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Would this work?
I was talking to my dad, who grew up on a farm, and we were talking about lime (the chemical.) He said that they would throw handfuls of it into the hog barns to control the smell. According to him it worked very well. He uses it now to sprinkle in his garden before it's tilled to help fertilize it.
This got me thinking...could I use it to control the smell of a litterbox? I have 2 chihuahuas and a cat that are all litter trained...and I've tried every type of litter, spray, and powder, and nothing gets rid of the smell. This would be an all natural approach...if it would be safe.
Re: Would this work?
I don't think I'd suggest it but check with your vet. There's a few different kinds of lime... some are toxic, some aren't.
Have you tried regular old baking soda? I use Arm & Hammer cat litter and the box is cleaned out twice a day and it tames the smell just fine. The kind I use has baking soda in it, but you could sprinkle some straight baking soda on top of the litter you're using.
What are you feeding your cat? I don't think normal cat feces should smell bad enough clear a room.
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Part of it is probably the food. Iams is not so great on the nutrition level (unhealthy food = bad poops). There's a really good guide to pet foods on the pet board FAQs (in the green box at the top of the board).
Do you scoop often enough? I have one cat and one litter box and it is scooped out twice a day and the litter is topped off as needed. The litter box is dumped out completely, cleaned, and re-filled with fresh litter once a month. I have no issues with smell at all.
I'd suggest maybe trying a better food, scoop the litter box more frequently, and even adding additional litter boxes. The general rule of thumb for multiple animals sharing litter is one box per animal plus one extra. So with three animals sharing, you should have at least three boxes but four would be ideal. That would make the urine and feces much less concentrated and the smell would probably dissipate a lot.
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Ditto! The not smelly poop is the best benefit of feeding raw!
That being said, I wouldn't use lime either. The only odor smells we have problems with are from pee with that lovely ammonia smell. We use Feline Pine litter which absorbs the smell really well for us. I also add a bit of baking soda to the box because it doesn't hurt. We have a sifting box for the FP, so I empty out the bottom box each week and then dump some Nature's Miracle in it and let it soak for a bit. Once a month I change out the whole box completely and dump NM in both boxes and let them soak.
ETA: Oops! I forgot that I 100% agree with choosing a higher quality food. Our cat was fed Fancy Feast by the rescue group we adopted her from, which is not a quality food. Her poop smelled so bad that we would follow her into the bathroom and scoop the box the second she was out. We switched her food to Merrick wet food, and the smell improved so much. We only needed to scoop once a day in most cases. Just so you know though, a higher quality food might not make poo smell better because not all foods agree with all pets. While most of the Merrick flavors were fine, some (the fish flavors) did not agree with Summit. So even if you do try one and still have stinky poo issues, give it a chance to work and then try something else if it doesn't get better.
Really? Not at all? That's tempting...
I feed my cats high quality grain-free food, and they still have stinky poop. I think they get a kick out of grossing me out.
Butting in to say she's totally not lying! For real: raw fed cat poops are not smelly and totally worth any switching over to raw hassle. Seriously.