Hello all.
I have tried so many different litters that I think my head is going to explode. Before I started having financial trouble, I tried feline pine (both pellets and scoopable) swheat scoop, yesterday's news, nature's miracle, and corn cobb litter.
She tried to eat the corn cobb litter; swheat scoop, feline pine scoop, and nature's miracle tracked badly and were dusty, and I have decided that it is unsanitary to use a litter that doesn't clump for litter removal. I also decided I won't use any kind of corn litter because of the aflatoxin risk, ants, and the chance she will try to eat it. I was going to try dr. elsey's litter but I lost my job and I cannot afford to pay more than .50 a pound for something she is going to the bathroom in while feeding her acceptable food. I would rather have her eliminate waste in something I don't like than eat something I don't like.
That being said, I am having a difficult time finding an affordable clay based litter that is dust-free, clumps well, and is unscented. At the moment, we are using tidy cat's multiple cats 24/7. It is dust free and it clumps well, but it does not come in unscented. I tried fresh step, which was horribly dusty and smelled like perfume, even though it was supposed to be unscented. I tried some bargain brand that was unscented but there was so much dust in that stuff that when I woke up I had litter dust caking the inside of my nose. I didn't finish that bag, I just tossed it. That was ridiculous. I have breathing issues so when I say I need something with NO dust, I mean NO DUST. The tidy cats is the closest thing to being dust-free that I have found, and I can afford it, but 1. It is made by Purina, who I do not want to support and 2. it is scented, and I worry about amber having to sit in that twice a day with her sensitive nose.
Does anybody have any suggestions for a sanitary (clumping) litter that has absolutely ZERO dust and is completely unscented? Odor control is not an issue, I clean her box twice a day and since she is raw fed, there is very little odor anyway.