Pine Debate!!!

[Evan Jamison]

Where are you getting the paper bedding from?

What is the brand name of that? Can you buy in bulk?

It is produced here locally, but you may be able to find something similar if there is a livestock/feed store around your place. I buy it in large bags that expand to about 12.5 cu. ft. for about 7 bucks. I'm not sure exactly what it is made from, but I think it is shredded up phone books.

How does it do with smell?

With regular weekly changes I haven't noticed a difference in smell one way or the other, but on the occasional week where bedding changes are a day or two late, it seems to smell substantially less than with the shavings I used to use.

-Evan

[jamesw]

Pine is great for rodents, but not snakes.
I use pine for all my rodents, get a huge back from wal mart for 4.88

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Ok, I think I'll go with it. I was worried because I have to buy a pallet of 35 bags of the stuff and each bag is 35 lbs and 3.2 cubic feet each bag. Even if it is really dusty, I'll deal with it. I'll make a sifter if I need to. I am currently at 10 adult rats and I'll be getting a lot more very soon.

Heres the actual ad. I'll end up with 1225 lbs for 140$!
Woody Pet Products Inc
Warehouse in
Kokomo, IN. Fremont, NE. Birmingham, AL 35207
USA

Wood Type: Pine
Origin: Lumber Mill Bag Size: 3.20 cu.ft. Bag Weight: 35 lbs. Palleted: 35 Min. Order: 35 bags
Cost per bag (Min. order): $3.99 Cost per bag (100+ bag order): $3.99 Cost per bag (500+ bag order): $3.99

Telephone: 888-535-9816
Fax: 888-535-9861


Screened dried absorbent bagged Canadian (BC) shavings available in Birmingham Alabama, Kokomo Indiana & Fremont Nebraska. We accept VISA & MASTERCARD. Toll Free # 888-535-9816 email: shavings@woodypet.com web: www.woodypet.com

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Evan, is it just basically paper shreddings? We get a garbage bag every few days at my parents work and i use a little bit for bedding aswell as aspen

[Evan Jamison]

Evan, is it just basically paper shreddings? We get a garbage bag every few days at my parents work and i use a little bit for bedding aswell as aspen

Yeah it is, but it is much more absorbent that shredded printer paper (tried that once...)

-Evan

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

oh, do you have any idea what kind of paper it is?

[Evan Jamison]

oh, do you have any idea what kind of paper it is?

...I'm not sure exactly what it is made from, but I think it is shredded up phone books.

-Evan

[Wild Bill]

Kiln dried and sifted for dust is the best. There are pine beddings out there that are not kiln dried and they are the ones that cause problems.

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

is sun dried good enough?

[Wild Bill]

is sun dried good enough?

What? never heard of "sun dried" bedding, I would doubt its been dried enough to remove the oils in the wood.