stall dry for rodents tubs -- keeps down the stink!

I'm thinking this might be the answer to my aversion to breeding mice. My rats have little to no smell but a few mice in the rodent room and I'm literally gagging from the stench of the lil boogers! Can't wait to hear back Em.

I might have to try it too, even though my mice rarely smell(one male mouse smells worse than a cage of 10 females...). I'll check out some feed stores nearby. Think TSC would have it?

i have one mouse that i keep for the purpose of creating dirty mouse bedding to scent rats with for a few of the snakes, and dang! stinky! but since that is why i have miss mouse i guess i can't complain too much. :) my rats are pretty stinky right now too though--i think the room i have them in is just too small and doesn't have good enough ventillation. they never smelled this strong where i had them before but it was a kind of open kitchen/living/dining room area that was a lot bigger. that is soon to change though--my awesome father-in-law is building me rat racks based on wild bill's racks he used to sell. :gj: when those are finished the rats will be moved into them and out into the garage. and i will have space to expand my colony some so i can hopefully produce all the rats i need.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I'm thinking this might be the answer to my aversion to breeding mice. My rats have little to no smell but a few mice in the rodent room and I'm literally gagging from the stench of the lil boogers! Can't wait to hear back Em.

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I thought I was the only one! lol I noticed a BIG diffrence when I got a few mice.........


Just spotted this thread...
Any update on the stall-dry??? Did it seem to help any?

well i just put it in the tubs last night so we'll have to wait several days before i really know. so far so good though, and it seems to be staying on the bottom of the enclosures despite digging, nesting, rearranging, etc. :)

Thanks for the review. I'm curious, though... I checked out their website and the active ingredients are diatomaceous earth and clay in granular form with a little pine scent added. Isn't that the same as most kitty litter? Has anyone tried using plain kitty litter in their rat cages?

No.. diatomaceous earth is an important ingredient. It's got a lot of surface area from which the absorbed urine can be dispersed from.. plus that if any pest/parasite walks across it, they die since diatomaceous earth is actually the skeletons of tiny organisms which happen to be very sharp.. not harmful to a mammal, but a parasite will be sliced open and the juices sucked right out of it because it's so absorbent.

DE is actually fed to some animals as a wormer.. some people even use it with their dogs. It's pretty common with keepers of poultry.

So are you saying that don't use DE in some cat litter (in addition to clay)? I thought it was. :confused:

I never knew they did, perhaps they do. I thought the majority were just clay and scent.

I know of a small rodent breeder as well that uses it. He just uses a thin layer in the tubs for his mice, rats, gerbils, and guinea pigs. The oder control is amazing. I have never found a supplier of it but I may call around now that I know its out there somewhere.