A few years ago I had to stop using Tidy Cats litter because of excessive dust. Three months ago I noticed the successor to that cat litter was suddenly very dusty. I chalked it up to a bad bag/pallet of bags. Two months later a third bag contained the same dusty litter. Maybe I should have heeded the warning when a few months back I noticed that the packaging now advertised "low dust" litter instead of "99% dust free" litter.
The dusty litter was not a long term option. The litter is under the stairwell in the basement. An out of the way place, but it is part of a larger room and the litter dust coats everything in the room, and some of it manages to float out into the rest of the finished basement. I tried an air purifier in that room a few years ago, but it could not keep up and seemed to spread the dust around. And that was when the litter was not so dusty.
So I tried a different litter. I was worried about this because I was not sure how the two cats would like it. The one cat has already had bladder issues, and the last thing I need is for this to make his situation worse. Luckily that cat had no problem with the litter. The other cat did not take to it very well. I mixed some old litter in with the new litter, and he jumped right in. He still seems to prefer that mixture, but he is doing some of his business in the purely new litter, so the old litter will be going away very soon.
The litter I switched to is World's Best Cat Litter-the green bag. It is a corn litter, and has a strong odor up close, but I am happy with it. It is a huge improvement in that there is very, very little dust. It also is much easier to scoop. I broke one of the big plastic scoopers trying to scoop the old litter.
The bad part is that this litter is more expensive, but I expect it to last longer. Regardless, the extra cost is worth it.
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