Cat Litter - Which One Do You Use, and Why?

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I must have tried every cat littler under the sun. I remember the old days, when cat litter meant picking out the poop with a shovel, and mixing it around so that the urine got well- absorbed. Then after a week, you changed the entire box of litter and refilled it. What a horrible job it was! Nowadays I use scoopable cat litter, and find it to be both a boon and a nightmare. Firstly, you can scoop out the poo with a sifter-shovel, and the urine clumps up nicely. So no more embarrassing urine smells, hurray! However --- now that the clay is ground into such tiny specks, the cats can track it all over the house. I've put in litter mats, and that does hold it down some, but the majority of what I vacuum up is cat litter. The brands that I've used a loved: #1. Purrrcent generic brand at Waldbaums. At first this stuff was delightful. It smelled like sassafras or root beer, and had grains that were too big for the cats to track far. My bathroom was always clean, and my cats were happy. The stuff was cheap, too! It was nearly half the price of the big brand cat litter. Very little dust. #2. Arm and Hammer Multi-Cat. Darned stuff sucks up poop odors so well that you almost forget to clean the box. Grains are a little small, though. Dust is horrific. 3. Tidy Cats With Odor Crystals. I liked this stuff for the scent, but the grains are like specks of dust! However, not so dusty when pouring. Well, that's all I can think of besides Yesterday's News (Oh, man, what a mess!) and dang, can't remember the name of it, but it was made with pine wood. Litter Pine or something like that. It smelled good, but the pine shavings that burst open due to being peed on turned into mulch. It was another nasty mess. So tell us what you tried, why you liked it, and what you would prefer to use if you could get your hands on it for a reasonable price!