Considering Breeding Feeders

I missed the references at the bottom :)

The lady who wrote that is very credible, she has been in the rat hobby for ALOT of years and has supplied the public with lots of credible info... however, I cannot vouch for her sources as far as validity or research techniques.

All I can say is that they are happy rats with fat healthy babies. If I had problems with it, I'd switch over to something else.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

All I can say is that they are happy rats with fat healthy babies. If I had problems with it, I'd switch over to something else.

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I think its like I mentioned before, some rodents have problems with it and some dont. I dont feel you are a bad person or anything for using pine if thats what you choose, I just think you have to watch your rodents for any problems that may develop.

I wonder if I'd be able to find horse stall sized bags of something other than pine.. I certainly can't afford to buy those itty bitty bags of aspen they sell at the pet stores! I'd have to buy 5 a week probably!

something i used to use with my mice... which really lowered the smell as well... was timothy hay or alfafa - perhaps you can get them cheaper???

You used that as a bedding? I haven't heard of doing that before.

It's really hard to beat $6 for 7.5 cubic feet of shavings. That and I go through about 70 lbs of dog food a month, plus cereal mixture for the rats.. it's important to keep costs down.

Next time I'm in the feed store, I'll ask if they have other types of bedding for horses.

i know we can get a bale of either one but i don't know the cost... sorry :( it was great bedding... and my mice really loved it! not only can they eat it, but they can climb in and thru it.

I thought alfalfa was unhealthy for them to eat?

hmmm, not that i know of... but hey, i may be wrong LOL after all - it does happen LOL

my hubby is the one who yelled out alfafa... i was just putting timothy hay in my response... so i guess theoratically... that would make HIM wrong LOL

off to check out alfafa for mice...

okay, they won't eat it... but you can use it for substrate ;)