Hello, I’m Dr. Karyn! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and meet my 5 hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.
I’ll be trustworthy; I’m not the perfect vegetarian on this planet. Most of the time, I’m throwing away the spoiled fruit and veggies on Friday that I had such excessive hopes for on the grocery store on Monday, and I’ve by no means been an enormous fan of the bean curd creation known as tofu. Just lately, I’ve tried to include it into extra recipes as an excellent, clear, wholesome supply of protein, and I’ve discovered that if you happen to marinate it, season it, or soak it in sauce, it stops tasting like tofu and simply tastes like no matter you’ve drowned it in! Nevertheless, I hadn’t thought of how tofu would possibly function in my cats’ lives.
Calm down, I’m not attempting to power my cats right into a vegetarian way of life. Not solely do I feel it’s unhealthy, I additionally imagine it’s unethical. Though many religious vegans will insist that cats will be wholesome on a plant-based eating regimen, they’re obligate carnivores, and the supply of their taurine ought to be meat. There’s merely not sufficient proof to persuade me that felines can stay fully meat-free, nor ought to they. Though we people could have an moral and ethical obligation to no less than take into account lowering our use and abuse of animals for our consolation and pleasure, forcing our ethical values onto our pets is misguided and, in some instances, irresponsible.
You may be questioning, then, why on earth I’m introducing my cats to tofu. Effectively, I’m not placing it of their meals bowls however utilizing it on the reverse finish of the digestive course of. That’s proper, I’m attempting out tofu cat litter.
Did You Say Tofu Cat Litter??
The primary time I learn these phrases, I assumed it was a typo. Tofu cat litter? Are you critical? However that is no mistake. As of late, there appears to be no finish to the sorts of supplies we’re turning into cat litter, and I’m right here for it. Aside from the standard clay, yow will discover cat litter created from corn, wheat, grass, paper, wooden, silica, walnut, and, in fact, tofu. What’s nice is that the majority of those are both by-products of pre-existing industrial processes or make use of recycled supplies. The opposite bonus is that a lot of them will be disposed of in the bathroom, with tofu being probably the most suited to this.
I’ve been utilizing the identical kind and model of cat litter for over ten years now. It’s a frivolously scented, fine-granule clumping clay litter. With 5 indoor cats, good clumping and odor management are on the prime of my checklist of priorities. I exploit top-entry litter containers, so litter monitoring isn’t a significant difficulty for me, however it does nonetheless occur. It additionally likes to stay to Zelda’s furry little trousers, which isn’t supreme. So after I’d established that tofu cat litter was really a factor, I assumed I’d give it a attempt – what have I obtained to lose?
First Impressions
Getting used to lugging 2 x 12kg (26 lbs) luggage of my regular litter up the steps – one thing my weekly kettlebell coaching with @KORCoaching has ready me for – these 2.7kg luggage felt like I used to be carrying nothing, so if nothing else, this litter is sweet for my again!
After rescuing a lot of the litter that I had skillfully spilled on the ground, I used to be shocked to seek out that the 2 packs did present an excellent depth of litter within the deep containers. Even so, it will value me about twice as a lot as my common litter to fill my three massive litter containers. The litter feels good to me, type of like raw rice, however what issues is the way it feels to the cats.
The Verdict
I’m impressed.
The litter was used thrice in a single day, so the cats have clearly accepted this new providing.
The odour management is nice, and the light-weight materials is way simpler to sift by way of. It takes somewhat longer to feed by way of the inside track, however that’s not precisely a deal breaker. In contrast to the clay litter, which leaves little bits of damp litter behind that break free from the clumps and fall by way of the sieve, the tofu clumps – that appear to be little hedgehogs – don’t crumble, and the litter left behind appears to be fully dry, which implies that the litter ought to last more.
What can I say? It seems to be like tofu goes to turn out to be an everyday staple in our home, each within the kitchen and within the litter containers.
This text is part of Dr. Karyn’s sequence along with her 5 hilarious cats.
