Cat litter for dust bath

[Team01]

Can you use car litter for dust bath for quail

 

[nuthatched]

No.
Peat moss is great for dust bathes

 

[jpalmatier83]

Don’t know a lot about quail.

Do know cat litter is designed to absorb moisture.

I wouldnt think that would be great for the birds skin. With my chickens, sand or black dirt are at least moisture neutral.

 

[Nabiki]

I would not recommend it. Clumping kitty litter would be very bad, non clumping wouldn't be much better.

 

[RoyalChick]

I don't know anything about Quail - but depending on what kind of cat litter, they usually have a lot of additives including scents that might well be harmful to chickens and maybe also Quail if they have similarly sensitive respiratory systems.
I am also not sure why you would want to do this because regular construction sand is very cheap and makes great dust baths (at least it does for chickens).
If you have an excess of cat litter I would donate it to the nearest cat rescue/shelter and buy some sand.

 

[crazy chicken ladies]

No.
Peat moss is great for dust bathes

Is there a certain kind of peat moss? Or, can I use what's in the garden supply area?

 

[nuthatched]

Is there a certain kind of peat moss? Or, can I use what's in the garden supply area?

Yep, just the 100% Peat moss from the garden store.

 

[Charlie Wooster]

No. Pea gravel would work just as good.. try sand, you can find play sand just about anywhere, it needs to be something fine so they can dust bathe with it, that’s the idea.

 

[canne50]

I think cat litter may be a good choice if it is pure clay and untreated.
I use peat moss now with some sand, a dash of wood ash or de.
I just keep having problems with the hens consistently hanging up their towels upon exiting their spa area!