Sentences with phrase «soiled litter in»

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

Instead, put the soiled litter in a small, covered trash can lined with a plastic bag, or you can use zip lock bags and dispose of them when they're full.

Not exact matches

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 chemicals in soiled cat litter can cause complications in your pregnancy, so it is better to avoid this chore.

The chemicals in soiled cat litter can be harmful to a woman, and her fetus, during pregnancy.

Howard A. Shafer, 70, was arrested at 4:40 a.m. Sunday when a police officer patrolling the neighborhood of one of the victims pulled over Shafer, who had containers of soiled cat litter in his pickup truck.

Trees of such forests yield a continuous supply of stray litter such as leaves, needles, roots or brushwood, and maintain a constant cool «forest climate,» even during hot summers, which in turn slows down humus degradation by soil microorganisms.

But that isn't a good thing in a northern forest where soil is naturally stratified and nutrients tend to be found only in the uppermost layer near the leaf litter.

«By extracting wood from unmanaged forest and bringing these forests under production, humans released carbon into the atmosphere that would otherwise be stored in the biomass, litter, dead wood, and soil of the forest,» Naudts said.

Humans can become infected after unintentionally ingesting the microscopic oocysts, primarily from not their washing hands after cleaning a cat's litter box or working in a garden with contaminated soil.

Very little litter - derived carbon moved vertically in the soil profile over the decade, but nitrogen was significantly more mobile.

The study does so by demonstrating that the long - term retention of litter - derived carbon and nitrogen in soil depends on where the litter lands.

They found that the litter type (needles or roots) and the placement in the soil environment both affected decomposition, but at different timescales.

A team led by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that the type of plant inputs (that is, root or needle litter) affected total carbon and nitrogen retention over 10 years, but that soil horizon (essentially, the layer of soil, such as the topsoil organic or deeper mineral layers) affected how the litter - derived soil organic material is stabilized in the long term.

This is the largest ever study estimating above and below - ground carbon loss from selective logging and ground level forest fires in the tropics, based on data from 70,000 sampled trees and thousands of soil, litter and dead wood samples from 225 sites in the eastern Brazilian Amazon.

We used data from a field experiment in Northern Sweden, in which climate change was simulated with open top chambers to increase the air and soil temperature, and with addition of plant litter from willow and birch - shrubs.

Some animals spend their entire lives in soil and leaf litter, while others are found there only at certain points in their lives.

«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.

In contrast, poultry litter applied under the soil surface did not affect these factors.

Ninety percent of their roots are in the top few inches of soil, so the trees rely on the litter to keep the soil from drying out.

Before worms invade, the soil in a typical northern forest is blanketed by a thick layer of leaf litter and other organic material.

She digs a small hole in the leaf - litter soil, then pushes a thumb - sized device, called an iButton, about an inch beneath the surface.

And on a trip to Brazil in the late 1960s, Went discovered that Amazon forest soil was riddled with a network of fungi, which he proposed digest the tree litter and pass nutrients to intertwined tree roots.

According to her, the research included four of the five functionally distinct carbon pools whose study is recommended by the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): aboveground biomass (live plants), dead organic matter, leaf litter (layer that contains a combination of fragments of leaves, branches and other decomposing organic matter) and soil (up to 30 centimeters (cm) in depth).

«If the litter layer is gone, and the soil is bare and clumpy, the earthworms may help weedy plants come in along with other invasive plants that we don't want.»

Weather conditions strongly affect the litter production by vegetation and the decomposition of organic matter, in particular, and thus soil carbon stock changes.

Concentrations in the soil of some minerals released from the leaf litter as the worms eat increased down to a depth of 25 centimeters, and spiked later in the growing season when the worms are largest and most active.

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.

This is especially since they often accidentally soil themselves in the litter box or while getting up to mischief.

This is because felines in the wild usually do their business only on soil that they can dig and cover back their pee / poop, and cat litter give your cat the chance to satisfy their «pee & cover» instinct.

Food dishes should be small, both to prevent the animals from eliminating in them like a litter box and because dishes that are too large can allow soiled bedding to contaminate the food.

You may find that you're caught in a cycle of confining your cat and then gradually giving him freedom, only to have him start soiling outside of his litter box again and wind up back in confinement.

Many cats find potting soil a lovely form of cat litter, and may enjoy digging in and even eliminating in your houseplant pots.

Anemic cats are low in iron, and they may eat soil or cat litter due to their bodies attempt to get more iron to correct the anemia.

- House soiling or house training problems - Litter box refusal or rejection - Destructiveness - Aggressiveness toward people, including children - Aggressive conflicts between housemates - Nipping and unruly puppies or kittens - Difficulties introducing new pets - Separation anxiety syndrome - Fears and phobias - Compulsive behaviors - Seizure - related behavior problems - Geriatric behavior problems in aging cats and dogs

A dog might house soil if she's previously learned to eliminate on papers or in a litter box and her pet parent removes the papers or box.

Establish a litter box by tilling the soil or placing sand in an out - of - the - way spot in your yard.

The clay in many litters is accessed by strip mining, which requires massive amounts of soil and rock to be moved in order to access the mineral seam underneath.

Also consider housing your puppy when you can not supervise, in an enclosed area (e.g., pen or room) where he can use the litter but can not gain access to other areas of the home where he might soil.

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.

Unfortunately, most humans that use this type of litter only scoop out the fecal material and then stir in the soiled, urine soaked litter.

Many cats are very particular, and if the litter is not to their liking, they may take to soiling in other places in the house, none of which are appropriate.

In addition to nesting material, a bit of litter that's been soiled can work in conjunction with the bucket or the crinkly bagIn addition to nesting material, a bit of litter that's been soiled can work in conjunction with the bucket or the crinkly bagin conjunction with the bucket or the crinkly bags.

If you're litter training a feral kitten, you might have to put soil or leaves from outdoors in the box at first.

Once a cat is familiar with their new environment and has their own clean litter box, the chances of them soiling in the house are significantly less.

Toxo organisms passed in cat feces contaminate the soil or cat litter.

If your cat soils in the same spot repeatedly, try placing the litter box in that area.

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.