I was wondering as when I don't have time or we're gone, my macaw parrots will have a 2-3" pile of mushy poo below where they perch most of the time. There's only pellets in a bin in one of there cages as he poops water constantly. Never had any of their piles of poop get moldy either. Although, out comes the fruit flies!
Do you do the two-box method where you sift the sawdust into the 2nd box?
I also have a cat and I hate the clay litter.
@Debbie292d, do you usually scoop pine pellet litter? Sorry if I already asked this question
We leave it. Our silkies scratch around it in and keep it circulated but if they didn't, a metal rake moves them around easy.
Every March/April we get a wheelbarrow and grain scoop and haul it out. It is now mostly sawdust and dried-up pulverized chicken poop. We put some of that around trees, in the garden, and in the compost bins. It's 100% pine, now fertilized.
Wow, I never had them all turn to sawdust but I do believe I'd replace them as they can't absorb like before. If that sawdust all dried out, it's better than sawmill sawdust in that this sawdust won't have the dust in it, so it's fine for them and maybe let it be for a couple of weeks. If it's all wet, I would get it out of there and put down more pellets.
Crazy part is, it's already dry. I'm going to wait and see if it will still clump around their poo.
Nice! It should still do the job and dry out the poop.
For future reference, this is what the pellets look like when they get wet, turn to something similar to sawdust (but less dusty) and then dry out. It actually clumbs up the poo nicely.
That's pretty awesome! That looks so nice actually!
