Animal litter

Abstract

The present invention provides a toilet sand used for toilet for animals, suppressing occurrence of odor emitted by excrement left in the toilet sand and a toilet using the sand. The toilet sand for animals is constituted of a plurality of particulates and is equipped with a place 20 having water repellency and a place 30 having a water-absorbing property in a part of the surface.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a sanitary sand for animals used as litter materials for animals such as cats and dogs. Background technique [0002] As a toilet for animals such as cats and dogs kept indoors, sanitary litter made of granular materials called "cat litter" is placed in a plastic box-shaped container and used. Excreta such as urine excreted by animals is absorbed by such sanitary litter. The owner removes the sanitary sand contaminated by urine or feces from the container together with the feces, and replenishes new sanitary sand according to the removed part. However, cats have the habit of stirring the litter with their paws after excretion, and sometimes the litter with urine or feces attached will adhere to their paws. Also, since the contaminated sanitary sand is diffused, it is difficult to completely remove only the contaminated part. [0003] Sanitary sand used in the above-mentioned toilets includes mineral zeolite or river sand, be...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the silica gel that absorbs a lot of urine remains in the toilet container, which is unhygienic and a cause of bad smell

[0008] In addition, since the granular materials constituting the sanitary sand described in Patent Document 2 are non-absorbent, urine and the like cannot pass through the granular materials and remain on the surface of the granular materials. This residual urine is corrupted and produces a bad smell, which is also a problem.

Furthermore, since a small amount of water in the feces that cannot form a water flow cannot pass through the sanitary sand, the odor of the feces may also remain.

Therefore, it is necessary to discard the contaminated part of the sanitary sand every time the pet excretes, or replace all the sanitary sand once every 1 or 2 weeks. In addition, not only the sanitary sand, but also the absorbent pad must be replaced with a new one, so that The problem of generating a lot of garbage

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