Advice for neighbour of a chicken keeper please

[tinkkletoes 0]

Hi All

just before Christmas i recued a British / exotic short hair 10 year old boy, And yes we are still finding out about each other.

my query is, does anyone have any ideas,/suggestions for use of used wood pellet cat litter with out the solids ?  he is getting through a lot & other than throw it away is there any other uses?

i do have a compost pile that the hens bedding goes into, and wondering if that's a good idea & if yes how much.

i am an avid gardener so any ideas?    would storing it in bags be a good idea so it rots down & the urine diminishes.

or am i on a losing battle of trying to recycle..... hate throwing away anything that could be used someone else......

last resort is the green recycling bin.......

Cheers All.

 

 

 

[Beantree 149]

I don't think it will compost naturally very well being wood, meaning it will be very slow to rot. You might be able to use it as a pathway over weed membrane? Have you tried burning it, if you have a wood burner? You won't be wasting it if it goes into the green bin, it will be industrially composted and used by the Council or sold.

[Cat tails 936]

Consider getting the flushable litter. I use a clump forming litter that is also made of plant material and you can flush the clumps of pee and poo. I very rarely clean out all little, but just flush the bits.

[tinkkletoes 0]

never though about burning it. might just try it......

What is the name of the flushable cat litter ?  thou i am having problems with him as he's very choosy about what litter he will use.  i did try the silica type as i still had a bag at the back of the cupboard & he refused to use it, by going to the loo on the mat that the litter try sits on...  Nothing like being told 😊  

[Cat tails 936]

37 minutes ago, tinkkletoes said:

never though about burning it. might just try it......

What is the name of the flushable cat litter ?  thou i am having problems with him as he's very choosy about what litter he will use.  i did try the silica type as i still had a bag at the back of the cupboard & he refused to use it, by going to the loo on the mat that the litter try sits on...  Nothing like being told 😊  

My iPoes is the same, but does accept this quite well.

[Ursula123 95]

I compost the used wood pellet litter and surprisingly it rots down well and quickly.

[mullethunter 602]

I guess it’s not solid wood is it but pellets made of sawdusty stuff so it would compost much more quickly than actual wood