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Dear Daphne: What do you suggest if a cat has an allergy to litter? More often than not, it isn't that cats have an allergy to litter, per se, but to an ingredient that is in the litter their owners are using. After all, litter has gone through a number of permutations in the name of human convenience, with thoughts about how the cat would react to it a distant second to how much people would be attracted to it. If you are faced with a cat that, for whatever the reason, cannot or will not use the litter that has been purchased for them, you're still in luck. The options available for litter are now almost as numerous as the cats who use it. The majority of litter aversions I've seen involve litter that is highly scented. Keep in mind that a cat's sense of smell, while not as highly developed as a dog's, is still vastly superior to a human's. Imagine how the flowery odor of the multi-cat brand that you can smell from about 5 feet above the litter box smells to an animal...
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