What is Best for Bedding?

i use Cypress Mulch, and sometimes Aspen even Carefresh and Mixes too.

Aspen is best for me, cheapest and most widely available. However I prefer the aesthetics of the multi-colored Care Fresh, but it is rather expensive! I've had trouble in the past with pine and respiratory issues with my hamsters.

I use aspen (chips, not the shredded "snake bedding" kind) because carefresh made some of my rodents sneeze like crazy. When I made the switch and started cleaning out the remnants of the carefresh with compressed air and a dustbuster, it even made ME sneeze like crazy. Way too much dust...

I voted for pine and the pellets but I use the brand DryDen not the brand in your poll.

I always put a mix in the mouse tubs:
I give pine as nesting material because the pellets turn to dust or "mud" and they just look uncomfortable to sleep on, plus I've heard of litters suffocating on the dust.
I use the pellets because they cut odor by A LOT!!! and are really freaking cheap, $4 for 30lbs.

usually I use 50/50 front half pellets, back half pine. My mice litter trained themselves and will always go in one of the front corners so the pellets can get kind of nasty in one corner really fast, hence the "mud" comment, but I clean really often and they can avoid the potty corner so I figure it's not a bad thing. And of course they nest in the back half. It works out really well.

Equine fresh all the way I will never go back to any other bedding.

Why? Because it is very absorbent and cuts down on the smell which is very important to me.

A word of caution when used with nursing rats and pups under 2 weeks old wood shaving should be used as well to avoid losses.

I use pine, just because it is the cheapest and easiest to find around here
I havent had any respiratory problems as of yet with the rats, or asfs

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

In that case, I prefer pine pellets. :) And aspen as nesting material.

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Same here, except that I use pine shavings instead of aspen for nesting material. The pellets that I use are called ABM from Eagle Valley.

Whats with the people saying pine? Pine and Cedar are Dangerous for your Reptiles!

Daniel

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Originally Posted by Simpson Balls

Whats with the people saying pine? Pine and Cedar are Dangerous for your Reptiles!

Daniel

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This poll is in the GENERAL FEEDERS forum. It's bedding for mice and rats.

If I can get Aspen for a decent price, I go with aspen. If I can't, then I go with kiln dried pine!