Best no dust cat litter

RE: Precious Cat Litter   I've had two or more cats all my life, for decades. I recently took in two previously feral rescue cats. When I took the second one into my home, the first (although a girl) began to void outside the box and in inappropriate places. I switched to Dr Elsey's Cat Attract litter (with an herbal cat attractant in it) on the advice of my sister, a longterm cat rescuer, and the voiding problem ceased immediately. After about half a year of using the expensive Dr Elsey's Cat Attract litter, I decided she was behaving well enough to switch to the cheaper, Dr Elsey's Precious Cat clumping litter, but bought the Cat Attract additive also, just in case she relapsed. After a few months of using Dr Elsey's Precious Cat clumping litter I noticed that my second cat had begun doing the infamous cat hurling but never brought anything up. He made the hoarse noise, putting his throat on the floor and violently tried to throw up (or so I thought). I bought him hairball cat food/ointment and tried that for a while, but the hurling motions persisted, so I made a vet appointment. While waiting for the appointment, I saw a news special on the dog flu that has exploded in the northwest US and, upon seeing and hearing the dogs cough, I realized my cat was actually coughing, not trying to throw up. I listened to his chest, as I have asthma, and realized he was wheezing too, so I moved up the vet appointment immediately. The vet said yes, he was violently coughing and was wheezing too. She took a chest xray, and said he had visual bronchial inflammation too. I related the start of the cough to the start of using the Precious Cat clumping litter, as it is DUSTY, and my vet agreed. It's been a VERY expensive illness to treat. I looked up multiple vet and vet university sites online and they all agreed- cat litter dust is listed in the top three airway irritants for cats and that clumping litter is the worst kind. I have two enclosed litter boxes and I can see a definite buildup of dust when the interiors are cleaned every week. My fiance actually wears a mask when cleaning them. Although I've used clumping litter for many years and with many cats, I've never had any airway problems with any of my cats (nor myself) until I used this Dr Elsey's Precious Cat clumping litter. When I contacted the company, they blamed me for exposing my cat to the litter when he was already ill, but I told them he'd never once showed any kind of asthma symptoms before I switched the litters. They repeatedly told me I shouldn't have exposed him to the litter, despite my insisting he had no asthma previous to their litter use. I was very hurt and disgusted they'd accuse me of abusing my cat in such a manner. I would never recommend this litter to anyone and, despite them offering a refund, I even more so would never want anyone to be exposed to their excuse for customer service. In all cats' best interest, I'd advise NOT to use Dr Elsey's Precious Cat litter, due to my cat's development of asthma with its use. I'd also like to note that, since I stopped using Dr Elsey's Precious Cat litter, my cat has had no coughing episodes whatsoever and no signs of asthma either, so that definitely was the airway irritant.

Kitties in our house and barn, too. I found an awesome website -- cat info.org -- when our one boy kitty started having bladder problems. Changed the style of box to "very large" and using the unscented litter from Petco in refillable containers (30 lbs $10) with good results. As long as it's cleaned daily no odor at all and minimal dust. I sometimes use the Precious brand but it doesn't hold up as well  

Since my cancer dx and treatment I wear a mask and gloves when cleaning th litter box but try to delegate the task when I can. 

Patti in Arizona