ARM & HAMMER™ HardBall™ Clumping Litter

My overall rating

I was excited to try it out, but I was let down. The box was in fact really light. But I could smell a strong perfumy scent right through the box before opening, which was appalling and made me sneeze. The litter looks like brown sand. Again the...   +

I was excited to try it out, but I was let down. The box was in fact really light. But I could smell a strong perfumy scent right through the box before opening, which was appalling and made me sneeze. The litter looks like brown sand. Again the smell was so strong, it was very unpleasant, my cat didn't want any part of that. Understandable as my own human nose couldn't handle it and I'm not sensitive to scents.
The "hard ball" factor wasn't accurate. My cat left it uncovered which made it a sludge mess like mud. When I did cover it, it didn't stay a ball, it fell apart with small pieces everywhere.
I was informed that apparently light weight like this product is actually really bad for your cat's system as they breathe it in, and the light litter gets licked off their fur and hardens in their stomach. So with all the negatives, I appreciate the free try, but I will not be using this. The falling apart mess that was used smelt way worse than any other used litter I've had, and it stuck to the bottom of the box.

- Product gifted by Church & Dwight Canada.    -