Reducing The Smell of Ammonia

Before we look at how to reduce the smell of ammonia from your cat’s litter tray let’s firstly have a look at what it is.

Ammonia is a colourless gas that often emits a strong, overpowering odour that is found in cat urine. While the smell alone is enough to put people off, it’s the health risks associated with overexposure that you should be concerned about.

Ammonia can lead to a number of health issues for humans including:

● Headaches
● Asthma attacks
● Respiratory illnesses

Because of this it is important to maintain your cat’s litter tray in order to keep ammonia levels to a minimum.

Keeping Your Cat’s Litter Tray Clean
Managing a routine cat litter tray cleaning process will ensure your litter tray does not become overly-soiled, and therefore emitting high levels of ammonia gas.

You should aim to clean your cat’s litter tray, completely deep-cleaning the tray and changing the litter. Meanwhile, daily scooping and sweeps of the litter tray will help to reduce unpleasant smells in your living space.

Follow these steps to ensure a clean and healthy litter tray for you and your cat:

1. Change the litter box: Empty it completely, clean it with warm water and mild soap, and refill with fresh litter at least once a month.
2. Replace the litter box periodically: Over time, cat urine and faeces can cause the plastic of the litter tray to degrade. Buying a new litter tray is required every so often to minimise leakages, spillages and bad smells.
3. Choose a type of litter with superior odour control: Opt for litter materials known for good absorbency and clumping ability. Consider those with added fragrance or natural ingredients like baking soda for enhanced odour management.
4. Consider a litter tray filter: Some filters contain a non-toxic resin that effectively absorbs and retains odours.

Highly-Absorbent Cat Litter
At Bodens Group we manufacture and package high quality cat litter made using natural wood pellets. With their own natural pine scent, they are ideal for minimising the scent of ammonia from your cat litter tray. However, this natural ingredient offers a wide range of benefits. From being highly-absorbent to biodegradable, natural wood pellet cat litter ensures a clean and healthy environment for you and your feline friend.

Absorbing high levels of cat urine and reducing the risk of ammonia exposure related illnesses in humans.

Our wood pellet cat litter is available to purchase across a wide range of UK retailers. Packaged in large bags for use within the home. To find out more about our natural animal products get in touch or to read more on the cleaning, maintenance and disposal of cat litter keep up to date on our blog.