In fact, numerous consultations, interviews, and tests by many vets have found no evidence relating normal use of a clumping /
sodium bentonite litter with the sickness or death of any kitten or cat.
While there is little in the way of formal research when it comes to this issue, there is a huge amount of anecdotal evidence that
sodium bentonite litter can be deadly when ingested.
Not exact matches
With a clay based clumping
litter, you get a particular kind of clay called
sodium bentonite.
These
litters form clumps because most of them are made of
sodium bentonite clay and sometimes quartz silica.
Most clumping clay cat
litter is primarily made from
sodium bentonite clay.
Some clay
litter products contain
sodium bentonite, a natural clay material that forms clumps when exposed to liquid.
Though some brands recommend using non-clumping
litters until your kitten is 4 months old or so, others, like Cat's Pride, note that there's no evidence that
sodium bentonite has actually caused harm to a kitten, a conclusion supported by Medley and Lund and by everything we found scanning the literature and reading many Internet forums.
Clumping clay
litter contains
sodium bentonite which expands to 15 times its volume and forms an INSOLUBLE mass when it contacts liquid.
Most clay
litters contain
bentonite clay, also called
sodium bentonite, montmorillonite or montmorillonite clay (the names are used interchangeably, even within the industry).
Our Cat's Pride Premium Scoopable
litter is the only national scooping clay
litter without
sodium bentonite, which can clog your pipes.
I had to find a
litter that DID NOT CONTAIN ANY
SODIUM BENTONITE (Carbon), AND ZEOLITES.