Breeder colonies without using bedding?

Still have no issues. Nobody is walking in pee or poop.

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Originally Posted by Bettacreek

Still have no issues. Nobody is walking in pee or poop.

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I'm really skeptical about this, because it's not realistic. You've also failed to answer a question.
How often do you clean these tubs?

Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Imagine this scenario. Someone sprays urine all over your kitchen floor. It dries up before you get there but you can smell it, and your standing all over it even though it's not wet anymore. Would you really want to eat off of that floor?

Get the newspaper bedding. The puddles are drying up because they're being spread around by their feet and drying up on their feet. Even though you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there.

And I'm sure lots of us would like to see pictures of these animals.

I try not to be aggressive on this forum, but Becky makes a great point regarding your feeders' psychological health.

I am DEATHLY allergic to my rats and their bedding, but I make it work, and I do it with my animals' best interest in mind.

If you positively cannot keep rodents, then do not keep them. Find a cheap option regarding how to access feeders as you need them.

But if you breed to feed, I vehemently feel that you need to respect the species you are feeding, and that includes understanding what they need to thrive.

Build a rack and use furnace filters to block the dust, find an option... I have about 3 types of allergen filters near my rats, I clean them 3x as often as most people. I experiment with different beddings AND I ensure they have what they need to be healthy.

Bruce

Your question was answered in a previous post. And, no, puddles are not drying. They are not unhealthy, they're not crawling through wastes.

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Originally Posted by Bettacreek

Your question was answered in a previous post. And, no, puddles are not drying. They are not unhealthy, they're not crawling through wastes.

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Then where is the pee going?
Mice and rats pee every half hour or more. It has to go somewhere.

Actually, it's set up in a way that it goes to a ditch, which I have actually put paper towels in, so that it's easier to clean, then the tubs are sprayed every other day. So far, no issues.

If the pee is flowing to a ditch, then everywhere it was has a layer of pee on it. Same with droppings, which don't flow away, but get walked on. Pee is not clean water, to not leave a nasty residue. Even a layer of absorbant paper would be better than nothing. Would you pee on a slanted floor and walk around barefoot? Even though the pee mostly flowed off the floor to one side, there's still some there.

Try equine fresh. I had trouble with allergies with other beddings but this has worked well for me and its cheap.

How about using paper towel as bedding?

surely there's some kind of shredded paper that's usable as rodent bedding, right?