Bedding experiment

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Originally Posted by jglass38

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

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Use F/T. (LOL)

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Originally Posted by monk90222

Use F/T. (LOL)

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Exactly!! FT worked great until about 20 snakes. Then it becomes a pain to defrost. And if they refuse you are stuck double feeding others or refreezing. I still keep a freezer full of FT at all times just in case.

Well its day 7 and while it has started to smell it isn't even close to what Aspen or Pine would smell like after 3 days. I wasn't able to get more Woody Pet this week and only have 1 bag left so I am going to use a mix of Woody Pet and Aspen. Next time around I am going to use more Woody Pet to see if that helps.

So this week I couldn't make it to get Woody Pet so I used Aspen only. 3 day later and the ammonia smell is already bad. I have 1 bag of Woody Pet left so tonight's experiment is going to be a light layer of Woody Pet with Pine or Aspen on top. We'll see how it works out.

Jamie,
That is how we were doing it. A nice even distribution of pellets on the floor of the tub topped with about a 1 inch layer of pine bedding on top. Seemed to work ok. I am interested to here how it works out for you. Monica actually talked to our feed shop, and they told us they could get us bags of the pelletized wood for $7.70 a bag if we bought a pallet (50 bags). We are debating once we get a little money back in the bank.

Just Sayin'.

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Originally Posted by muddoc

Jamie,
That is how we were doing it. A nice even distribution of pellets on the floor of the tub topped with about a 1 inch layer of pine bedding on top. Seemed to work ok. I am interested to here how it works out for you. Monica actually talked to our feed shop, and they told us they could get us bags of the pelletized wood for $7.70 a bag if we bought a pallet (50 bags). We are debating once we get a little money back in the bank.

Just Sayin'.

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I will let you know!

Keep using my catch phrase and you won't have money in the bank for long... :D

Hi everybody!! I live in Florida and there was no dealer in my area, but i found a guy in Georgia who sells them. I only have a small colony of mice for my one snake, but man, those little buggers stink. My husdand went to get the wood pallets today - so I can't wait to clean the cages and start using Woody Bedding. The dealer charged me $6.00/bag and was willing to meet half way.

I will let everyone know how it goes for me.
Paula

Well, nine days since the last change and I'm amazed at how little smell there is. It is a light week as far as weans and smalls in the tubs, but it smells like day 4 of normal bedding. I used a layer of the pellets covering the bottom of each tub, then about an inch of shredded paper bedding on top. At this point, only about half of the pellets in each tub have broken down (if that). It should be noted that we have a dedicated building that has a ventilation fan running 24/7, and is kept at 70 degrees. We are also in Utah, so the humidity is usually around 10% which helps keep the bedding pretty dry. I am very happy with this stuff so far, and have no doubt I will be using it regularly from here on out.

-Evan

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Originally Posted by Evan Jamison

Well, nine days since the last change and I'm amazed at how little smell there is. It is a light week as far as weans and smalls in the tubs, but it smells like day 4 of normal bedding. I used a layer of the pellets covering the bottom of each tub, then about an inch of shredded paper bedding on top. At this point, only about half of the pellets in each tub have broken down (if that). It should be noted that we have a dedicated building that has a ventilation fan running 24/7, and is kept at 70 degrees. We are also in Utah, so the humidity is usually around 10% which helps keep the bedding pretty dry. I am very happy with this stuff so far, and have no doubt I will be using it regularly from here on out.

-Evan

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Good stuff! I just changed them today going with the same strategy. I don't have a ventilation fan unfortunately. I might see if I can put one it. I do have an AC unit keeping it around 70...

Today is day 3 of the second bedding experiment. So far, no smell. As I mentioned, I used a thin layer of Woody Pet in the bottom of each tub and a 1 inch layer of Pine on top of it. Normally by day 3 the Ammonia smell would be pretty evident in the room. For two 6 tub racks I ended up using one 30lb bag of Woody Pet and half of a large bag of Pine.