Ultra Pearls Cat Litter - 99.9% Dust Free, Low Tracking, Soft on Paws, Fragrance Free - 5 Lbs.

This is more cost-efficient than clay cat litter by far, and I cannot smell a thing from the cat box. Also, it doesn't stick to my cat's feet like clay does and thus doesn't get tracked around the house like clay litter. A grain or two can get caught between my cat's toes and get flicked on the floor as she's stepping out of the litter pan, but that's it. The sharp glass-like silica crystals ARE as sharp as legos so I recommend to sweep regularly around the pan or wear house slides.Usage advice: You can visibly see the crystals that have absorbed a lot of waste, and I economize by scooping out the untouched crystals and topping up the pan with them after I dump out the waste. I find that liquid waste tends to filter down to the bottom of the box and form a layer underneath the less-soiled crystals, so keep an eye out for that.Be sure and wear a mask that filters well and seals well to your face when you're pouring it if you are at all sensitive to dust. I personally find breathing it in to be irritating to my nose and throat and sinuses. To my understanding, it's far too small of an exposure to cause health damage just breathing in the dust a little bit as your change the litter box every week or every other week, but I just find it unpleasant. It's unavoidable to have a fine powder of silica dust amongst the larger grains, so it's not an issue of false advertising or anything, just the nature of the material itself. If you have asthma, be cautious, and it's worth pouring it into the litter pan outside if you can.Overall evaluation -- if you have a cat and you're not using this type of litter product, you're doing your nose and your wallet a disservice.

Improves digestion and immunity

This product is great, compared to the regular litter. i believe my cats prefer it over pellets and the stone litter. It’s softer for their toe beans. It doesn’t clump & really absorbs the pee. If you have a frmale cat, you know how important it is. Usually lats about a week and a half before i can smell it, i do scoop the box once every 3 days. Value of money vs how long it lasts is decent. Seems my kitties like it much better. It does sometimes get stuck in their tearducts, thats my only vice of this stuff.

Contrary to packaging claims, one bag does not last a full month. I have to switch mid month for two reasons: 1. Pee pools on the bottom. I stir as per directions which helps it evaporate but it still smells bad. 2. The crystals are too big to fall through the scooper grate and I end up throwing away a certain amount of crystals each time I scoop poop, which is daily. I’m going to try and find a scoop with bigger holes in the grate but who thought I’d ever be spending my precious time on earth searching for big- holed pooper scoopers? Overall though, the unpleasant odor is much more tolerable than with clay litter. It’s not ammonia, more like a muted sickly chemical smell which doesn’t bug me quite as much.

**Warning: Silica litter caused serious health problems for me and my cats—please research and fact check me.**After four years of using silica litter (including all four options from this brand), I can’t ignore the risks anymore. At first, it seemed great—convenient and dust-free, and I could breathe around cats! But over time, every bag got dustier, even though they claim it’s "99% dust-free." Pouring it or watching my cats dig in it sent clouds of dust into the air, making my air purifier show dangerous dust levels.The results were bad: I needed an inhaler for two years, and one of my cats got asthma. Foster kittens also suffered—one scratched her cornea because dust stuck to her paws and got in her eyes. She needed eye drops and creams to stop the pain.After talking to my vet and doing research, I switched to corn and walnut litter. It’s been amazing. In three weeks, my cat stopped coughing, the kittens’ eyes healed, and I haven’t used my inhaler since. Corn/Walnut litter is truly dust-free and cheaper too. Especially when you have 5 cats!I’m sharing this on all silica litter products I’ve used because the risks are real. If you’re thinking about silica litter, please be careful. Corn and walnut litter are safer and healthier—I highly recommend them!

I love this stuff and it works great but it's just way too small bag and I have to pour the whole bag in one litter box because it absorbs wonderfully but it just doesn't last long because it's such a small bag and it doesn't smell bad but it doesn't have a strong smell either because cats don't care for strong smells. It is a crystallized color kind of, if that makes any sense. It doesn't make it any more difficult to clean the litter box than without it. It might make it easier. But it does help with the smell 100% And I will definitely buy this again as I already have but because of the money it's only 8 bucks yes but when I only use it one time and every time I clean it I want to use another bag it adds up and I just can't afford it.