"Yesterday's News" as bedding

I can get this stuff at cost from my workplace... anyone have any pros/cons about this product?

yesterday's news as in newspaper? why would you pay?

I use that and wood stove pellets for my ferrets litter boxes.
I would think it would be uncomfortable to lay on for a snake but it's very obsorbant.

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

yesterday's news as in newspaper? why would you pay?

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It's a product to use as bedding, cat, or dog litter... made out of pelleted recycled paper.

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Originally Posted by joyful girl

I use that and wood stove pellets for my ferrets litter boxes.
I would think it would be uncomfortable to lay on for a snake but it's very obsorbant.

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It's for my rodent feeders, not my snakes. https://ball-pythons.net/forums/imag...ies/tongue.gif

ohhhhhhhh

I love this stuff anf actually use it in my dogs litter box...yes my Chihuahua is litter trained.

Could you get it at cost for anyone else???

Hahaha... cost plus the cost of shipping would probably cancel out all savings :P

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

yes my Chihuahua is litter trained.

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Chihuahua's Rock! :D

I've heard of allergies to the yesterdays news, both human and rodent. Care fresh seems to be the worst for allergies.

The bad part of using products like this is the dust. Rats have really sensitive respiratory systems, mice seem to be a bit more resistant.

Also newspaper doesnt have great absorption nor very good at knocking down odor.

Bryan

I have my rats in an aquarium and was using pine bedding. They were sneezing a lot with that, which is why I switched to YN. They haven't been sneezing like before. As for the smell, I'm not sure which has worked better. What's another alternative?

i use yesterday's news as litter for my kittens... but really only because they were recently de-clawed. as for dust, it says right on the bag "99.7% dust free". i really does seem to be very low-dust, but i dunno about using it for herps. i'd rather use regular newspaper as bedding than pelleted newspaper. what if they accidentally ingested it??

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Originally Posted by kzooherpetoculturist

i use yesterday's news as litter for my kittens... but really only because they were recently de-clawed. as for dust, it says right on the bag "99.7% dust free". i really does seem to be very low-dust, but i dunno about using it for herps. i'd rather use regular newspaper as bedding than pelleted newspaper. what if they accidentally ingested it??

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Well, in this thread, everyone's talking about using it for rats, not for herps. I'll move this thread to the feeder forum to prevent any more confusion.