I know its rarely discussed, but I would imagine that a vast majority of you that prep on either a small scale or full blown.
Thought this would interest y'all.


Dump some of that stuff in a portable emergency potty

Since kitty litter is made to draw out moisture, it makes for an excellent smell and liquid buster for your portable toilet. The idea of having to go number two in a bucket or whatever may be unnerving, but you won’t have much choice during an emergency.

Want to hear one more reason why you should add kitty litter to your portable toilet? Because you won’t have the time or disposition to empty it after each use. So, do yourself a favor and put some of this stuff inside your mobile potty before nature takes its course.

Making your driveway slip-free

You know how people end up in the ER when the frost sets in? Slipping on the driveways after getting out of the car. You can either use regular rock salt to deal with the ice, but that stuff eats through concrete like acid, or you can opt for an environmental- and driveway-friendly solution which is kitty litter.

Sure, it won’t do much about the ice, but at least you’ll have enough traction to stay upright until you get inside the house. You should also sprinkle some kitty litter under your doormat – yup, that thing can also become very slippery during the winter.

Putting the kibosh on them moles

Prepper loves veggies, mole loves veggies, but prepper does not like a mole – that’s how it is; a true Shakespearian forbidden love affair which ends in the above-mentioned person finding all kinds of non-soil-friendly ways to get rid of the blind Romeo.



Anyway, if you don’t want to end up poisoning the ground, sprinkle a little bit of cat litter around your plants. For some reason, moles abhor cat litter and will stay away from your garden. From where I stand, it’s a win-win situation: no one gets hurt, the soil remains healthy, and plants will grow unhindered.

Nips grease fires in the bud

Whether you’re cooking outside or inside, grease fires are a very real and very scary possibility. Even worse is that you can’t do shit with water. Now, if you forget to check your fire extinguisher, leave it where it is. Grab a handful of kitty litter and toss it over the fire.

Since the silica pebbles are designed to draw out moisture from, well, anything, they’ll blanch that grease spot faster than you can say “preparedness.” You should also consider keeping a small bag of kitty litter in your BBQ’s firebox if you’re planning on cooking grease-laden foods.

No more rancid smells around the house

Kitty litter is great at reducing foul smells around the house. If there’s a stink in the fridge, put some of this stuff on a small plate and place it inside the fridge.

Now, if the kitty litter doesn’t help with the bad smell, try this trick – in a small bowl, combine one tablespoon of diatomaceous earth, one tablespoon of fine rock salt, and one tablespoon of baking soda. You can also add a splash of apple cider vinegar if you like. Stick the bowl in the fridge, and I guarantee you that by morning, the inside will smell as if the fridge just came out the production line.

No more rodents lurking around your food pantry

Before I got around to redoing the pantry where I keep my emergency food and water stockpile, rats and mice were a big issue. Sometimes I had to throw entire packs of trail mix or whatever because they were literally covered in rat bites and feces. Plugging every hole that you can find is indeed a good fix, but a costly one.

After doing a little bit of research, I’ve discovered that moles aren’t the only pests that detest the sight and smell of cat litter. Apparently, even rats and mice flee in terror at the sight of these pebbles (probably because they know that a cat may be hanging around).

Anyway, doesn’t matter if you own a cat or not, should you find yourself up to the neck in rodents, scatter some kitty litter around the area where you saw bites or feces. They won’t trouble you any longer after this.

Plant care

Since I’ve always like fooling around the garden, knowing how much moisture plants need was kind of an issue for me. There was this one time I ended drowning my wife’s cabbage patch because I used the power hose to water them. If you’re just like me when it comes to gardening, you can use kitty litter to balance the water levels.

Since this stuff absorbs extra moisture, you need not worry about giving too much water to plant – it will draw out the exact amount it needs. The rest will be absorbed by the kitty litter (would be best to use silica pebbles, because they have a higher absorption rate).

That’s it for my 7 funky and fun ways to use kitty litter in an SHTF situation. What are your thoughts? Hit the comment section and let me know.

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The Jr darthfusters like to work on their cars in my driveway. I use kitty litter to soak up the oil stains. Even old stains come up by pouring some mineral spirits and scrubbing the surface with a push broom. Then I spread a thick coat of kitty litter and wait a few days. Sweep up and no more oil stain.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
The Jr darthfusters like to work on their cars in my driveway. I use kitty litter to soak up the oil stains.

Yup. I've a bucket of kitty litter in the garage for just that purpose. You don't have to toss it after you use it, either. I just sweep it up and throw it back in the bucket.

I filled a large Caldwell tack driver shooting bag with kitty litter instead of sand. Works great.

The non clumping type is also good for Traction in snow.
The clumping type gets slick when wet do not use this type.

Kitty little does work marginally well for snow traction but you track in a grey mess from the wet clay that is a real pain to clean up. Use as last resort for sidewalk traction if you are coming inside.

If clay based, then good for mixing into old latex paint that can then be disposed of in the garbage ... at least here where I live anyway.

Serial killer Terry Rasmussen used 200 pounds of kitty litter to mummify one of his victims in California. From what I was told, kitty litter will hide the odor of decomposition.

https://www.boston25news.com/n...n-murders/747980623/

https://www.doj.nh.gov/news/20...chester-timeline.pdf

Also stops gun violence in Portland.

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Originally posted by old dino:
If clay based, then good for mixing into old latex paint that can then be disposed of in the garbage ... at least here where I live anyway.

A bucket of used litter easily soaked up my last 6-quart oil change.

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Originally posted by Woodman:

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Originally posted by old dino:
If clay based, then good for mixing into old latex paint that can then be disposed of in the garbage ... at least here where I live anyway.

A bucket of used litter easily soaked up my last 6-quart oil change.

When I was changing oil myself, the kitty litter was great for cleaning up oil that slopped onto the concrete driveway. The old oil I took to my local auto repair guy who used it in his oil furnace ... now I leave all my oil changes for him to do.

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Originally posted by Woodman:

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Originally posted by old dino:
If clay based, then good for mixing into old latex paint that can then be disposed of in the garbage ... at least here where I live anyway.

A bucket of used litter easily soaked up my last 6-quart oil change.

Forget to put the drain plug back in before filling it up?