Provided is an animal litter that is capable of sufficiently exerting an effect of perfume-containing microcapsules over a long period of time, and a method for manufacturing the same. The animal litter (3) according to the present invention comprises a plurality of grains, wherein: each of these grains comprises a granular base material (7) and a plurality of microcapsules (8) adhering to the outer surface of the base material； the base material (7) comprises a low-absorbent material having an initial absorption rate of 10% or less； and the individual microcapsules (8) are impact-breakable microcapsules containing a perfume.本發明為提供一種可使含有香料之微膠囊充分且長期間地發揮其作用的動物用衛生砂及其製造方法者。本發明之動物用衛生砂(3)，是含有複數粒狀物的動物用衛生砂(3)，且上述粒狀物之各個，是含有粒狀基材(7)、以及附著於該基材外表面的複數個微膠囊(8)，上述基材(7)，是含有其初期吸收速度為10%以下的低吸收性材料，上述微膠囊(8)之各個，是含有香料之衝擊崩潰型的微膠囊。
