Has anyone stuck with tofu litter past the first bag, or did it go soggy on you?

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One cat, third floor walk up, and hauling 12 kg of clay up the stairs every fortnight is the actual problem I am trying to solve. Tofu pellets are about twice…

blue_team_bex · Accepted Answer

Two and a half years on tofu here, one cat, and the honest summary is that the clump is firmer than paper and gummier than clay. It does not shatter when you lift it, which I prefer, but it will smear if you leave it more than about 36 hours in a humid covered box. Scoop daily and it is genuinely excellent. Scoop…

hanon_hater · Answer

Warning from experience: do not flush it in an old building with cast iron waste stacks regardless of what the bag says. It does dissolve, reasonably fast, but "dissolves in water" and "safe for your specific plumbing" are different claims and I learned the difference the expensive way.

plainly_pat · Answer

The composition matters more than the word tofu. These are made from soy, pea and corn starch in varying ratios, and the pea fibre heavy ones break down faster in water while still clumping — which is what you want if you flush, and what you do not want if your box gets splashed. Two brands both labelled tofu litter…

fiber_finn · Answer

Cost check from my own receipts rather than a guess: my bags went from about 10 kg of clay to about 6 kg of tofu for the same number of weeks, so on a per month basis it was roughly 40 percent more expensive. For a third floor walk up I would still take it. Carrying 6 kg up three flights instead of 12 is not a small…

stealth_park_stu · Answer

Mild disagreement with the enthusiasm above. Tofu tracks less than fine clay but the pellets that do escape are bigger and I find them under furniture weeks later. Dust is genuinely much lower, which is the real win if anyone in the house has a dust problem, but do not buy it expecting a clean floor.

Has anyone stuck with tofu litter past the first bag, or did it go soggy on you? Cat

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