Dr. Elsey's Cat Litter
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Hands down the best pet related purchase I have ever made. For the first time in 10 years my house doesn't smell like cat poop.\nUpdate: still love, but beware if your cat's paw is wet the litter can form what I can only describe as concrete on their paw. You can imagine the fun we had soaking, chiseling, and cutting it off her hair for days."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "My cat Sasha has been using this litter exclusively for about a year and a half now and I have no plans to ever use another litter. It's my first time living on my own with a pet, and I was concerned that my small apartment would smell like a litter box (as many do), and that I'd have to constantly move her box in and out of the shower or the patio to avoid a mess. She did not have any problems adjusting to this from her old litter, which was different in every way.\n\nI use this in combination with my Litter Genie in the 1/2 bathroom which is right at my front door, and you wouldn't even know there was a litter box when you walked in. It's so clean that I don't even remove it when I have guests using that bathroom. It's also unscented, which is great and I'm sure is much better for a cat who is constantly cleaning her toes. The grains are very large so I only need to use one mat outside the box and the litter never gets tracked out of the bathroom. She still kicks it around sometimes, though!\n\nI always purchase the larger bag, which is 40 lbs, and it usually last me 1.5 to 2 months. I am on my 11th bag since February 2015. I only dispose of the used litter when I'm opening a new bag. It clumps so well that I haven't ever had the feeling that I needed to clean out the box, so I will continue to top it off when it gets low until my bag runs out. I scoop each morning, but only because I want Sasha to have room. I've waited two days before and there is still no smell.\n\nI only have one cat but I think that this litter would be great for multi-cat households. This is the first non-flushable litter that I've had and I was concerned that I'm too lazy for a non-flushable, but combined with the Litter Genie I spend about 20 seconds scooping each day, and another 10 minutes to clean out the box each time I buy a new bag. The hardest part is carrying the 40 lb bag from my front door to the bathroom, and the very heavy 2 weeks' worth of pee balls down to the outside dumpster.\n\nThe first time I emptied the Litter Genie I was so amazed that I had to show everyone I knew! I've included that image as part of the review.\n\nThe packaging is sometimes perfect and sometimes my box is falling apart as I drag it inside, but that honestly is most likely an issue with my post office. It ships quickly with Amazon Prime and the bag is heavy duty so even if the box is destroyed, I haven't had an issue with the litter spilling. One time my post office would not deliver it because they repeatedly stated they couldn't get in the building. I kept asking them to deliver it and they wouldn't, so eventually they shipped it back to Amazon and I received a full refund."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I know this stuff LOOKS like a cheap off-brand from the packaging, but long years of living my life as a miserable, lonely cat person with no romantic prospects has shown me that this stuff is amazing. It has the least dust of any litter I've used, it clumps like concrete, the litter pan remains fresher longer because when you scoop it you are getting more of the actual waste removed from the pan, none of the clumps has crumbled away to mix with the rest of the remaining litter, the clumps remain intact. Be advised, however, the 40 pound bag of this stuff weighs at least 63 pounds more than the 40 pound bag of Tidy Cat. It is the heaviest substance known to man."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This use to be my very favorite cat litter. What in the world is happening to it?\nEverytime I clean my cats box I feel like I am moving “the rock of Gibraltar “!!! I swear the wet balls are so big and heavy that I can hardly fit them in my scooper. The worst part is that they stick to the bottom of the box like hard mud and I need a chisel to get them of if the box! It’s a nightmare and very sad since this use to be the only litter I trusted for many years but it just isn’t the same.\nNow I have to go on an expedition looking for a new litter and I hate doing that.\nPlease stay safe everyone and if anyone has any suggestions I am open to hearing them.\nThank you kindly...'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'It\'s true, it\'s not the same as it used to be. I\'ve been using this litter from Amazon since the beginning of this year when I adopted a kitten. My kitten and I have had no problem with it until now. The most recent bag was delivered less than a month ago - it is dusty, sticks like glue, and does not control odor. I think it also caused my kitten to be extremely itchy, she has been scratching herself like crazy lately.\n\nI bought a another bag of this same litter at Pet360 and compared it with the one from Amazon, they were almost entirely different from each other. The litter from Pet360 is of the same superb quality that I was used to. It is a shade darker than the one from Amazon, not dusty, clumps really well, not sticky, and controls odor.\n\nI feel like this company is selling the good quality litter to the other stores and selling the subpar litter to Amazon customers to cut some costs. Amazon doesn\'t check on the quality of the products it\'s sending out due to the massive inventory / volume of sales and this particular product already has high ratings so this company can cut some costs and sell the bad quality litter through Amazon every now and then. If somebody noticed the bad quality, they can chuck it to being a "bad batch". Read through the comments, this is a trend.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've been using this litter for quite sometime and have loved it but just recently noticed my cats tracking up my hardwood floors. I completely emptied all litter boxes and disinfected and filled with fresh litter to only find the tracking has not subsided. Horrible disappointment and not sure why the formula would change. I will be in search of another litter."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I ordered a bag based on recommendations from The Wirecutter, but I will never be purchasing this litter again. Either the formula has changed since Wirecutter\'s tests, or the formula is a knockoff.\n\nI have two cats, and clean their XL litter box every morning. It\'s a chore that takes only a few seconds. After switching to this litter, you\'d think I had four or five cats, there was so much to clean out! A few seconds each morning quickly turned into a 10 minute (MINIMUM) ordeal!\n\nUrine sinks straight to the bottom and turns it into wet cement. I have to spend several minutes just chiseling it off the sides and bottom of the box. The clumps are enormous and extremely heavy. They are too big to fit inside the opening of my XL litter genie! Seriously, put two of your fists together. Then imagine a third fist. That\'s how big these urine clumps are! This litter EXPANDS to over twice its size when it gets wet! A far cry from the tidy, hard little clumps you\'d get with other litter! I now have to clean my litter box multiple times a day to avoid it filling up, because the clumps are so enormous. I was so happy to see I\'d run out this morning so I can go back to using regular litter.\n\nClaims:\n*Excellent clumping/Hard clumping: FALSE.\n*Prevents Moisture from Reaching Bottom of the Litter Box: RIDICULOUSLY FALSE.\n*Used in Mechanical: What does this claim even mean? Used in the mechanical industry? Why would that matter to a pet owner?\n*Will not break apart: FALSE. Multiple chunks fall off clumps while scooping, mostly due to the fact that the clumps are ENORMOUS.\n*Made without harmful chemicals: Look, everything is chemicals. And all can be harmful if you are overexposed to them or exposed to them in the incorrect way. Saying something doesn\'t use "harsh/harmful chemicals" is just cashing in on fancy buzzwords. It literally means nothing.\n\nPHOTO: I left my cats for 2 nights and my petsitter forgot to clean their litter box. Both of my cats drink a lot of water thanks to multiple pet fountains around the home, and as a result, they pee a lot, which is why I clean their box daily. 3 days (2 nights) without a cleaning meant that the entire bottom of the box was covered in a 3"-4" thick layer of heavy, thick clay sludge because this litter lets all urine seep to the bottom. I had to spend half an hour chiseling it out the litter of the box (and then had to scrub the scoop since it was completely coated in lumpy clay). Please do not buy this litter, especially if you already hate cleaning a litter box. This litter will make your cleaning experience 5000% more difficult.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Price has skyrocketed and the quality has declined. :( Too bad, this used to be my favorite brand. It would be nice to live in a world where companies weren't constantly trying to cut corners wherever they can, and instead, focused on delivering a consistently high quality product."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I will only use Dr. Elsey\'s litter, regardless of scented or unscented. I have two cats that use the litter box and one of those cats has an extremely stinky poo. Sometimes he doesn\'t bury it and within minutes the room is filled with stench. However, when he does bury it, I cannot smell it at all. Note, I have a home office that I am in during normal business hours and that is where the litter box is located, so I will be "tortured" if it didn\'t work so well.\n\nI will also add that my one cat is picky and would not consistently use the previous litter. I had to use herbs used to train kittens to entice him in. Now, that is but a distant memory.\n\nI will also add that I use the Litter Genie and that is AMAZING. The liner you buy is thicker and contains the smell extremely well. Note, I empty the bin roughly once a week, and it too, is in the same office.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My husband and I have a 12 yo inside/outside cat that due to health and aging issues is now an inside only cat. We also saved two cats from a high kill shelter. So in the past few months we’ve gone from a zero litterbox household to a two litter box home. My husband (the cat person) has always used Tidy Cats. Soooo that’s what we began using. It smells nice coming out of the bag but once the cats use it alllll you smell is floral cat pee. Through my whole house. I’m in charge of the litter boxes and chose a sifting system (Sift Ease - love it! Sooo much better than scooping!) for efficiency of cleaning multiple litter boxes on a daily basis. The Tidy Cats always stank when I cleaned the boxes because while most of the cat waste would “clump” there was ALWAYS some nasty, smelly gray “mud” I would have to scrape out of the bottom of both boxes. NOT ANY MORE! This cat litter has no smell and looks “weird” coming out of the bag, but IT WORKS! EVERYTHING CLUMPS! Now when I sift the boxes there is no more scraping and ALL the cats’ waste comes out! There is no odor and my house no longer reeks of perfumed cat pee. I could not be happier!'}]