Fresh News Unscented Non-Clumping Paper Cat Litter

I'm not normally one to leave a review, but I really didn't care for this litter for a few reasons, and neither did Fern! 1. I keep her litter box in my room because I have roommates, and I didn't feel like it did much in terms of odor control. I'd approach the box to scoop litter and the ammonia would just be in my face. Didn't really do much to dry out the feces to prevent odor either. 2. For a kitten (of about 8 months), Fern urinates quite a bit. This turned into a pasty, gloopy mess that was difficult to clean out because of the large pellet size that increased even more when saturated with urine. 3. Fern really didn't like it. I was looking to move away from clay litter to a more eco-friendly I'm not normally one to leave a review, but I really didn't care for this litter for a few reasons, and neither did Fern! 1. I keep her litter box in my room because I have roommates, and I didn't feel like it did much in terms of odor control. I'd approach the box to scoop litter and the ammonia would just be in my face. Didn't really do much to dry out the feces to prevent odor either. 2. For a kitten (of about 8 months), Fern urinates quite a bit. This turned into a pasty, gloopy mess that was difficult to clean out because of the large pellet size that increased even more when saturated with urine. 3. Fern really didn't like it. I was looking to move away from clay litter to a more eco-friendly option, but this was not a good substitute. She didn't like the texture, or the fact that it smelled. She was avoiding it to the point that I opened up the walk-in closet in our home office where we have a back-up litter box with the clay litter, and she used that probably 2/3s of the time until her new litter arrived. Good things about it: 1. Eco-friendly! Love that it uses recycled newspaper. 2. Minimal tracking, which was really nice--with her clay litter, even with a large mat, she was tracking litter EVERYWHERE. 3. It was easy to tell where she had urinated and defecated, so you really didn't have to scoop the whole litter box. … more

I needed a litter to use for my cat after he got his neuter surgery and this one was great. It has no dust! And pretty great odor control. In addition I recommend to get this instead of hamster bedding bc as an owner of a hamster every type of bedding has dust and you don’t want that in your cats incision. Anyways if your cat is having difficulty using this litter (like mine did) just put in a bit of their pee/poo in the litter and they will start to use it!

Although the litter can be annoying to clean up it has been so amazing with odor control. One of my cats started to get bothered by the clay litter (since there was no medical reason she wasn’t using the litter) and I switched over to think and she has been doing so well with it! Both of my cats have enjoyed it and personally I have too since I no longer smell the litter. Once you get the hang of cleaning it it’s not bad at all!

We recently switched from pine-pellet litter to recycled-paper litter. The transition was disappointing until we encountered this brand. Even scented litters weren't as effective at odor control as pine-pellet litter. However, FreshNews' ammonia locker is very effective at odor control to a degree comparable to pine-pellet litter, although I do have to scoop a bit more to ensure the duration of control. However, a bit more work on my part is worth it, since it feels like recycled-paper litter should be more environmentally friendly than pine-pellet litter.

This litter is not a ammonia blocker. Now that I have started using this, one of my cats can use it 1 time and whole house smells like pee. And it’s hard to scoop I loose half the litter just trying to get the poop out of it. Will never buy again.

I was trying to find something without dust, and this litter is good for that initially. However after it's been used for a bit, be prepared for an ammonia tornado when you try and scoop it up. The urine smell is overwhelming and this litter is a pain to clean.

I've tried many different types of litter (wheat, pine, walnut, etc.) because of my cats having bad reactions to clay litters, and because I hate litter dust and tracking. And I read about how bad clumping litters can be for cats. This is the best litter I've ever bought. With this litter, there is no dust. When my cat uses the litter box, a few pieces get kicked out onto the floor. (The sides of her litter box are low.) Sometimes I find a single piece of it outside of the bathroom. Since they are large pieces, you can easily pick them with your hand. The color of it is gray, so it's easy to see #2 in the box. (Another newspaper litter is dark brown, which can make removing #2 difficult.) I've tried many different types of litter (wheat, pine, walnut, etc.) because of my cats having bad reactions to clay litters, and because I hate litter dust and tracking. And I read about how bad clumping litters can be for cats. This is the best litter I've ever bought. With this litter, there is no dust. When my cat uses the litter box, a few pieces get kicked out onto the floor. (The sides of her litter box are low.) Sometimes I find a single piece of it outside of the bathroom. Since they are large pieces, you can easily pick them with your hand. The color of it is gray, so it's easy to see #2 in the box. (Another newspaper litter is dark brown, which can make removing #2 difficult.) You can't clean the box the usual way with a scoop because the pieces of litter are big. (Most are about an inch long. Some are longer.) So I buy inexpensive disposable gloves and wear one while I use my hand to pick up the wet litter. I do this twice a day because I don't like my cat using a dirty litter box. And if you wait too long to pick up the wet litter, it will dry and become more difficult to see. … more

I have the breeze litter box system as I hate the mess regular litter leaves behind. However the breeze litter and pads have become ridiculously expensive since I started using the system. I switched to these pellets and love them. They work just as good as the breeze pellets and I love that they are made out of paper as opposed to the stone like material the breese ones are made out of as these are friendlier to the earth. I will be buying these from now on.

I've been trying out different litter to not have it track all over my place. Good news is it didn't track for the two times he used it. Bad news, he meowed his head off for me to watch him then proceeded to go into the litter box and position his butt outside of the litter box and poop. When cleaning out the litter box, he did apparently go in there at least once before to pee. So the odor control on this litter was good. I got the impression he didn't like the feel. He's used to clay litter. It might be good for a different cat, but he made it clear he didn't want to use this.

I have been using this litter for a year now for my own cats as well as fosters and it's been amazing! After 5 years of doing rescue, I've tried them ALL! It definitely takes some getting used to, but if you clean it daily, buy the right long slated scooper, and change it weekly, its fantastic. None of that is any more than you would do with clumping litters. This litter has none of the dangers that come with clumping (intestinal issues or allergies), crystalized mica dust (respiratory or allergies), corn/ pine/ green tea (mold issues are common, and allergies). It does a really good job with odor. The only time I have an issue, and this goes for all litters, is when my 12 year old monster-pawed I have been using this litter for a year now for my own cats as well as fosters and it's been amazing! After 5 years of doing rescue, I've tried them ALL! It definitely takes some getting used to, but if you clean it daily, buy the right long slated scooper, and change it weekly, its fantastic. None of that is any more than you would do with clumping litters. This litter has none of the dangers that come with clumping (intestinal issues or allergies), crystalized mica dust (respiratory or allergies), corn/ pine/ green tea (mold issues are common, and allergies). It does a really good job with odor. The only time I have an issue, and this goes for all litters, is when my 12 year old monster-pawed boy pees a fountain in it. For any litter that's taxing! Using this one compared to the Multi Cat version is way better. It has larger pellets than multi cat and any of the other newspaper litters, which means it tracks less! It actually tracks less than many of the "non tracking" litters out there and its way healthier for all. … more