Everything You Need To Know About Wood Pellet Cat Litter

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Wood pellet litter is usually made from absorbent pine and occasionally cedarwood. The pellets are made by dehydrating the wood under high heat.

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When it comes to wood pellets that are specifically made for cats, pine is by far the most popular.

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Wood pellet litter doesn’t clump. Instead, when urine (or any other liquid) comes in contact with the wood pellets, they break apart and start to form sawdust.

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You let the dirty and broken-up pellets fall into a trash bag while the clean pellets stay on the scoop.

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Nope, most litterboxes will work just fine with wood pellets.

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Nope, not at all! The cleanliness of this litter is actually one of the biggest reasons why I switched to pellet litters in the first place!

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Wood pellets do a great managing most litterbox odors!

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Yes! Wood pellet litter is actually one of the safest options out there because it is so darn simple.

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Far from it! In some cases, it’s much less expensive.

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