Bedding experiment

Hi,


Forgive my ignorance but what does the vanilla in the water do?


dr del

Glad to hear the test is going well so far Jamie. There isn't a Woody Pet distributor around here, but I did find a similar product (called "Dry Den") for just a little more. Just did rodents tonight, so we'll see how things go here too.

-Evan

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,


Forgive my ignorance but what does the vanilla in the water do?


dr del

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The vanilla helps cut down the ammonia smell from their urine, especially the slightly stinkier males.

I think the experiment is somewhat of a bust. It is now 5 days since the changeover and I came in to the familiar Ammonia smell. I am not sure if I didn't use enough or if I should have mixed in some Aspen. There are a lot of weans here and they make a lot of smell!

What is the condition of the pellets? Are they all used up...by this I mean all turned to dust or are there still whole pellets?

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

What is the condition of the pellets? Are they all used up...by this I mean all turned to dust or are there still whole pellets?

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I would say overall, 85% dust.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

I would say overall, 85% dust.

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If they are that far along I would guess you didn't use enough. When they are mostly dust that is when they no long absorb and start to realease ammonia. Would your usual stuff (aspen?) have lasted 5 days under the same circumstances?

Also you mention you have alot of weanlings...these might be why you are smelling faster just a much higher bio load??

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

If they are that far along I would guess you didn't use enough. When they are mostly dust that is when they no long absorb and start to realease ammonia. Would your usual stuff (aspen?) have lasted 5 days under the same circumstances?

Also you mention you have alot of weanlings...these might be why you are smelling faster just a much higher bio load??

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Probably I didnt use enough (just barely covered the bottom) and I have a lot of weans. Aspen starts to smell around 3 days.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Probably I didnt use enough (just barely covered the bottom) and I have a lot of weans. Aspen starts to smell around 3 days.

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Yea...I forgot to mention that part in my earlier posts...I have to tailor the amount I use to the numbers in the bin.

But still sounds like it gets you a couple more days at least :)

Definitely a couple more but ill have to see what I can do to get it better than that.