'the litter tray' (haha) - have just tried Cat's Best Öko Plus for the first time...

[TheOneWithTheNicestSmile]

...as recommended on previous litter threads, & am very impressed with it so far. I like the texture & smell - well, lack of smell- & have removed 2 balls of wee & dropped them down the loo this evening. Almost none of it seems to track (I do have a litter tray with a plastic grid thing they have to walk across to get out, but the crystal stuff I've used previously still escaped & crunched everywhere)

I like that all soiled litter can go down the loo, & eventually any used-but-still-cleanish can go in the garden waste bin

it's very slightly cheaper than the crystals, from zooplus - I think once the current supply of crystals has gone I'll stick to the Cat's Best, so thanks for the recommendations

[Fluffycloudland77]

You know crushed maize is chick crumb? Ie you can buy 20kg bags of it from animal feed places for £10.

[cozietoesie]

Good news then. Just one point - those grid scoops are a disaster in my experience. You're better off using a hard edged scoop such as a flour scoop - or even a cheap garden trowel from Poundland.

[cozietoesie]

Sorry - I should have said. Those would be metal ones.

[TheOneWithTheNicestSmile]

I did read a bit about chick crumb, fluffy - is that exactly the same stuff & does it perform in exactly the same way? (I read that it generally comes complete with bugs )

cozie, the grid isn't a scoop - it's the flat bit with square holes \link{http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/711b%2BS0uXKL.SL1500.jpg\illustrated?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21 here} which slots in at the front of the tray. It seems to do a good job of cleaning paws

[cozietoesie]

Ah - I understand.

[TheOneWithTheNicestSmile]

40L of Cat's Best is £22.50 - how do litres compare to kilos?

[Fluffycloudland77]

I think it is, I never noticed any insects in ours it was just fine grained maize.

I'm afraid I don't know how litres compare to kilos though.

[cozietoesie]

Depends on the density of that which is being weighed. I'm afraid it's a bathroom scales and calculator job.

Maybe we could all weigh the type we're using and set up a reference cat litter conversion grid?

[sashh]

1 litre of water = 1 Kg

But for other substances it varies ie 0.5Kg of feathers wouldn't fit in to a 1 pint milk carton

[TheOneWithTheNicestSmile]

Ah - it's a bit complicated then!

Thanks, sashh & cozie

[cozietoesie]

I'll weigh some of Seniorboy's clumping litter later on when I'm more organized. (I need to find the 'accurate' scales. The only ones to hand are the 'friendly' scales that I use for myself - especially after Xmas! )

[TheOneWithTheNicestSmile]

Oh thanks, cozie

I weighed a 5L bag of those crystal things & they were just over 2kg (that was on digital kitchen scales)

Can't check the cat's best until I have an unopened bag again (& I have 4 lots of crystals to get through first!)

[cozietoesie]

Well I'm a total busted flush. I hauled out the 'accurate' scales which seem to have spent the festive season fomenting a rebellion and have now gone completely haywire - so all I can tell you is that an 8 litre bag of clumping is heavy. Other posters will have to do the work on that one.

On the up side, I now have no option but to use the 'friendly' scales!