Litter box
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A litter box, also known as a sandbox, cat box, litter tray, cat pan, potty, pot, or litter pan, is an indoor faeces and urine collection box for cats, as well as rabbits, ferrets, miniature pigs, sma
A basic litter box and scoop
Microscopic close-up of clumping cat litter, showing the fossilized remains of diatoms
Silica "crystal" litter
An enclosed litter box
Bentonite
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Bentonite is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite. Na-montmorillonite has a considerably greater swelling capaci
Litter box
…at a variety of retail stores. Non-clumping cat litter is often made of zeolite, diatomite and sepiolite. Litter clumps were first developed by using calcium bentonite clay. This was manufactured in the UK in the 1950s by the Fuller's Earth Union (FEU), which later became a part of Laporte Industries Ltd. Subsequently…
Bentonite layers from an ancient deposit of weathered volcanic ash tuff in Wyoming
Gray shale and bentonites (Benton Shale; Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Making a bentonite slurry for fining after wine pressing