Kittu litter works great, nice and solid like sand but is not as heavy, use it in ine of my rear bags.
I was worried about it getting wet as it is absorbent, but I left it outside for about a week once in my shooting paddock and it didn't appear effected at all my moisture (think it did get rained on).
Dunking it in a water trough is probably a different story though.
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