Original Wood Clumping Cat Litter, Unscented, 26 Pounds XL - Natural Ingredients, Stops Odor, Clumps Solid, 99% Dust Free, Great for All Cats

First, I've done animal rescue for years and am a retired vet tech, so when I say, I have researched and tried every litter out there, I mean EVERY one. We currently have 6 cats, 3 are foster/rescues so 5 litter boxes.I had been using Pretty Litter for the last 8 years, but something has changed and it is now so dusty, I had to wear a mask to clean the litter boxes and still my allergies were severe, so back to researching I went.Clay based litter is a no go and I haven't had luck with newspaper and corn cob can cause "pillow foot" so wood based seemed like the next try. I wanted to stay with one ingredient, no harsh perfumes or additives.I did try all except the super soft oxocat because of the weight difference vs price (5.5 pounds less for $1 less than the others)Pros:*Healthy for you and your cats*You get used to the wood fragrance (Like being in the lumber yard)*Not 99% dust free but probably 90% less dust than any others, no more masks to clean the boxes*One ingredient, many textures to choose from*Good clumping (don't sift too much, the right scoop is key here, I'll get into that, cons)*No urine odor*Doesn't stick to the bottom of the litter box (all our boxes are aluminum)*Not no tracking but also not like sand on the floor and very easy to see and sweep up*No added colors*Good price for the amountCons:*Tried the Less Mess first (pellets) did add some old type of litter to train to new texture, not all of the cats liked it and started having BMs outside of the boxes. (Getting the original flake type did solve this problem)*While it is very good at absorbing the ammonia odor from urine, if your cat doesn't cover it's BMs, it's like a lumber yard of cat poo, but after the cats got used to the texture, they are all now covering their BMs. YaY!*You must find the right size litter scoop (slot size) to use the pellets, otherwise you are shaking so much it breaks all the clumps of urine up. I bought several scoops, I usually only buy the aluminum ones but couldn't find any with large enough slot openings so, I did list in the pictures the scoop I did have the best luck with. It is a bit of a light weight plastic, so if your cats urinates in the corners and you need to dig a little, use a sturdier one to do that and then scoop with the small Depets scoop. I really wish the litter companies that make pellets would also sell a scoop that actually works with their product.Overall, I give oxocat 5 stars as it has been a great litter, I will continue to use the original or multi-cat since I have at least one pellet hating cat. It is easier to sift which makes scooping all the boxes much faster.I will also note that I have had no issues with any broken bags from shipping, I did see that in a couple reviews and a lot on the C**wy website. I think on there it's because they are shipping it with other objects, items in the box which is breaking or tearing the bags. But no issues of that from Amazon, it always comes in it's own box. No litter is 99% dust or tracking free but this one is the closest I've found.I hope this helps some folks with their quest to finding the perfect litter.

As someone who has searched high and low for a cat litter that would not end up in my bed and all over my floor, I LOVE this product (Okocat for long hair breeds). My little bundle of hyperactivity (aka a part Saimese, medium/long haired beauty named Mia) loves to dig deep into her cat litter. She also loves to leap straight out of her litter box and right onto my poor, ever suffering, bed. As someone who has to keep the box in my room (due to space requirements and a waaaaay too curious puppy dog), having a clean space is super important to me and as such, I have been struggling with maintaining a clean environment for myself and my cat since I got her 6 months ago. Every other litter has ended up everywhere, and has either had dust issues (I have allergies), an overwhelming smell/perfume issue, or is just generally unhealthy for my Mia (I'd much rather she not get lung cancer or asthma from using clay litters, but will admit that until now, clay had been the best option for us). Alas, I thought I was going to have to live with little disgusting pieces of litter in my bed and on my floors forever. Also, crystals were not an option because my last cat actually died from health problems caused by his crystal cat litter (it was horrible and I highly suggest that people research health concerns related to crystals before innocently bringing it into their homes...). Anyway, after trial and error with just about every cat litter under the sun (thank goodness I have an adventurous cat who will try anything), I ran into Okocat for long hair breeds.So, all the good things about this litter: 1. There is almost no tracking at all (just a bit around the box when an excited kitty jumps out). 2. There is no smell other than a slight wood smell right after the cat pees (if you notice a smell after your cat poops, try adding another inch or 2 of pellets as my cat just needed the extra pellets to figure out how to get everything covered), 3. It feels/seems cleaner due to Okocat claiming that it kills 99% of all bacteria (unlike other litters that only claim to kill odor causing bacteria...what about all the other nasties?!). 4 It clumps pretty well (they do break up some, but I have a solution for that issue if you read further) for a natural litter. 5. It is natural and healthier for my cat than other options.The downsides (not many, but worth considering): 1. You'll have to shop around because the prices on here can be good some days and terrible the next. Recently, I found this litter on another site for $10 less per box...so yeah...make sure you are getting the best price. 2. There is some dust. It's not horrible, but if you have allergies like me, you'll want to use a sifter of some kind to put clean litter in so you don't end up pouring sawdust in the litterbox every time you put new litter in. Also, after a couple weeks of use (even with scooping 2 times per day like I do), you'll notice some sawdust building up in the litterbox just from litter getting crumbled up with digging, etc... Even though it works up my allergies a bit when cleaning, I can accept some coughing (it's just for a few minutes anyway) if it means that I'm not exposing my cat to types of dust that can cause lung cancer down the line - I'd like to note that other types of litter made my cat cough, but this doesn't seem to do that to her as much. 3. It takes some creativity to get the scooping process to actually leave a nice and clean box if you are not used to clumping pellet litter. So, onward to my solution!!!There is no specific scoop that has been made by Okocat for scooping this litter, so you have to find something that won't scoop out too much good litter while also being able to get rid of small pieces that may break away from a main clump of pee while scooping (poop is not a problem. It just dries out and is easy to remove). While some people suggest the Catit litter scoop, this was not useful to me since I have back problems and can't bend down to get at the litter to scoop it without suffering later. So, after some trial and error, I found a great and easy option.First, I got the PURRR-FECT SCOOP (I already had it), which is basically a litter scoop that you can stand while using. The newest version of this scoop has holes at the front that are wide enough to let pellets through and small holes at the back that can capture even tiny broken pieces that might usually be missed when scooping. This is a great scoop. However, it is too small to sift through the whole box quickly and if you scoop too much at once, the whole thing clogs up and is useless. So, I use this just to get the small pieces that escape my main scooper.My main scoop basically had to be made because there are no standing scoopers that have holes big enough for pellets (as far as I could find). BUT, this was easy to do. I found a generic metal scoop in my local Walmart that had huge holes (perfect for pellets) but a tiny handle. So, I spent $2 to get a 1 inch diameter...

**Please note, this review is written in conjunction with my cats as I personally don't use cat littler**Oliver and Bubba here! While we aren't picky in our litter preference, we prefer the ökocat Original to the soft version. We also wanted to let you know that we can't attest to the pelleted version since our "Overlord" aka mom hasn't bought it for us. We are aware that the new "multicat" version is currently in our litter box but haven't yet needed to test it out so an update may or may not be forthcoming because we're cats and not subject to human laws or whatever.We really like how easy the dig-ability and fling-ability are of the Original version. Very well thought out considering the inventors are not cats. We like the size of the Original litter shreads and find them comfortable on kitty toes. This litter receives 5 paws er.... stars all around.Now from the Overlord's... er... mom's perspective...I've been purchasing ökocat cat litter for years. Over those years, I have tried other litters from clay to other natural litter types but keep coming back to ökocat.I like that its not overly heavy to carry but not so light weight that it gets everywhere when the cats get to digging and flinging it around.It clumps nicely in a solid clump that doesn't break apart as soon as its touched but also doesn't require a jack hammer to remove from the bottom of the litter pan.I have found that while there is tracking with this litter, its not as bad a some. I feel that most "tracking" I sweep up comes more from flinging.The odor control is great but it only works when the cat actually covers their business. (Yes, I'm talking to you Oliver....)I find its a rather low dust litter but it gets dustier as it breaks down.With regular box cleaning and maintenance, the litter lasts a long time, especially with one cat.I've used this litter in both plastic boxes as well as stainless steel and it works well in either. As a side note, having switched to metal boxes I find that the odor is greatly reduced and the litter box easier to clean.Overall, this is my favorite litter to buy for the cats. It out performs other natural litters and beats gross clay litter hands down.

Super soft is the version of this litter my cats love, maybe even more than anything! 😱 At first I thought the smaller grain might make a mess, but it doesn't. I do use a litter mat, but this barely tracks anywhere (if you have a wild crazy cat who kicks everything out your results may vary, but I have no issues). It's not painful for them or me to step on if I do have to clean any stray litter up once in a while. They seem to like the feel and smell of it. It has pretty much zero smell. If anything, there might be a very very light natural smell, but not like other natural litters I've tried that reeked of woodchips or something. And that's just if you put your face right up to it and try to smell it. It has ZERO odor after my cats use it. My house never smells like cat pee. Guests say, "I didn't even know you had a cat!" We have two! And one is a giant!Now, we do still get some odors from our Himalayan because she doesn't always cover her poop because she is a princess and she can't be bothered. But, we recently adopted a Maine coon and he loves to dig, and even though he has his own litter box, he is a gentleman of culture and he goes and covers up our princess's leavings for her. He's just that kind of guy!As others said, wait 5-10 minutes or so after your cat pees to give this litter a chance to clump. It does clump super well! It's just not as instant as some litters. What I LOVE about it is that once it does clump, it leaves very little soiled litter behind (if any) so what remains in the litterbox stays clean smelling for up to a week or so. I scoop the litterboxes daily and try to change out the litter every 5-7 days because I never want my friends to have to step on anything yucky.This litter is high quality. There might be cheaper litters, but we feel the value for money ratio is excellent. We probably go through about a box every month with 2 big litterboxes for our beauty and her beast. With one cat it was about a box purchased every 1.5-2 months. With any litter, change it out completely if it ever smells bad, and try to do that sooner rather than later. This litter is a champ.Flushable? YES!!!It scoops well, but like others said, don't fill your toilet to the brim scooping all of the clumps in at once and expect them all to flush. I scoop 2-3 clumps in, then flush and I've only ever clogged the toilet by trying to flush way more than that. If you do accidentally scoop too much into the toilet at once, you can wait a few minutes and the clumps should start to dissolve enough to try clumping, but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so just take the advice, partner! I'm just glad this does flush because I don't have a convenient dumpster near my condo to walk bags out to the trash daily. Maybe I will try a litter genie soon to save water, though. But, in the meantime, it's nice that this litter does flush and is natural and biodegradable.We have tried lots of litter brands in the past and this is by far the best one. There might be a couple of clay or crystal brands that clump faster, but this really has pretty much no dust and we like that we're not causing ourself or our cats to breath anything iffy. I used to like World's Best cat litter, but now I don't know what I was thinking because this is so much better. This litter is also just super clean. We never have anything sticking to the litterbox. It works. If you're debating what to get, I don't think you could be disappointed with this. And I use a scoop mostly, but I do also have a sifting litterbox I use from time to time and Super soft works with the sifter easily. A little extra tapping compared to clay maybe.Pros:• No smell (or light clean smell. No fragrance. No allergy triggers for me)• clumps well. Not the fastest clump, not the slowest. Leaves hardly any soiled litter behind. Hard round clumps without stragglers.• my himi and my maine coon both love it• soft for their feet, nice to dig• less mess. Doesn't stick to their fur much if at all. Easily caught by litter mat• works with scoop or sifter• no dust in the air• dries out poop well• flushable (within reason)• lasts a week before needing full change with daily scooping (my bf says 9 days, I prefer 5, 7 is totally fine)Cons:• Not the fastest clump, but from 0 clumping to 10 being the best mega clumping, I still give this a 9. It can't beat clays for speed, so if you scoop right after your cat pees, like instantly, you might get that one clump kind of falling apart if it is still moist, but usually not. It still clumps super well on a regular basis. Firm easily scooped clumps.• I would like it to be less expensive, but I would like everything to be less expensive.• that's it!I rarely leave reviews for cat litter, but I have purchased this litter over a dozen times and my bf has purchased it for us about 100 times, so it's definitely our favorite. Every now and then we test a new litter just to make sure we still have the best. We even set two boxes out for our cats t...

This is the only litter my cats like. It clumps well and minimizes odor but does get stuck to their paws so they trail it around the house. Still the best litter we’ve used, does not make dust