The Miracle of Kitty Litter

I had dinner with an old friend and her husband last night, and the discussion somehow went to kitty litter. I mentioned my SO's efforts for training Hanachi-e to use the toilet (and my inevitable assignment to that same task when Hanachi-e is with me), and mentioned that although Hanachi-e manages to go to the toilet bowl already, she still needs to learn to position her feet properly (hence, kitty litter is still needed). She was wondering if it was expensive, particularly since cats to learn to do it on newspapers.

Well, yes, newspapers can be quite effective, but as expensive as kitty litter might appear, it's doesn't really cost all that much, specially if you consider the benefits:

• pee and poop clump, making it easier and less messy to clean-up
• pee and poop dry up, reducing the grossness factor very very much
• cats instinctively want to bury their mess (they hate it as much as we do), so the sandy texture is encouraging
• some kitty litter are composed of materials that also deodorize, so aside from clumping and drying up the pee and poop, it doesn't reek

Yes, sometimes the immediate area gets a little sandy, but I'd rather have sand than pee/poop prints. The benefits of kitty litter are tremendous and definitely make-up for the cost!

The guy who invented this should be given a Nobel Prize.