We are getting a new 2-yr-old cat who has always used Woody Pet, which is a wood pellet product used for horse bedding. This product turns into sawdust from the urine, so there is some tracking from it. We want to use one of the two FP products but want to avoid the problem of sawdust tracking all over the house. That used to happen when we tried a clumping clay litter, which is very fine compared to regular clay litter. So, which of the two FP products produces the least amount of tracking?

Can’t comment about the clumping FP as I just picked that up today for the first time to see if it would help with a new cat and a previously finicky cat. 

However, for pellets - there is no tracking.  Only issue is the cats sometimes throw the pellets out of the box, mainly because they are covering their stuff and get carried away.  I also use the sifting boxes that are made for FP.  Maybe that is another reason I don’t have tracking.  All I know is with clay litter - it’s everywhere.  With FP it’s not.

I can’t tell you about the clumping one either, mine are perfectly happy with the original. 

I don’t have the sifting box, it’s a little too small for my oversized kitties but I’d LOVE to use a larger version of it! *hint! hint!* Lately I’ve been using a jumbo-sized hooded litter box, but I removed the door flap cuz my kitties both hated it and my big guy actually pees standing up with his front paws on the edge of the box (gotta love that image). I’ve noticed that a standard hooded box is a little more stable and less prone to tipping over. The only difference now is now you see the top half of him popping out the doorway whenever he does his business! LOL! Anyway, I have very little tracking, not nearly what I had with other litters, and what little I see only manages to get a step or two away from the box. I fixed even that little bit by laying down a litter catching mat at the entrance to the box. It catches the sawdust and occasional stray pellets and all I have to do is just pick up the mat and dump it away. Ta-DA!! : D

Ok, after a few weeks of being in use - the box with the scoopable feline pine is getting most of the action now.  I guess they like how it feels on their feet.  The other two boxes with the pellets are still being used, but not nearly as much.  That was not what I was after to be honest.  It does track.  Seems to be within the general vicinity though.  However, I do not have carpet so maybe that will help cut down or increase?  I don’t know.  I do know, it is all over the floor next to the box.  My one cat has tipped it over a couple times as well when jumping out of it because the stuff is so light (a good thing).

However, the scoopable stuff has helped ease the transition for our new guy cat.  I don’t think he knew or liked the pellets.  It also helped with a picky girl cat that liked to go outside the box.  Then again, apparently someone is still doing that.  Even though I am cleaning the boxes daily.  Not sure what their problem is.

Perhaps I need more boxes.  I have 3 for 5 cats.  Was originally just 2.  I did not have any issues with cat problems outside the box with clay littler again, unless it was really dirty.

Glad to hear your kitties are transitioning ok. Was pondering why you’re still getting the occasional presents… perhaps they dont like the feel of the softer clumping FP when it’s wet? Do you still have any of the pellets left? Maybe you can try mixing the two, or at least putting some towards the bottom to add more heft to the litterbox. It might help with the tippy issues.

If you have the room, it couldn’t hurt to add another box. If you do, I’d suggest trying my hooded-but-open option, it is a lot less tippy. You could always try one of the different automatic litterboxes, but I don’t know if you can use the clumping FP in them, I know the pellets dont really work.

Yeah, I am going to add another box or two and see if that helps.  I know who the culprit is that is going outside the box.  I saw her in the act yesterday.  Right in front of the box she starts to go.  I pick her up and put her in the box.  She meows with displeasure, but she goes in the box and gets out slowly afterwards.  Not sure why she is going outside the box.  It’s upsetting me. 

The only thing I can gather is she is not happy with the cleanliness of the box, going in a box that another cat has used or she prefers her own.  Either way it’s annoying.

Automatic boxes are a waste of money.  We have had several of them and they break down, stop working and are just junk.  Manual work is fine by me especially with feline pine.  So much easier and smells so much better.  Clay litters are a joke now.

Newbie, one of the first signs of a urinary tract infection can be a refusal to go inside the box. A cat doesn’t have to be completely blocked to have pain from an infection, and they can associate the pain with the box.

You don’t mention what kind of litter box you have. One of my cats was going right in front of one of my covered boxes, and I eventually figured out she was afraid of being ambushed by the other cats. I gave her an open box with two escape routes, i.e. it was not up against a wall. That solved her problem. 

Some cats seem to like to be able to see as far as possible, so they know another cat isn’t going to sneak up on them. Others seem to like privacy. One of my older cats is much more comfortable and confident in general, since I started giving her at least a half hour of “private” time after her canned food dinner, behind a closed door where the younger and more boisterous cats of the household can’t sneak up on her when she goes to use the box. She wants her very own box, with no liner. Fortunately, she likes the pellets, so in my main litter box room, hers is the only box with pellets. Everyone else uses the Clumping when they’re in that room, so she gets “her” box to herself.

I have 5 cats and 8 litterboxes, so everyone can have their own, plus a couple in other rooms. Half of my litterboxes are Original, half are the Clumping. Half are open, half are covered. 6 have liners, 2 are without liners. Boxes are picked nightly (usually). I try to accomodate everyone, so no one has an excuse for not using the box!

Buy the special Feline Pine Box.  Two layers.  Dust falls through to the bottom, pellets stay on top. NO tracking for me, and been using it for years.