An absorbent material useful as an animal litter contains generally a wood product and clay particles. Specifically, the wood product in the preferred embodiment is wood particles from Western Red Cedar trees, which are nontoxic and nonaromatic. The clay particles are crystalline clay particles comprising calcium montmorillonite, sodium bentonite, attapulgite, and calcium bentonite. The material has the properties of being nontoxic, nonallergenic, nonaromatic, natural, and deodorant. The material further has the properties of enhancing clumping and coating solid material.
