Comments on: World’s Best Cat Litter

By: Jenifer

Jenifer — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:19:53 +0000

We just had the exterminator out to the house today after finding an infestation of carpet beetles around the cat litter wbcl several weeks ago. I cleaned everything up throughly and figured it I had got them all. They started showing up all over the house. They have spread like wildfire. The exterminator says they are almost as hard to get rid of as bedbugs. We did not have the adult beetles but hundreds of the larvae. It will cost us 475$ for the exterminator. $150 to board the cats with shots. $100 for a hotel room that night. & who knows how much it all the wash I have had to do cleaning out closets. They feed off the pet dander hair , clothes ,carpets and are very commonly hiding in the bottoms of closets and on rugs. It will likely be a 1000 bill plus my 8 month old will never be able to crawl on the carpet because the insecticide lasts over 200 days. He will be walking before it wears off. We are now having to gut our closets which is taking days and days that I don’t have. Its not like our house is filthy either we have a cleaning lady come every 2 weeks. I was a big believer in this litter. That is one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made. I urge you to switch litters now before it costs you as much as it has us! You will regret it if u don’t

By: A Cat's Companion

A Cat's Companion — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:10:37 +0000

@Barbara Yes weevils do bite. And yes they can spread through the apartment. Vacuum immediatly and throw the litter away. Thankfully they respond well to simple pet friendly pesticides, if there is such a thing. I used Virbac which is safe for carpets, bedding, etc. It’s tough enough for fleas so should be fine for weevils, and better than using raid or something like that. If you take away their food source weevils do die easily, but make sure you don’t have any food they could get into like bread, flour, corn meal, cereal, crackers, powdered milk, etc. Put everything in airtight containers.

By: A Cat's Companion

A Cat's Companion — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:00:36 +0000

I just spent an hour and 1/2 today cleaning up a weevil infestation from TWBCL. I usually buy the huge bag so that it will last a few months but I guess with the summer heat and cooking in the kitchen the temps in the house ran too high. I have not had this issue before, but it will be my first and my last. My cat has asthma so the pine litter is not an option. I tried it and he had several asthma attacks so it was thrown away as soon as I identified it as the culprit. For those with similar issues please look the litter up in regards to feline asthma and upper respiratory problems as it’s not recommended. I guess I’ll try the unscented A&H that’s being recommended. I had been using tidy cat for years and switched to TWBCL a little over a year ago hoping it would help my asthma cat. So glad I saw the weevil on the floor today or I may have not caught this before it became a huge outbreak. Bad part is the little guy tried to tell me by pooping beside his box this weekend, but I didn’t get it. Duh, he knew they were there and he didn’t want anything to do with them.

By: BARBARA GLICK

BARBARA GLICK — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:13:34 +0000

i recently bought a 34 lb. bag of twbcl and i have these black little bugs all over my bathroom. it came in the bag obviously. do these bugs bite and can they spread all over the apartment? could they be biting my cat? how do i get rid of them other than throwing out the littler. i’m afraid it might be all over the place.

By: BARBARA GLICK

BARBARA GLICK — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:09:56 +0000

I ALSO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH TWBCL. DOES FREEZING THE LITTER REALLY PREVENT THEM FROM HATCHING?

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:55:24 +0000

As environmental friendly consumers, we’ve been green for quite some time now. My wife purchased a bag of this stuff and about a week after use, our kitchen was infested with tiny black/brown flying bugs. It took us two days to figure where they were coming from – the litter box! Its been several weeks now and after using fly paper, these pesky bugs are still around. The multiply faster than we can kill them. This product is absolutely horrible. I’ve told everyone I knew about it, from keepers at the zoo to professional attorneys and CPAs. Don’t use this stuff unless you like bugs flying in your face while you eat, brush your teeth, watch tv, etc. Living green has nothing to do with harboring bugs!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:18:57 +0000

I opened a new bag of litter this weekend and the bugs in it are out of control. Normally we see a few and they bite. But this bag is the worst. I now have about 24 bugs bites on me. Did the processing change at the plant?

By: nicole

nicole — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:19:39 +0000

I loved how long this litter lasted, and it clumped great. but the smell also put me off. I used it for about 3 months and after I was done with the bag I went back to the old. I have three cats and one of them also stopped using the cat box while using WBCL.

By: Leslie Nance

Leslie Nance — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:54:41 +0000

Yeah, so much for the World’s Best Cat Litter….go flipping great the cat refuses to go in it. It’s fantastic on odor because the cat is pooping and peeing everywhere but in the litter box!

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:45:29 +0000

I agree with you Lori. I have been using this litter for about 3 weeks and the odor is aweful. I have nine cats, I clean the boxed out every day…. just reciently one of my cats decided she didn’t like the litter … and started peeing in the bathroom. Not good. Back to my favorite…Scoopaway. Even with the dust it is much better for all my fur kids.