Cat litter

Cat litter

An object used to bury feces and urine

Cat litter is the owner for his cats to bury feces and urine objects, has good water absorption, generally will be used with the litter box (or cat toilet), the appropriate amount of cat litter poured into the litter box, trained cats when they need to excrete will enter the litter box cat poop on it.

The most important advance in cat culture is the use of cat litter, and the early cat litter is mainly based on non-condensed cat litter, and everyone is mainly for storing cat poop. However, with the continuous advancement of cat litter technology, people are not limited to storage, so there are constantly condensed sand, wood sand, and crystal sand, bentonite sand and so on.

Generally, cat litter is made into small granules using pulp to simulate sand and provide water absorption, and there are also particles that use physical desiccants such as silica gel. Generally, antibacterial agents, deodorants, preservatives and other chemical products will be added, and cat litter will condense into lumps when encountering water, although it is easy to clean but it is recommended to use a special leaky shovel. Most litter cats will get on their feet and carry them elsewhere when they step on it, so be careful to clean it up often.

Product Classification

According to the characteristics of use, cat litter can be divided into two categories:

First. Lumped cat litter: the main component is bentonite, which will form a lump after absorbing urine or feces, and can be easily cleaned with a cat litter shovel.

Second. The non-clumped cat litter will not clump when encountering urine, and it can be shoveled out after the cat poops, and it needs to be replaced as a whole after use. Second, according to chemical properties and raw materials are divided into organic cat litter: wood dust cat litter, paper scrap cat litter, bamboo litter, grass sand, grain sand and grain cat litter; Inorganic cat litter: bentonite cat litter, crystal cat litter, zeolite cat litter.