How to Make Homemade Cat Litter
- 1). Purchase a 50-lb. bag of chicken scratch at a farm or feed store. Though you can use any sort of chicken scratch, the best for making kitty litter contains ground corn, and may be sold as a layer mix or as a chick mix. Talk to staff about which type of scratch they sell has the highest proportion of ground corn or other seeds.
- 2). Buy a bale of cedar savings while you're at the feed store if you want to add a scent to the litter. Cedar savings will be much cheaper at the feed store than they will be at a pet store.
- 3). Pour about 2 inches of the chicken scratch into a clean litter box. Add about ¼ cup of baking soda to the scratch. Stir the ingredients to mix them.
- 4). Crumble a few handfuls of cedar chips in your hands and stir them into the chicken scratch. Keep the chips small so they stay distributed throughout the chicken scratch.
- 5). Scoop out the litter daily, just as you would any kitty litter. If the chicken scratch contains a high degree of ground corn or seeds, the litter will clump. If not, it will still be easy to scoop out.
- 6). Dispose of solid wastes, and compost the remaining litter. Once composted, it will make an excellent fertilizer for your lawn, trees and ornamentals.
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