Dr. Elsey's Precious Ultra Scented Clumping Clay Cat Litter

So I used to used the worlds best liter (which is a great liter, just expensive and trying to budget) so I wanted to find something similar, with a couple misses, I finally found a hit! It doesn’t have as strong a lavender smell as worlds best, but it’s better than non scented. It clumps up and not as much deodorant powder needs to be sprinkled on. I went away for a week, and when I got back (mind you I had someone who was supposed to be cleaning out box, but only cleaned out poops) and even with the pee clumps I didn’t walk into a disaster smelling situation, I was able to wait a few days before I had to change the whole box! Happy mommy= happy Dante or vice versa!

I have been using Dr. Elsey's cat litter already. I stopped using a mix of Dr. Elsey's litter and a more commercial scented litter. I read several articles that said on human's like scented (perfumed) litter- not cats! While odor was not a problem, I wanted to avoid any detectable cat litter odor. Dr. E's scented litter has no detectable smell or odor. Rather, when the cat uses the litter, it is formulated to "cover" the odor- thus unscented scented. Franklin the cat and I are very happy with this and many other Dr. Elsey's products.

The litter does not have a heavy aroma, also no dust cloud when filling the box. Cats seem to appreciate these things as much as we do. Oh, there is also no noticeable aroma when they use the litter box. (It is a covered litter box, but other brands did not work as well as this one seems to.)

This product seemed to almost enhance the ammonia smell of the cat urine. It did NOT clump well and would be wet and stick to the sides and bottom of the litterbox. Tracking was still fairly high, and overall - it just held onto the smell and wetness and did nothing for my cats and I!

The price is good, also clumps great but we have multiple cats and it didn’t cover the urine smell at all like our usual litter. Might work well for one or two cats.

We have used Dr elsey's litter a several years since we brought our rescue home. He is really picky about everything, but loves this litter. Not to mention his people do too. We use both scented and unscented of the brand. We like the way it clumps and doesn't use so much of the litter so that our litter last longer avg about 2wks between changes(clean it out every day or two, he uses it frequently, he's our senior kitty). The scented isn't overpowering but strong enough to mask the odor. All in all it's a wonderful product.

I have mix feelings about this litter, it has decent oder control and super low dust. But when it comes down to hard clumps its hit or miss, might not be good for cats that like peeing in the same spot over and over again or if you do daily scooping regularly, vs every other day. Some spots clumped harder others were like a thick mud like goop and very annoying to scoop and stuck to the litter box. Switching back to my old litter its has the pros and cons that I rather deal with.

I had such high hopes for this litter. We've been using Naturally Fresh for years and it seems like it's gotten less and less "dust-free" over the years. We've got 3 cats and 3 litter boxes, all covered to some extent. The Dr. Elsey's is virtually dust-free and does seem to track less than other litters we've tried. However, the "moisture-activated fresh scent" is non-existent. It's very odd...it seems to contain the smell within the box but there's definitely no pleasant scent and when the litter boxes are opened to scoop them, the smell inside the box is worse. The clumping is what is probably going to be a no-go for me, though. It definitely clumps, but it sticks to the box like wet cement I had such high hopes for this litter. We've been using Naturally Fresh for years and it seems like it's gotten less and less "dust-free" over the years. We've got 3 cats and 3 litter boxes, all covered to some extent. The Dr. Elsey's is virtually dust-free and does seem to track less than other litters we've tried. However, the "moisture-activated fresh scent" is non-existent. It's very odd...it seems to contain the smell within the box but there's definitely no pleasant scent and when the litter boxes are opened to scoop them, the smell inside the box is worse. The clumping is what is probably going to be a no-go for me, though. It definitely clumps, but it sticks to the box like wet cement. We've got an early renal failure kitty who pees A LOT so it's an arm workout trying to scoop the box she uses. (It does seem to be worse in one box as opposed to another though so this might not be a problem for everyone.) Like I said, I'm still on the fence. I do love that it's virtually dust-free and seems to track less but I don't know that I can deal with a daily hatestruggle that will come with scooping it. … more

This litter provides fair clumping power - yes it clumps somewhat, but the clumps still have a significant amount of moisture and sometimes fall apart easily. We switched from unscented to scented in this brand to cope with the feces odor but have since noticed that the urine odor is also now very strong. Our litter boxes are typically cleaned daily and the box sides and lids are wiped with a Clorox or other brand wipe at least 3-4x per week. The litter itself is noticeably heavier both in the bag and when scooping.

My first priority in choosing a good litter is its clumping capability. My second priority is the weight of each granule. Dr. Elsey's Ultra satifies both of my priorities, and my six babies seem to appreciate it as well, which makes it a win win situation.