处理猫砂的最佳方法

Tan cat litter box with litter and litter scoop

类似于古语“有上必有下,有进必有出”。养猫的好处可以围绕它们的独立性和清洁的强迫性以及生活在干净的环境中,然而,即使是最干净的猫也需要使用这些设施。询问任何猫主人,他们无疑会告诉您,他们最不喜欢的与照顾猫有关的家务就是清洁猫砂盆。这很痛苦,很臭,而且垃圾并不是地球上最轻的东西。对于任何拥有快乐猫的家庭来说,这也是不可避免的罪恶。这就引出了一个问题:处理脏垃圾箱的最佳方法是什么?

每个猫主人都应该知道的猫砂盆基础知识

将其放入垃圾桶

这种方法是一种经过验证的方法,也是处理用过的猫砂的最佳方法。垃圾箱应每天至少铲起一次。用垃圾铲筛出尿液块和粪便,然后放入小垃圾袋或垃圾处理袋一旦你家里的所有盒子都被挖出来,就把垃圾袋打结。为了防止异味和细菌泄漏,请将铲起的垃圾用双层袋子装好。放入带有紧密盖子的室外垃圾桶中。一定要使用重型垃圾袋,因为垃圾,尤其是粘土垃圾,密度很大,很快就会变重。

不要将猫砂舀进垃圾桶,然后让它坐在那里。一段时间后,它不仅会变得很臭,而且每次打开罐子时,少量的猫砂灰尘和受污染的猫粪便都会进入空气中。另外,切勿将用过的猫砂倾倒在室外。

如果您住在农村地区,您可能会有一个焚烧堆或焚烧桶来存放垃圾。然而,粘土垃圾燃烧得不好。相反,它只会收集在堆的底部。一些可生物降解的垃圾可能是可燃烧的,但在此过程中总有可能产生空气中的毒素。

Cat litter urine clumps wrapped in plastic bag and placed in blue trash bin

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有些垃圾不是可堆肥的吗?

第一个可堆肥垃圾实际上是一种称为富勒粘土的粘土。美国商人埃德·洛 (Ed Lowe) 意识到,由于这种粘土能够吸收水中的重量,因此它可以成为猫开展业务的绝佳基质。自 1947 年洛 (Lowe) 最初的灵光一现以来,各种不同的材料被用于不同的猫科动物。猫砂。粘土不再是唯一的选择。可生物降解的基材有多种,从压缩纸到玉米再到小麦。一些来源喜欢这些可生物降解的选择,因为它们是可生物降解的,因此可以堆肥。然而,我对此确实感到担忧。

猫的粪便可以携带比细菌更可怕的东西,比如大肠杆菌被原虫寄生虫感染的猫弓形虫 readily shed this parasite in their stool. Once shed into the environment, it can easily infect other animals and people as well. Some sources say that composting biodegradable cat litter for use in flower gardens only, never vegetable, is fine, it's not recommended to be so cavalier about something that could be a potential pathogen.

Warning

Toxoplasmosis doesn't cause clinical symptoms in most healthy adults, but if you contract it while you are pregnant, the parasite can cause complications to the fetus.

What About Flushing?

Clay-based litters are not flushable. The clay can wreak havoc on your plumbing. Some biodegradable litters, though, purport to be flushable on the packaging. Should you flush used cat litter, though? Flushing urine clumps is one thing, but it's not recommended to flush stool. This is for the same reason that it's not recommended to compost used cat litter. Even with modern waste water treatment systems, T. gondii and other intestinal parasites are often not caught and can stay in the water supply.

Cat litter itself may have come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1947 from non clumping to clumping, unscented to scented, and clay to biodegradable. Picking the right litter for your cat can be overwhelming (your cat will let you know if they like their litter or not based on how reliably they use it and how much they dig in it). Knowing what the best thing to do with your used cat litter, though, has remained the same for centuries. No need to over complicate it; used cat litter goes in the garbage.

Blue cat litter scoop over toilet bowl

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