litter you use, you're bound to smell a cat's fresh deposit (unless you use an F.O.R.A., like we do), but once the litter has absorbed the material, the scent from the litterbox is a gentler scent than the overbearing perfumes from a Fresh-Step-type litter.

What reminded me of writing this post is that I saw a full-page ad in Entertainment Weekly for a rebate program they have going on right now. Yeah, a cat litter ad in a media periodical IS WEIRD, right? But still, $12.99 back for what I buy anyway. You too; follow this link.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Febreze Odor Removal Appliance

You would think they could come up with a catchier name.
Anyway, the F.O.R.A. is a fan-with-filter contraption that plugs into, and hangs from, an outlet.
We have a cat, and we have our F.O.R.A. plugged in right above the litterbox. I didn't realize just how good a job it was doing until I went a month past due to change the filter, and it became less effective and I could smell what I wasn't smelling before. Namely, not just the litterbox, but the diaper pail in the other room! This device is near the door to the baby's room, a door left open whenever the baby is not asleep. The F.O.R.A. has been eliminating the diaper pail smell in there as well, which is pretty impressive to me.

Most people would be annoyed to pay $20 for an electric air freshener, but it's really effective and it doesn't leave any scent at all - no cloying cover-up scent. It won't purify the air, and it has a limited radius, but for pets or babies, this thing is great.