Tidy Cats Lightweight Instant Action & Odor Control Scented Clumping Clay Cat Litter, 17-lb box

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  • Purina Tidy Cats multi-cat litter offers up to 21 days of odor control and prevents ammonia smell when used as directed.
  • This lightweight litter formula offers less weight, not less litter.
  • Enjoy a clumping litter that features powerful absorbency and forms light, tight, strong clumps for easy scooping.
  • It’s 99.9% dust-free for a low-tracking experience with less mess.
  • Spoil your furbaby with Purina products!

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About Tidy Cats Lightweight Litter

There’s a Tidy Cats for That

Outsmart litter box foes with Tidy Cats LightWeight clumping litter. There’s a Tidy Cats LightWeight solution for every challenge, and these clumping, low-dust cat litter varieties make scooping easy with light, tight clumps. Each one prevents ammonia odor for two weeks when used as directed. Find the easy-to-lift, hardworking formula that best fits your home, like 24/7 Performance or Free & Clean Unscented. 

Light, Tight Clumps

These LightWeight formulas form light, tight clumps for easy removal, so you can scoop and move on with your day. 

99.9% Dust-Free Litter

Enjoy a clean pour with 99.9% dust-free formulas that keep litter dust and dusty paws to a minimum.

Half the Weight

50% lighter than regular clumping litter, TC LightWeight litters are tough on odor, but easy to carry, pour and store.

14-Day Ammonia Blocker

Ammonia Blocker stops ammonia odor for 14 days when used as directed, so you can have a fresher-smelling home.

About Tidy Cats

Tidy Cats is a trusted name in cat litter, backed by over 75 years of litter expertise. Their founder invented kitty litter in 1947, and reinventing litter has been Tidy Cats’ focus ever since.

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Questions & Answers

4 Customer Questions


I see where someone already asked this, but, I have to be sure. I don't see anywhere in the details of this product that it says it's unscented. My cats get very sickly if there's any type of perfumed scent in it. Would like to hear from users of this. Thanks!

Answer by ChewySep 30, 2018
This litter uses Tidy Lock ammonia blocker for odor control instead of heavy fragrances.

Is this litter unscented?

Answer by ChewyMar 23, 2024
This is a scented litter.

Is there a version of the 17 lb that is in the pail? I need to buy the pail, I can't physically handle the box. Why did they change it?

Answer by ChewyNov 04, 2019
This litter has (2) options to chose from: 8.5 pound jug or the 17 pound box.

Is this dust free?

Answer by ChewyMay 22, 2019
This litter is a low-dust formula that helps relieve allergy symptoms and limits tracking for minimal mess.
4.4
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
1127 Ratings

Customers Mention

Chewy identifies key considerations with the help of artificial intelligence and our veterinarians.

Clumping Ability

81% Positive

Dust Control

80% Positive

Longevity

76% Positive

Odor Control

77% Positive

570 Customer Reviews



Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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By Liz on Dec 26, 2019

A Handle Please!

Love the lightweight concept but the box is awkward to handle! It really needs a handle! I'm a cat mom who is 73 years young. I live in an upper apartment, that

Love the lightweight concept but the box is awkward to handle! It really needs a handle! I'm a cat mom who is 73 years young. I live in an upper apartment, that means my Chewy box gets opened at the bottom of the stairs and all the items carried up individually. When you changed from the nice plastic pails with handle To the cheap cardboard box with NO HANDLE,it made shipping more compact and easier for you and alot harder for me and any other cat mom with age and mobility problems. If the price had come down with the obvious down grade from plastic pail to cardboard box it would have helped the inconvenience but the price stayed the same. The same as local retail by the way.....


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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By Beverly on Nov 12, 2019

Works great - highly recommend

This litter is great stuff. Not only does it clump like product states it does but the fact that it is lightweight is great! A box weighing 17 pounds is a lot easier

This litter is great stuff. Not only does it clump like product states it does but the fact that it is lightweight is great! A box weighing 17 pounds is a lot easier to handle and on the Ole back than a box weighing 35 to 40 pounds. The first time I put this in my little princesses litter box I was not sure if she would recognize a difference and quit using her litter box. No problem, she has not changed her litter box habits.


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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By Runitz6cats on May 6, 2020

SUPER LIGHT litter with good smell protection

omg it's so light. I mean, I was totally blown away. My 9 year old was helping get the litter out of the chewy shipping boxes and, as a silly 9 year old would, he

omg it's so light. I mean, I was totally blown away. My 9 year old was helping get the litter out of the chewy shipping boxes and, as a silly 9 year old would, he says, "hey mom, catch!!" and I look over, seeing he has tossed one at me (as i have a heart attack watching what I think is a heavy litter tub, that, in the past, we would have struggled to carry up the stairs), and I caught it (with a scream): Too my surprise, it's literally light enough for my 9 year old to play catch with lol. AND it works just as the other tidy litters do that we had prior. good smell protection (we have 6 cats so we are familiar with what stink can be like lol). I love it and I'll never look back! Anything to limit the moaning my kids do when the litter boxes chore comes up :P


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By BettyJean on Aug 31, 2018
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We Use This For Our 7 Babies!

We have 7 Kitties with the ages varying from one year old through 12 years old and they all take to the litter greatly! It clumps into scoop-able waste that is easy

We have 7 Kitties with the ages varying from one year old through 12 years old and they all take to the litter greatly! It clumps into scoop-able waste that is easy to clean after. It doesn't stick to their feet and scatter everywhere like other litters we've tried. Thank goodness! We really enjoy this style of litter, it's a favorite in this household! And thanks to Chewy's amazing customer service and great prices, we get several tubs of this shipped to our house every month with our autoship order! 5 STARS ACROSS THE BOARD!!


Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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By Richard on Nov 24, 2019

litter is great but box needs a handle and spout desperately

This would be a five star review if based on the litter alone. It is easier to scoop and takes the same volume as the heavyweight stuff. The sole complaint is the

This would be a five star review if based on the litter alone. It is easier to scoop and takes the same volume as the heavyweight stuff. The sole complaint is the box the litter comes in. At only 17 lbs. the box should be a breeze to handle and the litter easy to pour...BUT...there is no handle on the box so it is incredibly awkward to carry. 17 lbs. of dead weight . As for pouring, the little opening that happens when the "tab" is pulled is too small to be of use and when the entire top is opened pouring is awkward and the box cannot be re closed. Fortunately, an empty heavyweight litter pale solved the problem of the left over litter. In summary, great product but lousy package. A plastic handle and pour spout would get this 5 stars.


Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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By liveforcats on Dec 9, 2017

NOT unscented, but otherwise good

I had been using Fresh Step unscented litter, but was tired of scraping pee paste off the sides of the box and dealing with the resulting micro pee clumps. I decided

I had been using Fresh Step unscented litter, but was tired of scraping pee paste off the sides of the box and dealing with the resulting micro pee clumps. I decided to try this after cat sitting for a friend who uses a different tidy cats litter and noticing that her cat's box didn't have this issue at all. I chose this option because the answered questions claim that it is unscented. Well, it is definitely scented, albeit much less so than the overtly perfumed options. The scent is light and inoffensive to me, but definitely noticeable from across the room when the cats start digging, for example. It doesn't bother me so far (and I do have asthma), but I'm not sure whether or not my cats will take to it, and I can see it not being an option for some people and cats for this reason. It's a shame because otherwise I've found the clumping quality better than what I had been using and it barely sticks to the sides. It also seems to track slightly less.


Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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By Cali on Aug 29, 2019

NEW BOX IS HORRIBLE, LOST ALL STARS FOR PRODUCT

Save your old plastic tubs if you haven’t tossed them yet! Seriously! This box blows. They changed the packaging to a cardboard box. It’s terrible for a few reasons..

Save your old plastic tubs if you haven’t tossed them yet! Seriously! This box blows. They changed the packaging to a cardboard box. It’s terrible for a few reasons... 1. There is no handle. It’s just a square cardboard box. How are you supposed to pour it into the litter box...? 2. The opening is also poorly designed. It’s just a flap that you can open one time and never reseal. Because there’s no good way to hold the box, the stupid opening is even more obvious. You can try to hold it on an angle but it still gets everywhere. The litter collects in the lid as you pour and then spills everywhere once you set the box back down. 3. It’s in a cardboard box (-_-)... Litter needs to be sealed from moisture. I have the litter box in the basement. Occasionally after a big rainstorm, we get a little water in the basement. The entire box of litter is ruined when that happens. I learned the hard way. The cardboard box got wet, letting the litter get wet, turning the thing into a heavy mess. Whoever designed this should be fired. Clearly they did not use it in their own home before sending this to the public. This used to be a four start product for me. Everything was great except the dust. They even improved the dust factor (though still too dusty) and that was a great improvement. I have knocked off all the stars now because it’s next to impossible to use this product now. So disappointed.


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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By CamperGirl on Jan 23, 2016

My cats like this best

I needed to switch from the heavy litters as I found them increasingly difficult to carry up and down stairs. I tried another brand of lighter weight litter for

I needed to switch from the heavy litters as I found them increasingly difficult to carry up and down stairs. I tried another brand of lighter weight litter for quite awhile, hoping the cats would get used to it. They hated it. And to demonstrate their dislike they began defecating in random places, but mostly at the bottom of the stairs. I went back to Tidy Cat but am now buying the lightweight version and the cats are much happier. Random pooping has ceased! So, I will suck up the extra cost and continue to buy this litter. It has good odor control and clumps well. It is a bit dusty and does track a little outside the box, but not a problem for us as the litter box is in the basement.


Rated 4 out of 5 stars
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By PammyLou on Jun 2, 2015

I really like the way this litter works.

This litter is lightweight, compared to other cat litters, although it's not as light as depicted in the TV commercials, where people toss it about as if it were

This litter is lightweight, compared to other cat litters, although it's not as light as depicted in the TV commercials, where people toss it about as if it were a bag of cotton balls. But that's my opinion. The litter works better than most other litter I've used. It clumps solid and hardens quickly. I have multiple cats and they don't break up the clumps after one another. I don't notice any odor either, even when cleaning the boxes. This litter works especially well in my Omega Paw Roll 'N Clean Litter Box (which I also like, but that's another review...).


Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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By Favorite on Nov 9, 2018

Works best

Out of all the litters I have tried in the past year I truly love this one. I have 3 cats and this one DOES have a slight fragrance but not overpowering. It clumps

Out of all the litters I have tried in the past year I truly love this one. I have 3 cats and this one DOES have a slight fragrance but not overpowering. It clumps well and doesn’t separate when you scoop. It is very VERY light weight. So lightweight I can hardly tell when I need more without opening the bucket. It doesn’t stink like the others I’ve tried. I clean out the boxes at least every two days. The others stunk half way through the first day. This one is amazing. If there’s a better one please let me know.