Sentences with phrase «for soiled litter»

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Dr Parr has been investigating the potential for soil organic carbon sequestration by bamboo leaf litter in collaboration with researchers from the Fujian Academy of Forestry Sciences in south - east China.

«The fast growth, high efficiency and specificity of enzymes employed in the anaerobic litter deconstruction carried out by these tropical soil bacteria make them useful templates for improving biofuel production.»

«Tropical soil microbes are responsible for the nearly complete decomposition of leaf plant litter in as little as eighteen months,» she says.

These eggs are commonly laid in concealed locations, such as in plant tissues or in leaf litter or soil and are difficult to find, so for the most part the host insects of fairyflies are unknown.

We also recommended applying one ton per acre of chicken litter, twice a year, for one or two years in order to get more organic matter into the thin soil.

Spraying or defecating for territorial reasons is a distinctly different behavior from inappropriate elimination, which we term litter box problems or house soiling problems.

It really makes getting the tiny little pieces of soiled litter so much easier to do... I feel confident I'm leaving cleaner litter boxes for my cats... I hope you're very successful — I think this product would help a lot of owners with their litter box duties.

If the plants have enough room between them for the soil to be visible, chicken - wire mesh or window - screening material on the ground prohibits the cats from digging in these areas, which seems to make it less likely they'll use it as a litter box.

If your cat uses houseplants for litter boxes, cover the top of the soil with sharp rocks or small pine cones.

For cats that have been outdoors, you might consider trying potting soil in the litter box and dumping it regularly, or you can also try mixing dirt with a clay litter.

Clay is similar in consistency to soil, as Medley pointed out, so going in a clay litter will feel pretty natural for your cat.

The good news is that this fondness for loose soil usually makes litter box training fairly easy.

For a doggy toilet, use sheets of newspaper sprinkled with soil, or a litter box filled with a roll of turf, or a concrete paving slab.

Cats are relinquished by owners for reasons similar to those for dog surrender: moving, landlord doesn't allow pets, too many animals in household, cost of maintenance, personal problems of owner, inadequate facilities, no homes available for litters, allergies in family, house soiling, and incompatibility with other pets.

«Behavioral causes include marking (a form of communication in cats), which can occur when the cat is stressed, and inappropriate toileting, which is when the animal develops aversions to something about the litter box or develops preferences for soiling in other locations.»

House - soiling may occur if a cat had a negative experience while he was in or near the litter box (e.g. someone administered medications, family members or children trapped a cat in the box for any reason, if the litter box is dirty, or even being startled by sudden noises from nearby furnaces or other loud appliances).

Among the top reasons given by owners who relinquish their cats, according to the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science: too many in the house; allergies; moving; cost of pet maintenance; landlord issues; no homes for litter mates; house soiling; personal problems; pet illness; and inadequate facilities.

Potting Mix (or garden soil) is actually a very natural product for cats to use instead of a litter tray!

For longer flights and for cats with marginal kidney function, providing or periodically placing a small «litter box» in the carrier (even a small paper plate with a small amount of litter on it) may help your cat to «relieve their urge» more comfortably than simply «soiling» the carriFor longer flights and for cats with marginal kidney function, providing or periodically placing a small «litter box» in the carrier (even a small paper plate with a small amount of litter on it) may help your cat to «relieve their urge» more comfortably than simply «soiling» the carrifor cats with marginal kidney function, providing or periodically placing a small «litter box» in the carrier (even a small paper plate with a small amount of litter on it) may help your cat to «relieve their urge» more comfortably than simply «soiling» the carrier.

Especially for longer car rides, and / or for cats with marginal kidney function, providing or periodically offering a small litter box may help your cat to relieve their urge to urinate or defecate more comfortably than soiling the carrier or the car.

Leave a small amount of soiled litter in the tray to build up a scent association for the kitten.

The Australian blue gum, for example, releases toxins in its leaf litter which prevents other species of plants from growing in the soil surrounding it.

What keeps soils alive, and productive, is the compost or humus of leaf litter, animal dung, withered roots and other decaying vegetation in the first metre or so of topsoil: this in turn feeds an invisible army of tiny creatures that recycle the nutrient elements for the next generation of plant life.

Estimates made for Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2015) show that the world's forests and other wooded lands store more than 485 gigatonnes (1 Gt = 1 billion tonnes) of carbon, 260 Gt in the biomass (53 percent), 37 Gt in dead wood and litter (8 percent) and 189 Gt in soil (39 percent).