SmartCat All Natural Clumping Cat Litter, 10 Pound (160oz 1 Pack) – Alternative to Clay and Pellet Litter – Chemical and 99% Dust Free – Unscented and Lightweight

Do your lungs a favor! Smart Cat is smart for your cat!
Before I ever used Smart Cat, I pet sat for some beautiful rescue cats whose owner was a committed user of this product. It was highly recommended to me that if I ever got cats, this was the product I wanted to use. A few years later, I did just that and didn’t hesitate to order the same product I’d used pet sitting. Several years later, the product quality was the same high quality as when I’d tried it the first time.I used it for a couple of years before Covid. Unfortunately, there came a point when we couldn’t readily get it, so I shopped where I could and picked up a popular brand name clay version in a local grocery store. Bad news! I hadn’t even considered the harm it could have done. In not too much time, my cat started wheezing and sneezing. I had never heard him sneeze previously and hadn’t considered that it could have been the litter. After all, it’s made for cat boxes! I’d also kept him as an indoor cat from the first day I found him.It wasn’t too long before I also started coughing and feeling a dry scratchiness in my lungs and throat. One day, I went into the bathroom and saw a noticeable layer of what I thought was dust on the top of the tank and bathroom shelf. I’m generally very clean, so I got out my rags and started dusting.It wasn’t dust. As I looked around the house, that “dust” wasn’t anywhere else to be found – only in the bathroom where I kept the cat’s litter box. I realized it was clay silt from the Covid kitty litter we’d picked up when we couldn’t get Smart Cat. I’d picked up several jugs of it at the time, not knowing how long Covid would last. Cat litter is one of those things that you want to keep a good supply of on-hand!By that time I was able to order Smart Cat again, so I did right away and dumped the rest of the clay litter I’d picked up as soon as Smart Cat arrived. We had no more “dust” after that, and in less than a week, we were both back to normal.I will not use any other brand or type of cat litter except Pioneer Pet Smart Cat grass seed litter. It’s a great product that keeps the cat’s box odor-free. I clean the box after my cat’s every use. I’ve been in people’s homes before where you can smell “cat” as soon as you enter the door, but not with Smart Cat!I order the large value-sized bag. I pour it into a smaller pourable jug (using a funnel so it doesn’t fly away) and keep it by his box. I pour the rest out of the bag into a 5-gallon bucket and with a snap-on lid on until we need to fill the jug again. So easy! When he goes potty, I scoop it right away into a small bag and tie it shut. At the end of the day, the bags go into the trash can outside. You would never know I have a cat!I will say that it does track a bit, but I keep a small, hand-sized brush and dustpan near the litter box. When I’m scooping, I just give the surrounding area a quick sweep. I also have one of those rubber litter-catching mats on the floor as he comes out of the box. It all helps to keep the tracking down. I also find that if I keep the box clean each time he goes, that I actually don’t use as much litter because I rarely need to empty the whole box. Consistent cleanliness saves on the cost!Pioneer Pet recently changed their packaging. I was concerned that I’d gotten the wrong product and called the company. They were very kind and explained the packaging change was for visual consistency when you see all of their products side-by-side. They guaranteed me that no changes had been made to the product. Peace of mind!I would highly recommend Smart Cat. I use about 2 – 4 bags/year depending on if I’m traveling or not. If so, then I’ll take a larger jug and use that with a disposable litter box, covered with a plastic kitchen bag when not in use. I pull it in and out of hotel bathrooms without a fuss, and we’ve always left a clean room behind. No complaints!I would highly recommend Pioneer Pet Smart Cat grass seed cat litter!

Honestly I don’t get the negative reviews — I literally buy this from Amazon so I can do a review here!To be fair, I once talked to a PetValu staff who seemed to be very knowledgable and told me that just like human, we’re what we eat and the same goes to the cats: so each cat would have totally different PH value and different things in the urine which ultimately resulted in the clump-ability of different litters.However that being said, after having used literally pretty much all the brands and all types of litter in the market (seriously, all of them! because I have a very finicky cat who would pee on the floor left you scratch your head off not understanding why!), this is really by far the best litter that I’ve ever tried, period! If it’s all possible, I would give it 6 stars!I only have two cats, but it’s 2 of 2 “kitty approved” 🙂 Both of them love it better than any other type and brand. It clumps really well — seriously, you don’t see any other litter company does the same demo like SmartCat by throwing a clumped litter like a ball and see how well it holds.Also it covers the smell really, really well. In the past, especially when we have heat alerts, my bathroom tends to have some sour leftover food type of garbage smell with the other natural based litter. But with this, even with the heat wave this year, my bathroom is perfectly fine!And really, there is no dust. — does it track? Of course! I haven’t come across ANY litter that my cats weren’t capable of tracking; seriously, zero brand or product! But with SmartCat it’s tolerable and also when you step on it, it won’t hurt and you won’t feel like you’re living at your beach house.Seeing is believing! — I attach a few pictures to showcase how well it clumps and how little it tracks (and for my other cat who doesn’t like to cover his pee or poop, the tracking is far less with my unique litter pan here!!)Yes it’s on the pricy side, but it really worth of every penny. I used to use the other famous brand of corn based litter, but now I’m a hardcore fan of SmartCat. I just wish I had come across that YouTube commercial and review much earlier and it would save me years of trouble with my litter problems!!

Litter bag was damaged and litter was all over the place. What a service!!