Same here when we had litter trays using the woody stuff. Poos down the loo and litter on the compost.
I did have to have monthly tests for toxoplasmosis during my pregnancy as one of the rare women then in Belgium not already exposed to the virus by eating rare meat from childhood and I'd always worn gloves to garden because we've always had cats and so have our previous neighbours. The UK is not so savvy about testing for it so caution is needed.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I can second the comments from @Dovefromabove, about the effect from toxoplasma, on infants in the womb. Cats are obligate carnivores so the risk from infected meat is always present.
Most of the litter-base that I can think of: woodpulp, waste paper, silica-gel, minerals (bentonite, kieselguhr, vermiculite, Leca) are all moisture retaining. They should all be good for compost. Not necessarily for the compost-heap. And it depends what disinfectants and the like are included.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Most of the litter-base that I can think of: woodpulp, waste paper, silica-gel, minerals (bentonite, kieselguhr, vermiculite, Leca) are all moisture retaining. They should all be good for compost. Not necessarily for the compost-heap. And it depends what disinfectants and the like are included.
The problem with that is that 'normal' cat litter clumps. You scoop out big clods of it, which is no good for composting. The paper type doesn't, it's more loose.
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I did have to have monthly tests for toxoplasmosis during my pregnancy as one of the rare women then in Belgium not already exposed to the virus by eating rare meat from childhood and I'd always worn gloves to garden because we've always had cats and so have our previous neighbours. The UK is not so savvy about testing for it so caution is needed.
Cats are obligate carnivores so the risk from infected meat is always present.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Most of the litter-base that I can think of: woodpulp, waste paper, silica-gel, minerals (bentonite, kieselguhr, vermiculite, Leca) are all moisture retaining. They should all be good for compost. Not necessarily for the compost-heap. And it depends what disinfectants and the like are included.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
The paper type doesn't, it's more loose.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."