I use the pellets. A 13 pound cat, 2 boxes. 40 lb bag of pellets lasts 3 months. I sprinkle plain clay litter on top, sparingly, just to give her a familiar "feel". I learned to mound the pellets in the center, like a speed bump. Once I did that she started burying her poop. I use a dedicated metal kitchen spoon to get the poop into the genie, then I sift and shake. I use puppy pads and dispose of the black box remnants weekly. when I lift the white part to sift, there is an odor. I'm going to try switching the black boxes midweek.

That broom is a good tip. I love pine littee, too. I hope more people try it

Well done Terry

@terrysapartment

2 жыл бұрын

TY! Long time no see 😎

Thank you for this video

Thanks for this helpful video!👍

Thank you! It was so helpful

Thank you for the information in your videos in a quick and straight to the point manner. We are switching to the pine pellets and the same litter box. No more clay!

I have 3 boxes for my 2 cats, 2 of which are high side, I like them, but I really wanted to try a sifting one. Thanks for the demo.

Thank you im thinking of switching from clay to pine litter

THANK YOU! I filled mine too full and was struggling 😭

You litter box link is broken at AZ. Thanks for this explanation, going to order!

I just ordered this. I read mixed reviews about the size. My cat is 11lbs and has a long body. I also ordered the expensive tidy cats breeze xl to use with the pine Pellets just in case, but I hope that I can return it and keep this cheaper one.

@terrysapartment

Жыл бұрын

My cat is 11lb too but on the smaller side, hope it works for you 😺

Pine litter and chiken feed looks the same! are those really the same?

Im really liking the pine pellets (both cost and cats like them) but the dust during cleanup is out of control. I feel like, after watching some of the cleaning videos, I ahve been doing it wrong. taking a moment to gently sift rather than shake the pan (like you did at 0:55 but i do it much more vigorusly) will probably do the trick. Issue I have is i need a high side tray and i transfer the entire pan to the sifter when cleaning. Ill figure it out!

I saw in another video you mentioned you used everclean clumping litter with the sifting box. Did you stop? Any reason to use pine instead?

@terrysapartment

2 жыл бұрын

Yea the clay litter got too annoying to vacuum with 3 cats, making a pine vs clay video now and some thoughts behind that

I have another question using Arm & Hammer sifting litter box with pine pellets: did you make any adjustments to the box in order to create more space for the sawdust to accumulate? Did you ever use puppy pads in the box that has the sawdust? I’ve watched a lot of videos & notice some people make accommodations. Thank you!

@terrysapartment

Жыл бұрын

I use the sifting tray in the middle so as I shift it around, the dust just falls through (vs putting it in the regular tray) - not exactly the right way to use it but I find it’s easier to manage the pine dust that way 👍🏻

@elaineweinbrenner7457

Жыл бұрын

@@terrysapartment so if I understand you correctly you don’t use the top tray at all. You use the sifting tray as the top tray. I may try that, but I’ll have to modify it to create a bigger space to allow for holding more sawdust. With 2 cats, more sawdust will be created. Thanks for your help!

@terrysapartment

Жыл бұрын

@@elaineweinbrenner7457 Ya give it a shot, good luck!

Can you link me to the scoop you use, thanks

@terrysapartment

2 жыл бұрын

amzn.to/3sTf5aX

Can you tell me where you got the small rectangular trash can you use for the scooped poop?

@terrysapartment

Жыл бұрын

Yes, on Amazon ~2 years ago: amzn.to/42kcp5k

@elaineweinbrenner7457

Жыл бұрын

@@terrysapartment thank you for the speedy reply!

do your cats nails ever get caught in the sifting holes? i guess one darker box could be used as the top box, and dumped into sifting portion?

@terrysapartment

Жыл бұрын

Nope they never dig that deep 😸

@Trudence2

Жыл бұрын

Yes I had that problem with my kitten getting claw stuck in holes so I use the darker box alone and simply dump it into sifting portion.

Around how many inches or grooves high do you try to fill the pellets up to? Also how often do you move the pellets out to clean the boxes entirely? Thanks!

@terrysapartment

9 ай бұрын

Around halfway filled is good - for cleaning honestly depends on how many cats you have

@succubusfan7206

9 ай бұрын

@@terrysapartment I'm planning to only raise 1 small kitten. How would you say is a good time to fully clean the box? You seem experienced with kittens as well ^_^

@terrysapartment

9 ай бұрын

​@@succubusfan7206 One a month is probably fine - if the pellets stay in shape no need to throw out you can just keep refilling as the kitten uses it

@succubusfan7206

9 ай бұрын

@@terrysapartment Also another thing is how is the odor for you when using this with the pine pellets? One of my biggest concerns from my gf is that the smell will be awful and I'm not too certain either outside of knowing that pine litter does help mask/absorb the odors but did you have any tips you have on helping the litterbox smell not be super bad?

@terrysapartment

9 ай бұрын

@@succubusfan7206 Feed your cat good food - the more processed the food the more the poop usually stinks

How did you transitioned your cats from clay yo pine litter. How many weeks it took and how old is your cat

@terrysapartment

2 жыл бұрын

Took about a week, you can start with 80/20 clay, then slowly shift to 70/30, 50/50, etc - cat is 1 year old but I had kittens learn this way too.

@Phirwohihua

2 жыл бұрын

@@terrysapartment my 5 year old cat is pooping outside the litter box and not accepting the mix litter. Any advice!

I can’t get my cats to use the pellets!

How does the room smell after the cat just finished its buisness,how is the odor control in general over time because that is my biggest issue

@loliatamuno5262

Ай бұрын

You will smell the odor, so it's good to scoop it at least once a day and shake and clean it with water and dry it and top it up w more pellets at least once every 1 week or 2 weeks. I have 2 cats and 3 litter boxes.

This is probably a dumb question, but do you find any urine leakage into the bottom where the sifter is? I saw different methods in other videos using pee pads and saw pee getting absorbed onto the pad. Does the same not happen to you as well?

@terrysapartment

8 ай бұрын

If there isn't enough litter inside (2" or 5cm) is usually when it happens for me - I have five of these litter boxes with the same pine litter setup, I'd say it happens less than 1 out of 100 times (can't really remember the last time urine leaked)

@ker3nza

8 ай бұрын

@@terrysapartment thanks. I figured that was the case. Unrelated question: do you know if pellets can be both pine and spruce? Or does this litter have to be 100% pine for it to be safe for cats

@terrysapartment

8 ай бұрын

Have never tried spruce before so cannot comment!

@lazygardens

7 ай бұрын

@@ker3nza If you are buying "stove pellets" they can be almost any wood, depending on what the local lumber mills are processing. Making their scraps and sawdust into bark mulch and stove pellets is a way for sawmills to turn waste into a salable product. The scraps are dried to an even moisture content, ground and compressed. They may specify "softwood" or "whitewood", which would be pine, spruce, fir or other conifers (even juniper!). I've seen hardwood ones but they are more common in the eastern US ... they work just as well.

It seems like the output could all go in the green bin, instead of the trash? Seems to be bio, biodegradable...

@terrysapartment

Жыл бұрын

City doesn’t allow animal waste composting

Is this big enough? It seem small

@terrysapartment

Жыл бұрын

I have mostly kittens so big enough 👍🏻

My cat pees WAY too much for that. It would be SO wet, there would be puddles in the pan beneath.

@ShawdiR

Жыл бұрын

Have you checked your cat to see if they might have diabetes if they’re peeing in excess?

@bRiMaTiOn

Ай бұрын

Nope. Just try it.

@iz982

Ай бұрын

Pine pellets are more commonly used in horse stalls (horses pee A TON) and are extremely absorbent. They expand as they meet moisture and lose their shape to become more of a dust, as shown in the video.

@mettamorph4523

Ай бұрын

you're saying your cat pees more than a horse?? Doubtful. or Amazing.

I KNOW how to use it-- just can't get the CATS to understand how.. or to WANT to..

@Lauren-vd4qe

11 ай бұрын

start with 95% clay clumping litter, 5% pellets; SLOWLY increase the pellets, stay at that ratio for a week, then next week do 10% pellets 90% clay....change the ratio WEEKLY not daily....

@davidwayne9982

11 ай бұрын

@@Lauren-vd4qe I'm doing that.. and I have another box with SOFT wood in it- ONE has used it-- the others just stand and look so far.. ha. ONE used the other one too- but don't know which. It's coming- slowly..

You don't have to scoop. The whole point of a sifting tray is to be the scooper. The whole tray is a scooper!!!! I have that exact litter box. I don't scooper, EVER. except when the leaving has stuck to the walls of the litter box. I even use a crumbly form of wood pellet brand of litter that sifts easy too. But it's not a "root" through the box with the scooper to find the "treasures" and then sift. You sift like panning for gold. Clean stuff sift out the bottom, the "treasures stay in the sifter. Then you just dump the sifter into a garbage bin. Presto, clean. No scooping required. I see one more darn video showing a scooping process, I'm gonna lose it!!

@irixee157

11 ай бұрын

You seem like you got it mapped out for yourself, so why are you here? 🤣

@jude7321

8 ай бұрын

Do you not clean the poop out until all the pellets have turned to dust? That would be a stinking mess and would take a while.

@DSan-kl2yc

6 ай бұрын

What kind of pellet is that? I don't want to have to scoop, which is the point of sifting. But I can see that the pellets are too big. Alternative would be to dump it into the sifter like the instructions say. But that might defeat the point of the pellets. it's a bit of a catch. Maybe I'll try both.