Re : Question on recycling cat's sand
- To: A*@aarome.org, "'m*@ucdavis.edu'"
- Subject: Re : Question on recycling cat's sand
- From: G* C*
- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 22:53:57 +0100
Very amusing, because just after reading this message, I read on a french
magazine an article about an organic cat's sand. I did n't know it could
exist. One says it's a mixture of pine, corn, wheat, apple and grapefruit
leftover, and cedar bark. This cat's sand is less dusty, doesn't stick to
the cat's paws and, as it's not a mineral product, it can be composted,
burnt or thrown in the toilet flush. They don't give the brand's name but
I'll check at the supermarket or in a pet shop and give you the name later
on.
chantal
Ermenonville next to paris
Today I worked in the garden and it was summer time
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>De : Vinciguerra Alessandra <A.Vinciguerra@aarome.org>
>À : "'medit-plants@ucdavis.edu'" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
>Objet : Question on recycling cat's sand
>Date : Lun 5 mars 2001 11:39
>
>Dear friends,
>Well it's not plants but maybe it could be of some interest to cat owners
>in the group... Is there any way to recycle cat's sand in the garden? I
have
>to keep my two cats indoors, as much as I can, because they are both
white
>and risk ear and nose canker if they get too much sun (I gather this is
>typical of medit countries, many of my friends from colder countries
have
>never heard about this risk). They do go in the garden of course, but
stay
>at home a lot, to their full satisfaction. Therefore, I must provide them
>with the hygenic facility of this "sand", and then I am faced with the
>unpleasant responsability of disposing of the used sand, which I must do
>regularly and very often. It is perfectly legal to just throw it in the
>litter bin, but I feel guilty, thinking of the millions of cat owners who
>throw away every day tons and tons of this "sand". On the other hand the
>stuff (in Italian, sepiolite, I imagine the english name must sound the
>same) absorbs humidity and becomes glue-ish, and I cannot think of a way to
>recycle it. Are there handy alternatives that can be composted? I thought
>of chipped/shrudded material (before composting), but then, would the
cats'
>by-products affect the composting process afterwards? Don't suggest to use
>plain dirt, I thought of it, but I would rather avoid the mess of little
>catpaw's print on floors, carpets, sofas etc.
>Any suggestion will be more than welcome.
>Thank you,
>Alessandra
>
>
>Alessandra Vinciguerra
>American Academy in ROme
>via Masina, 5
>00153 Roma
>Italy
>
