Animal litter
Provided is a litter, related to litter used for animal litter, which suppresses odors due to excretory substances remaining in litter and litter container using thereof. This animal litter comprises a plurality of granular materials, one part of a surface thereof comprising first granular material having water-shedding properties and second granular material having liquid-absorbing properties.
1. An animal litter comprising a plurality of granular materials wherein the plurality of granular material comprises:
a first granular material having water-shedding properties; and
a second granular material having liquid-absorbing properties;
wherein a content of the first granular material is larger than a content of the second granular material.
2. The animal litter according to claim 1 , wherein a surface area of the second granular material is larger than a surface area of the first granular material.
3. The animal litter according to claim 1 , wherein the animal litter is used in combination with a liquid-absorbent sheet having liquid-absorbing properties.
4. The animal litter according to claim 1 , wherein the first granular material is formed by a water-shedding process which is performed on a surface of a base material.
5. The animal litter according to claim 4 wherein the base material has liquid absorbing properties, and is selected form the group consisting of silica gel bentonite, ground pulp, paper sand, and wood chips.
6. The animal litter according to claim 1 , wherein the first granular material is formed by processing with acrylic resin, urethane resin or silicon resin.
7. The animal litter according to claim 1 , wherein the first granular material is formed by processing into granular form materials which originally have water-shedding properties and comprise at least one of polyethylene, propylene and glass.
8. The animal litter according to claim 1 , wherein a liquid passage ratio of the plurality of granular materials is at least 50%.
9. An animal litter comprising a plurality of granular materials wherein the plurality of granular material comprises:
a first granular material having water-shedding properties; and
a second granular material having liquid-absorbing properties;
wherein a liquid passage ratio of the plurality of granular materials is 50% or more.