Purina Yesterday's News Non Clumping Paper Cat Litter, Unscented Low Tracking Cat Litter - (6) 5 lb. Bags

A local feral that we have been trying to work with was pregnant for the 5th time. Our patience finally paid off and we were able to get a hold of her and setup and safe area for her to have her kittens in an xlarge kennel. Once the babies were born we went right to setting up an area for them to roam in once they were reaching that stage and hopefully learn to use the bathroom. I had a large shallow box so I filled it with some of these. But sadly they did just no care for it. They continued to go on a thick tarp like sheet I had on the floor to protect carpeting in the room I had set up for them. I ended up cutting up a taller box to make it shallow for them with a opening with some regular non clumping litter and they had no problem with using it. So sadly I havent even used up the whole bag I bought of this stuff since they just dont care for it.The stuff looks like its well made, there really wasn't a scent though (rating asked about scent). I was hoping for something like maybe a cedar smell, or whatever they use for gerbil pens. Would of been nice to have some aroma but im sure these are meant to be fairly simplistic and as natural as can be. Its easier to throw away compared to litter. I always have to save a empty litter bag to refill with litter I am throwing away because the quality of trash bags just dont hold up to the clay granules. So to make sure I dont have a trash bag that ends up spilling out nasty waste all over my tile floor, I put an empty litter bag in first to scoop or poor litter into. Where as these dont have sharp edges on them so the likelihood of the trash bag tearing is less likely to happen unless you are soaking up a kids pool of water with one bag and trying to fill a trash bag with heavily soaked paper pellets. Which i hope someone isnt doing.

Got this for my young bun and it has been working great. No messy softening or clumping into a clay-like texture upon pee absorption, unlike the stuff marketed to rabbits at your average pet store. From what I’ve read, clay-based litters are unsafe/unhealthy for rabbits; I can’t recall if what I had before this was clay based—it was whatever you find on the shelf, specifically *for rabbits* at pet stores—but it certainly at least mimicked that texture and I worried about what was in it… I switched to this based on fairly extensive research, especially with the recommendation of the Bunny Lady (a site and Youtube channel run by Amy Pratt, who affectionately brands herself with this nickname; I *also* highly recommend that site & channel as a springboard for new bunny owners to start doing their research/homework). [Disclaimer: No, I don’t know the Bunny Lady, nor have I ever corresponded with her, nor do I have any ulterior motive in promoting her; I just genuinely enjoyed her site and the wealth of easily digestible, user friendly, and clearly well researched information she offers and want to help others who may be looking for it find strong, reliable resources as well… Hence why I’d write *this* much content just for a review of… yunno… litter…Anyway, highly recommend this litter for rabbits. I’ll probably continue to research about & tweak how I do my bun’s litter so I can get it to be as efficient & environmentally sustainable & affordable as possible, but this may well be that sweet spot.

My male kitty has urinary problems and has already had surgery once. The vet suggested this litter because, unlike clay litter, this doesn’t have sand particles that can get into his urethra and cause blockages.I feel sooo much better knowing that the litter I have for my little guy is safe for him to use and won’t cause any future health problems.10/10 will purchase again.

I was pleasantly surprised with this kitty litter. The best part is that you no longer have little bits of sandy cat litter all over! There definitely still are some pieces that track out of the box, but not usually too far. If you don’t clean often enough, it smells like hamster or bunny cage, but if you’re consistent with scooping the smell is minimal compared to dusty litter. I’m sad to say we stopped using this because 1. My cats randomly decided they didn’t want to pee in it anymore and 2. We are moving and no longer have a yard we can bury in. Overall I think is a great concept for the environment and works well, but only if you have easy going, non-particular feline friends :)

Using newspaper for cat litter is a great idea. In theory. In practice, not so great. Or maybe in this particular manifestation -- not so great.I probably should have read more reviews, but I thought, "Hey, it's cat litter. I'm throwing it out bit by bit anyway. How bad could it be?"Welp, it's not BAD. It's annoying as all get-out, and I was wrong. After rescuing a kitten, and deciding to keep him inside the house so he would be safe and away from cars, wild forest beasts, and those feral cats out there, I knew I'd have to be scooping the poop. We're not rich folks, so we can't afford to dump an entire tray of litter every day.Daily, I scoop out the pee and poop clumps into a little plastic grocery bag, tie a knot in it, and throw it away. I use my litter scooper shovel and shake it a bit to let the unclumped litter fall back into the litter pan. Even with the so-called "99% dust free litter" there's still some dust. But ya deal, right?I knew the Purina Yesterday's News Unscented Paper Cat Litter came in these compressed pellets. I did look at the pictures included in the description. It’s similar to compressed pellet rabbit food. It never occurred to me the pellets would be so large they wouldn't easily fall through the slots on my litter scooper. The cat didn't seem real impressed with the shape of the stuff either, but he DID keep using the litter box. (Thank goodness!) I think that had more to do with the fact I had both his regular litter and the new pelletized paper litter in the litter box.I think he was trying to cover the paper pellets up with the granular clay litter.When it came time to scoop, I'd have to shake and shake and shake the litter scoop and it took FOREVER for those pellets to fall through the slots. All that shaking stirs up dust. And the little crumbly bits you get that are pee-soaked would fall through. There I was, scooping and scooping and scooping to catch them all.I was perturbed, to say the least. I tried to think of a way to make the paper pellets more user friendly. Breaking them into smaller bits would help, but I didn't want to kneel there and pound away at the stuff, and I sure as heck didn't want to take the clean litter from the bag and run it though my blender! I considered beating on the stuff with a hammer, but that would break the poop pan. Taking it all out to the garage to dump it out, smash it, sweep it up back into the bag, and haul it back into the house just seemed like too much effort. Besides, those pellets are hard. They are not soft like it says in the description. It would take some muscle to crush the big pellets into little pellets. Why work so hard for cat litter when I can buy stuff (and have it delivered to my door) and have it behave as expected?Poop scooping is a not-so-pleasant job and this pelletized paper litter was making it even more unpleasant, making it take even longer, and stirring up more dust.And unlike the description, the stuff does track a bit out of the litter box, so instead of just granules on the litter mat and floor, there are these much larger (up to an inch long) pellets scattered about with the granular litter.Because I paid money for the stuff, I'll use it up, mixing it with the usual clay litter (and even the corn litter because I'll buy some of that when the price goes down a little), but most of the paper litter gets tossed in the trash bag with the poop. It was a waste of money.I do appreciate that it doesn't have an overwhelming perfumy-odor. The bag it came in was sturdy enough. It does absorb the pee, but my cat Pepper doesn't seem to be pleased, and I know I don't like the extra time and work involved in cleaning out the litter box. I cannot recommend the stuff.Like I said great idea in theory. Crappy idea in practice.

This stuff really absorbs, but it has a sickly sweet scent when it combines with very pungent rabbit urine that I couldn’t tolerate. It really puffs up when it’s wet and gets very heavy. So it does its job, but probably needs to be changed every day or it gets too smelly and heavy.

I have used clay cat litter for several years and I just switch my cats to Yesterday's News. I love this cat litter. It has no dust and no tracking on the floors like my clay litter did. I also notice that I have way less dust on my furniture using Yesterday's News. Also I have the original unscented and I have no problems with smell. I thought switching my cats over to paper litter from clay litter would be hard but my cats adjusted to it well. I have a 18 year old cat and a new kitten. My 18 year old adjusted to it quicker than I thought she would. I mixed Yesterday's News in with her regular cat litter. I used to begin with, 2/3rds of clay litter and 1/3 of Yesterday's News and just gradually added more Yesterdays News as needed until there was nothing but Yesterday's News in their cat litter box. Now they are completely adjusted to it and knock on wood, they have had no accidents on the floor. It took a good week to get them adjusted. I also like the fact that Yesterday's News is better for the environment. I highly recommend this litter. I will never go back to clay litter.

I love this litter, but there are some tricks to making it work well for you and your cat. If you are lazy, don't buy it!1. Transition as stated in the directions. Some cats don't take to it right away, but if you are patient, they will come around.2. This litter does not track much but put a mat in front of the box to reduce that tracking. I keep a hand vac near the box to pick up the few pellets that make it out of the box.3. Cover the bottom of the pan to about 1.5 - 2 inches. It does not take a huge amount to do this right. The pellets are very absorbent. Too much litter in the box = a soggy mess.4. Scoop FREQUENTLY. I scoop at least twice a day. This litter only works if you keep the box scooped.5. If you notice you cat visiting the box, wait about 30 minutes before you scoop to give the pellets time to absorb the urine. If urine is still present on the bottom of the box, use a little more litter. For solid poop, you can scoop only that, (no pellets) and put it in the toilet or a bag. Always add a little more litter after scooping.6. Change the entire contents of the box at least once a week or more often if you have a kitty who urinates a lot. For multiple cat, be sure to have one box per cat + one extra box. If you don't do this, the litter will degrade into dust. If you do it, no dust!* Note that if you follow these guidelines, you won't need to deal with lingering bad smells, and neither will kitty!I buy three of these bags a month and am delighted that I am spending less than $22 per month providing an environmentally friendly, healthy, dustless and cheap litter for my cat.

These pellets are AMAZING. First off, they are paper. Pine is a dusty mess - avoid at all costs. I use the pellets with a sifter litter box. The soaked pellets disintegrate and fall to the bottom. Just sift and throw the disintegrated pellets in the garbage. I also use a wire scoop with a wider grate so the poops scoop right out and the pellets fall through. There is NO dust with these pellets. Absolutely none! No tracking. Amazing how much LESS cleaning I do because old school litter isn't tracked around the house (so annoying) and pellets do not get stuck in your cats paws. There is no dust all over my cat room now and no litter mess everywhere. Also, having no dust is so much better for your cats lungs!!! My kitties, as well as myself, are not inhaling litter dust. So GREAT! I should of been using paper pellets YEARS ago.

Love this product because our cat has an auto immune disease that causes open wound ulcerations in the paw. When this first happened we met with a a vet and the first thing they said is to get rid of cat sand because the wound kept getting infected / packed with sand. And use something like yesterday’s news. We tried it and I have to say a few things. It doesn’t mask the smell like sand but does a decent job. His paws are under control now with medicine so no more open wounds but we still use it because it doesn’t seem to bother his paws. I don’t like that the cat pushes some of the pellets out, but this can happen with sand, the difference is the pellets are much larger and visible on the floor. I also feel like this probably a better option for the planet that sand. Just from a biodegradable standpoint and how quickly it biodegrades

I'm writing this because people seem a bit miffed and confused about how this litter works in comparison to the standard clay litters people generally use. Paper litter and clay litter aren't at all the same in the first place, so understand that before making the purchase.This paper litter isn't really the kind of litter you can leave to sit; you're gonna be throwing out pretty much the entire pan at the end of the day with a cat. It is absorbent and does work well, though. I'd personally never use it for something larger than a kitten, though. I use it for my ferrets litterbox.As far as cleanup goes, you may as well just dump the entire pan at the end of the day. Not a big deal with smaller animals with smaller litterboxes, truthfully, but if you're filling up an entire cat's litterbox instead? You're going to be out of it really fast. If you're looking to go a natural route, you could try mixing something like crushed walnut litter with it, which is what I do with my ferret's large litterbox. Gives it a bit of extra mileage.The scent is something pretty irrelevant with this, I think. It's pretty much unscented, smells like newspaper if you get really close to it, but your pet's not going to be concerned about that nearly as much as you are.This is a solid choice for litter, but don't expect that it will function like clay. Again, you could use this for an adult cat's litterbox, but be prepared to empty it daily; I'd say this works a lot better for smaller animals in general.

My cat's back half does not work. There are tiny little shrimpy legs, but they are purely vestigial. She gets around just fine, but tends to like to sit when she pees (being a lady, after all).Traditional cat litter (powdery, granular, clumpy) will stick to her fur and make clean up a straight up nightmare for everyone involved.Out of all the solutions I've tried, this is the simplest and most cost effective.It's NOISY, but that's to be expected when you dig through a bunch of hard pellets on repeat, being too stupid to recognize the bottom of a litter tray or food dish ever.Only real complaint is that after absorbing and disintegrating the pellets can turn into a powder / dust kind of deal that can add to the mess if you're not ready for it.Otherwise, 10/10 for not having to clean clumpy excrement nightmares off my cat anymore every time she has to use the pan.

Kitty loves it, best used if 1 inch deep, makes it easier to scoop and dispose of. Great for those who have to work or be away for a day or two. If going to be gone for a bit, then I would recommend 2 to 3 inches deep. Does contain odors very well.

I used to use World's Best Cat Litter, a corn based litter but it tracked EVERYWHERE. While it marketed itself as dust free it wasnt. After finding out my cat had seasonal allergies, my vet recommended I make the switch to a litter that would help with that and I found this one. It doesn't track and when he pees I'm able to see where he did because the pellets absorb and darken. The only issues are I tend to have to buy every two weeks and I can smell when he poops. For that I've bought a deodorizer. My cat is super easygoing so there wasn't really much of a transition period if any between his own litter and this one and he hasn't expressed any issues since. We've been using this one for about 1+ years?

I do not have any cats so I cant speak to how Well it will work with cats. However we have two Ferrets and this Stuff turned out to be just what we needed. It's Much cheaper than What we were buying and it's practically then same stuff.This isn't as asorbent as normal kitty litter but because it's paper pellets it's much safer for my little furry sausage babys. Also this is truely unscented. I've noticed that some things claim to be unscented but that will still have a funny smell to them. I'm assuming since it's just recycled paper there wouldn't be much of a smell anyways.Bottom line... If for some reason you cant use normal kitty litter than I would recommend this.