Someone asked, will inferior cat litter have an impact on the health of cats? Of course, it will, and it will harm cats!

So far, the most classic and important embodiment of cat culture is cat litter. In 1947, Ed Roy, the father of cat litter, invented cat litter to make it convenient for cats to "go to the bathroom" in the house. Now, more than 80 years have passed, and the cat litter developed now can be said to be very mature, but if you unfortunately buy inferior cat litter, it is better to let the cat return to its original state!

Today, let's popularize the impact of inferior cat litter on the health of cats.

一. Cat litter has a lot of dust, which affects the health of cats' respiratory tract and urinary system. Cat litter with a lot of dust not only makes the owner feel suffocated when shoveling feces, but also has a great impact on cats.

① Make cats uncomfortable with smell

Especially for cats with short nasal cavities such as Garfield and Persian, when the cat litter they use is too dusty, it will affect their respiratory tract, causing cats to sneeze, and in severe cases, they will be choked by dust and cough. In addition, after dust pollutes the indoor air, it will also enter the cat's eyes, causing the cat to cry.

② Dust adheres to cat hair

When the cat buries the cat litter after defecation, if the dust is too large, it will be adsorbed on the cat's hair, and cats like to lick their hair, which means that the cat litter that has been crushed into powder is eaten by the cat. If it goes on for a long time, it will also cause the cat to be indigestible and cause constipation.

③ Harm to the cat's urinary health

Excessive dust in cat litter can also cause cat urethra blockage, which is harmful to the cat's urinary health, especially for many male cats. Frequent urination, oliguria and hematuria are all caused by cat litter dust.

二. Excessive formaldehyde

I don't know if you have paid attention to the problem of excessive formaldehyde in inferior cat litter. In order to significantly reduce the cost of producing cat litter, some manufacturers will use old furniture as raw materials, use industrial glue as the adhesive of tofu cat litter, and some chemicals used in the processing process will produce formaldehyde. Once the formaldehyde in cat litter exceeds the standard, it will cause harm to the health of cats. Formaldehyde will make cats' skin sensitive and fragile. If they inhale formaldehyde for a long time, their respiratory tract and lungs will also be damaged to a certain extent. The impact of inferior cat litter on humans may be difficult for people to detect, but the harm to cats is very direct. If the cat's spirit appears to be depressed and inactive, it may be caused by formaldehyde poisoning. Careful shit shovelers can buy formaldehyde test strips to test whether the cat litter contains excessive formaldehyde.

三. Inferior cat litter is easy to breed bacteria

Nowadays, many cat litters not only have good agglomeration and deodorization effects, but also inhibit bacteria, keep the cat litter box in a hygienic state, reduce ammonia and some irritating odors produced by bacterial reproduction, and better protect the health of cats. But inferior cat litter does not have this function. If the cat's excrement stays in the cat litter box for a long time, bacteria will breed, and then the cat litter box will become the place with the most bacteria in the room. If there are people with low immunity such as the elderly and children at home, inferior cat litter will not only affect the health of the cat, but may also affect their health.

So there is a saying on the Internet: The harm of inferior cat litter to cats is greater than that of toxic cat food!

I hope that after reading the above 3 harms of inferior cat litter to cat health summarized by veterinarian Xiao Ming, cat owners can realize the importance of good cat litter and not buy cat litter for cheapness. Otherwise, when the cat is admitted to the hospital because of buying cheap cat litter, the feeling of saving a little money and spending a lot of money will be even more uncomfortable. Since we have cats, we should not be reluctant to spend money on them. In fact, sometimes the price of good cat litter and inferior cat litter is not that different!