Rat bedding

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Originally Posted by Smulkin

Hard to beat those mondo $5 bales/bags!

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We get bales of aspen for $6.99/bale at the local Seed Store and kiln dried pine for $3.95/ bale at Mills Fleet Farm.

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Originally Posted by muddoc

I am just curious as to why you say nothing that is completely pine? We have about 100 breeder rats, and use nothing but straight pine bedding, and I have not had any problems with it. Also, I use the pine, because we get pine shavings in bulk(i.e. the bed of the truck full for about $25).

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I think most of it has to do with how it was processed. I used a pine bedding at first with my rats and noticed alot of respiratory problems. I started using aspen and it all went away. I then found the bales of pine at Mills Fleet Farm and noticed it said kiln dried, I have been using that ever since with no problems.

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Originally Posted by Smulkin

Hard to beat those mondo $5 bales/bags!

I don't know if that distro is regional (would think so due to price/weight) - but the pine our local wally world carries seems more often than not to be huge bits of pine and so not as dusty and sawdusty as other bags/brands I have seen.

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The pine is dusty at our walmart :(