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SORRY FOR THE LONG REVIEW, BUT PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ; IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. I'VE USED OKO CAT LITTER "SOFT" THREE TIMES AND THEIR "ORIGINAL" ONCE. FIRST TIME USING THE SOFT, IT WAS WONDERFUL- GOOD CLUMPING, NOT VERY DUSTY, LOOKED LIKE PRODUCT PICTURE (DID TRACK, THO). THE SECOND SOFT BOX WAS SAME AS FIRST, EXCEPT CLUMPS FELL APART AND IT TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES TO SCOOP OUT ALL THE LITTLE BITS LEFT OVER. BUT THIS THIRD BOX OF SOFT LITTER... I'M LITERALLY SHOCKED! THE COMPANY CHANGED THE TYPES OF TREES THEY'RE USING TO MAKE IT. APARENTLY THE TREES COME FROM A DIFFENT LOCATION AS WELL. NOW THE "SOFT" OKO LITTER HAS HALF INCH POINTY PIECES OF WOOD THAT LEFT REAL SPLINTERS IN MY SKIN WHEN I PUT MY HAND FLAT ON TOP OF IT IN THE LITTER BOX. IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THEIR PREVIOUS SOFT LITTER AND PICTURE ON THE BOX. THE DUST WAS UNBEILIEVABLE WHEN I POURED IT. I COUGHED AND COUGHED AND HAD TO OPEN MANY WINDOWS BECAUSE IT SPREAD SO MUCH THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. THIRTY MINUTES LATER, I STILL FEEL PAIN AND TIGHTNESS IN MY CHEST. I ALSO HAVE SOME RISIDUAL DUST IN MY MOUTH. IT'S BEEN SITTING, UNTOUCHED, AND ALTHOUGH MY CAT IS 30 FEET FROM THE LITTER BOX, HER EYES ARE WATERING AND SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S HAVING SOME TROUBLE BREATHING. CATS ARE VERY SUSEPTABLE TO UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTONS. I DUG AROUND IN THE LITTER A BIT TO SEE HOW MUCH DUST WOULD KICK UP IN MY CAT'S FACE WHEN SHE DIGS. A TON!!! USING THIS LITTER WILL SURELY HURT HER LUNGS. THE PRICE OF ALL OKO LITTERS HAS MARKEDLY INCREASED. CLEARLY THE OKO COMPANY IS MORE INTERESTED IN PROFITS, THAN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE STARTED MAKING A PRODUCT THAT CAN INJURE CATS. A COUPLE DAYS AGO I GOT THEIR "ORIGINAL" LITTER AND QUICKLY ORDERED THIS THIRD BOX OF SOFT AS A REPLACEMENT (ASSUMING I WOULD RECEIVE THE SAME SOFT THEY SHIPPED THE FIRST TWO TIMES), BECAUSE THE "ORIGINAL" WAS SOOO SHARP AND JAGGED- LIKE LITTLE BROKEN UP PIECES OF HARD, DRY WOOD- EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN THIS NEW SOFT. NONE OF WHAT I'M SAYING IS EXAGGERATED. I SEE OTHER RECENT REVIEWS STATING THE SAME THINGS ABOUT THE NEW LITTER. RESPONSES FROM THE OKO COMPANY STATE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW USING SEVERAL TYPES OF TREE WOOD, THE LITTER WILL VARY. THE COMPANY DOES NOT RESPOND TO CONCERNS THAT THE PRODUCT HAS BECOME UNSAFE, OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT THE CUSTOMER MUST HAVE RECIEVED AN OFF BATCH. HOW IRRESPONSIBLE! I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY KITTY HAVING TO GO POTTY IN THIS; IT'S THE ONLY LITTER WE HAVE TONIGHT. AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO LEAVE THE HOUSE VERY OFTEN, BUT NO MATTER MY SYMPTOMS, I WILL GO TO THE STORE FOR ANOTHER LITTER TOMORROW. THIS SUCKS!