Purina Yesterday's News Clumping Paper Cat Litter, Unscented Multi Cat Litter Shipped in Recyclable Box - 20 lb. Bag

A local feral that we have been trying to work with was pregnant for the 5th time. Our patience finally paid off and we were able to get a hold of her and setup and safe area for her to have her kittens in an xlarge kennel. Once the babies were born we went right to setting up an area for them to roam in once they were reaching that stage and hopefully learn to use the bathroom. I had a large shallow box so I filled it with some of these. But sadly they did just no care for it. They continued to go on a thick tarp like sheet I had on the floor to protect carpeting in the room I had set up for them. I ended up cutting up a taller box to make it shallow for them with a opening with some regular non clumping litter and they had no problem with using it. So sadly I havent even used up the whole bag I bought of this stuff since they just dont care for it.The stuff looks like its well made, there really wasn't a scent though (rating asked about scent). I was hoping for something like maybe a cedar smell, or whatever they use for gerbil pens. Would of been nice to have some aroma but im sure these are meant to be fairly simplistic and as natural as can be. Its easier to throw away compared to litter. I always have to save a empty litter bag to refill with litter I am throwing away because the quality of trash bags just dont hold up to the clay granules. So to make sure I dont have a trash bag that ends up spilling out nasty waste all over my tile floor, I put an empty litter bag in first to scoop or poor litter into. Where as these dont have sharp edges on them so the likelihood of the trash bag tearing is less likely to happen unless you are soaking up a kids pool of water with one bag and trying to fill a trash bag with heavily soaked paper pellets. Which i hope someone isnt doing.

This stuff really absorbs, but it has a sickly sweet scent when it combines with very pungent rabbit urine that I couldn’t tolerate. It really puffs up when it’s wet and gets very heavy. So it does its job, but probably needs to be changed every day or it gets too smelly and heavy.

I was pleasantly surprised with this kitty litter. The best part is that you no longer have little bits of sandy cat litter all over! There definitely still are some pieces that track out of the box, but not usually too far. If you don’t clean often enough, it smells like hamster or bunny cage, but if you’re consistent with scooping the smell is minimal compared to dusty litter. I’m sad to say we stopped using this because 1. My cats randomly decided they didn’t want to pee in it anymore and 2. We are moving and no longer have a yard we can bury in. Overall I think is a great concept for the environment and works well, but only if you have easy going, non-particular feline friends :)

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Vet required this for the cat due to being de-clawed. Very hard to remove soiled pellets. Does not sift with regular litter scoop. The pellets break down into dust when soaked with urine. Decent odor control. Will be switching back to clumping litter.

Got this for my young bun and it has been working great. No messy softening or clumping into a clay-like texture upon pee absorption, unlike the stuff marketed to rabbits at your average pet store. From what I’ve read, clay-based litters are unsafe/unhealthy for rabbits; I can’t recall if what I had before this was clay based—it was whatever you find on the shelf, specifically *for rabbits* at pet stores—but it certainly at least mimicked that texture and I worried about what was in it… I switched to this based on fairly extensive research, especially with the recommendation of the Bunny Lady (a site and Youtube channel run by Amy Pratt, who affectionately brands herself with this nickname; I *also* highly recommend that site & channel as a springboard for new bunny owners to start doing their research/homework). [Disclaimer: No, I don’t know the Bunny Lady, nor have I ever corresponded with her, nor do I have any ulterior motive in promoting her; I just genuinely enjoyed her site and the wealth of easily digestible, user friendly, and clearly well researched information she offers and want to help others who may be looking for it find strong, reliable resources as well… Hence why I’d write *this* much content just for a review of… yunno… litter…Anyway, highly recommend this litter for rabbits. I’ll probably continue to research about & tweak how I do my bun’s litter so I can get it to be as efficient & environmentally sustainable & affordable as possible, but this may well be that sweet spot.

These pellets are AMAZING. First off, they are paper. Pine is a dusty mess - avoid at all costs. I use the pellets with a sifter litter box. The soaked pellets disintegrate and fall to the bottom. Just sift and throw the disintegrated pellets in the garbage. I also use a wire scoop with a wider grate so the poops scoop right out and the pellets fall through. There is NO dust with these pellets. Absolutely none! No tracking. Amazing how much LESS cleaning I do because old school litter isn't tracked around the house (so annoying) and pellets do not get stuck in your cats paws. There is no dust all over my cat room now and no litter mess everywhere. Also, having no dust is so much better for your cats lungs!!! My kitties, as well as myself, are not inhaling litter dust. So GREAT! I should of been using paper pellets YEARS ago.

Love this product because our cat has an auto immune disease that causes open wound ulcerations in the paw. When this first happened we met with a a vet and the first thing they said is to get rid of cat sand because the wound kept getting infected / packed with sand. And use something like yesterday’s news. We tried it and I have to say a few things. It doesn’t mask the smell like sand but does a decent job. His paws are under control now with medicine so no more open wounds but we still use it because it doesn’t seem to bother his paws. I don’t like that the cat pushes some of the pellets out, but this can happen with sand, the difference is the pellets are much larger and visible on the floor. I also feel like this probably a better option for the planet that sand. Just from a biodegradable standpoint and how quickly it biodegrades

I use this litter with my 3 bunnies because they can't have clumping litter and all the litter on the market for small animals is a joke. This stuff is awesome for bunnies. I put a few inches in each of their litter boxes and we never, ever smell their pee

I live in a condo apartment and need litter that will absorb odour and track minimally. Every clumping litter (including Purina’s CLUMPING Yesterday’s News) have ended up being scattered all over the condo (and it’s a large apartment). So I keep going back to non-clumping Yesterdays News, which is highly satisfactory in every respect apart from the weight of the bags. My fussy cat does not dig excessively in this litter and aside from sneaking the odd piece to play with like a hockey puck, she scatters very little of it outside of her litter box.

I will not buy this litter again. It is quite absorbent but too much. Unfortunately, it takes only two days for it to get smelly. My flat smell of cat urine all the time I used it. I removed the smelly part of the litter every day but some always remained. I use air freshner spray and freshner plug ins but did not help. My cat did not like using it, the feel of the feel and texture of it, he complained, also did not like the smell. I used baking soda put some first than added the litter and some sprinkled some top, mix it in, it did not help. Anyway, I am back to using clay cat litter again. I will look for another alternative to clay litter, I do not like it much.

Most important is that it is available to purchase. So far the only non clumping product made from paper that does not have anything in it but paper rolled up into tubes that does not have ammonia blockers whatever that is or backing soda which cats cannot have as it will make them sick. These additives are not for the benefit of the cat it is for the benefit of the purchaser who obviously is either not very bright or does not care about their cat. Look it up online a cat cannot consume more than, I believe 1/10th of a teaspoon and cat clean themselves getting this product into their system. I will also not use clay as it sticks to their lungs and one of my cats died from this at a healthy 13 years old. The wheat, sawdust, corn cob or other litter products also be cleaning themselves or inhaling get into their system. This is the only product so far I will use on my cats. Purina has made another paper product from paper (flakes) which I am not sure how it becomes clumping unless it is because of the flake like texture. It is firstly extremely expensive approx 20 lbs for $30+ dollars. They say it goes a longer way. I do not believe it. As this product I am buying now when I use it is not 3x less use than clumping litter but my house does not small from cat, urine, poo or anything else cat like. I use a lot of this litter as you can see by my order as I am only allowed to order from Amazon 5 bags at a time every 7-8 days. I thank you for your service and hope you can knock some sense into Purina for giving me a hard time ordering this product and over pricing their new unaffordable flake like product.

Absolutely love this litter! My cat has a wheeze and since switching to this litter her wheeze has gotten better. It’s not super dusty like traditional litters or other paper litters. It’s easy to clean up, either toss the stray litter pieces back in or sweep it up.it doesn’t stick to paws or get tracked throughout the house, no little gross litter paw prints throughout. This is the only kind I will buy. The clumping version is garbage in comparison, only recommend the non clumping yesterdays news.