Flushable cat litter?

[DKL]

Spotted this mentioned on another thread. Oddly it hadn't really occured to me before, it just seems like a bad idea as it's designed to swell and absorb so putting in pipes in any quantity is asking for trouble surely?
But it would be extremely useful.
There are plenty of flushable wipes but I'm aware the water companies don't tend to agree.
So do people use it and does it destroy your plumbing?

[bexVN]

There are reasons why not to flush cat waste down a toilet. I couldn't remember why we shouldn't bug found thus article that helps explain why.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com...

[bexVN]

bexVN said:

There are reasons why not to flush cat waste down a toilet. I couldn't remember why we shouldn't but found this article that helps explain why.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com...

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

You can now buy automatic flushing cat litter trays if it's bugging you?

http://www.catgenie.co.uk/go/shop.html

[Mobile Chicane]

I use wood chip litter. Any poos get flushed down the loo, and the 'wet' litter scooped onto the compost heap. The ammonia in cat urine helps to break down the grass cuttings and leaves which also go into this.

[bexVN]

Mobile Chicane said:

I use wood chip litter. Any poos get flushed down the loo, and the 'wet' litter scooped onto the compost heap. The ammonia in cat urine helps to break down the grass cuttings and leaves which also go into this.

We actually aren't supposed to flush cat faeces down the toilet due to certain parasites sometimes found in it that can't be filtered out.

[Mobile Chicane]

bexVN said:

Mobile Chicane said:

I use wood chip litter. Any poos get flushed down the loo, and the 'wet' litter scooped onto the compost heap. The ammonia in cat urine helps to break down the grass cuttings and leaves which also go into this.

We actually aren't supposed to flush cat faeces down the toilet due to certain parasites sometimes found in it that can't be filtered out.

Ooh. I genuinely had never heard that. I have a septic tank, so maybe not a good idea either.

[bexVN]

Mobile Chicane said:

bexVN said:

Mobile Chicane said:

I use wood chip litter. Any poos get flushed down the loo, and the 'wet' litter scooped onto the compost heap. The ammonia in cat urine helps to break down the grass cuttings and leaves which also go into this.

We actually aren't supposed to flush cat faeces down the toilet due to certain parasites sometimes found in it that can't be filtered out.

Ooh. I genuinely had never heard that. I have a septic tank, so maybe not a good idea either.

I'd always had this idea that we weren't supposed to flush animal faeces (particularly cat) down our toilet but wasn't really sure why!! I have read it is to do with the toxoplasma parasite which can infect marine wildlife because our treatments can't kill it. I don't really know how septic tanks work but I assume the same guidelines apply.

Obviously not all cats have it but you'd have to test them for exposure I guess to know!!