Please convince me this is a bad idea - or don't :)
I just got a new puppy, and she is litter trained. I've been using
newspaper litter pellets - one bag seems to have lasted 3 weeks. I am struggling to throw the litter in the garbage - it's peed on, but she doesn't
poop in the litter, and there is little to no smell at a distance, and 30 lbs is a lot of brown matter to throw out every 3 weeks. I may switch her to horse bedding pellets, but there's no
feed store nearby.
I've been vermicomposting for 6 or 7 years now, currently using pails. I live in an apartment, and don't have space for a
compost pile outside. I have a near unlimited supply of
coffee grounds from the office, and I also have a near unlimited supply of free pails with lids at work, but i've not really taken advantage of that due to a lack of browns for the
compost. My instinct is definitely to vermicompost it!
If I don't use the litter on edible plants - what's the harm in composting it? I understand toxiplasmosis in cats - is there something similar for dogs? If I used it somewhere there are no edibles this year, but might next year, is there an issue? Is there an issue if I used it for,say, squash or beans?