Tidy Max 24/7 Performance Kitty Litter Review – Purina
In this post, we’re going to take a good look at one of the most popular kitty litters out there. As one of the leading innovators of all things pets, Purina has one of their most popular brands of cat litter out there available for you called Purina Tidy Max 24/7 Performance Clumping Cat Litter. This is one of the most popular products out there when it comes to buying for your home if you have multiple cats. We’ll get into a little more detail on why, as well as give you some interesting facts, and pros and cons of using it over other brands or types of Tidy Cats style litters.
What Makes Tidy Cats Max So Special?
This specially formulated Tidy Cats brand is formulated specially so that you can have a dust-free experience when it comes to completely eliminating ammonia odors with a lightly scented cat litter that’s made completely of all-natural clay with a light scent. It’s a little more lightweight than some others, but not as much as the “lightweight” Tidy Cats litter options. However, it has special pieces of moisture-activated “power pieces” that makes the smell get absorbed and moisture. Usually, if you use this litter and fill your tray, you can have complete odor control for up to two weeks as long as you use it properly.
What about Clumping?
Most brands of cat litter offers the ability to create clumps, but most of the time, a lot of debris actually falls apart off of the clump as you’re scooping it. Not Tidy Cats. They’ve been doing this for years, and have perfected the art of their litter making perfect clumps that are tight, and able to not fall apart when you’re scooping them up.
Some Great Things about This Tidy Max 24/7 Cat Litter
- Lightly scented to provide excellent odor elimination and masking.
- You can use it with manual or even automatic kitty litter boxes.
- Special ammonia blocker controls odors for up to two weeks (you should still clean daily).
- Product comes nightly and neatly packaged into a 38lb. box of double layered cardboard for durability.
- Excellent for a household with multiple cats.
- Pleasant light scent helps control odors.
- The closest thing to purely being dust free that you can get!
- You can order this product in numerous different sizes:
27lb. & 35lb. Pail, 38lb & 40lb. box, 40lb bag, 2x 20lb jugs, 4x12lb. bags, 40lb. bag.
Of Course, Everything Does Come with Some Cons. We’ll Look at This Product’s
- Some cats won’t use this litter (the scent may be too strong for them).
- Doesn’t always work for odor control if your cat’s pH balance has too much ammonia.
- If you have too many cats, you may need another odor controlling litter.
- Box design could be made better.
- Some users say the litter is still pretty dusty.
What Can You Do To Control Dust More?
One thing you can do, and it’s greatly encouraged, is use litter box liners. This is designed to make the cleanup easier (especially when completely changing out your litter every couple weeks), and more importantly, it can greatly decrease the amount of dust when you poor the litter in.
Another thing you can do to help control the dust more (powdered clay is just naturally dusty, even if the product is “dust free”) is to use something like a small jar or measuring cup and pour a little bit at a time, smoothing it out as you go. By doing this, you’re not just dumping straight out of the box, which can agitate the dust particles at the bottom more.
If You’re Pregnant or Nursing or Have Infants or Small Children
While sure, you can help teach your older child how to clean the litter box, you may want to avoid letting your toddler help you clean the litter. At the same time, it’s highly not recommended that women who are pregnant, nursing, or children with weakened immune system handle or even touch dirty cat litter, since some cat feces can contain a parasite that can cause toxoplasmosis. This can cause numerous complications with pregnancy and nursing, and even more so hurt your baby. Always be responsible when handling any cat litter, no matter what brand it is.
How Many Cats Can Use This Litter at Once?
If you have more than three cats, you may want to choose another litter or at least more than one litter pan if they’re using the same cat litter. This product is only lightly scented, so you want to make sure that you disperse it the right way in order to get the most odor control possible, as with any cat litter. Some people misunderstand that multiple cats means they can use one litter box with 9 cats… this is simply unacceptable and highly not recommended.
Conclusion
The Purina Tidy Max 24/7 Performance formula helps you control your cat’s litter issues as much as possible. Some people may think it’s like any other cat litter, but there is a great deal of science that Purina has gone through in order to make sure that your cat litter helps to control the strong ammonia cat odor that is prominent with many cats using the restroom. From what we’ve gathered, this is about 90% effective at removing odors, but compared to many other cat litters, this is actually a really good number, considering most cat litters only control odor about half of the time. While this may not always remove the smell of strong fecal matter, it’s really handy and easy to clean up because it clumps great.
We would recommend this for anyone with at least 2-3 cats so you can help ease your nose and keep your house smelling great. Making sure you have a deep enough cat litter pan, you can also decrease the amount of cat litter that gets out of the box, and even if the cat litter settles to the bottom, you can easily scrape out the clumps without them falling apart like most other cat litters.
