STinky STINKY mice

[FIREball]

That stuff is made from pine.. I thought pine was bad?

I put baking soda under the aspen it eats up the smell.

A lot of people use pine for mice/rats. Pine has been stated to be a bad choice for the snake substrate.

[Jay_Bunny]

I use the wood pellet bedding and I never smell the mice. Maybe I am just used to smells like that but I never smell anything. Even when its cleaning day.

[littleindiangirl]

Some people just have much more sensitive senses of smell than others. Something else to consider is how much air flow you have in the room where the animals are present.

I've never had to deal with mice, but I can imagine I wouldn't use anything but the pine pellets for them.

The peat moss is an awesome idea, though I'm afraid that I have never heard of any place that carries it around here.

Your animals will never be smell free. Newspaper pellets smells better than aspen, wood pellets smell better than newspaper.

I find equine fresh is the best I can get for my money. Hardwood pellets made for wood stoves was too aromatic for me, and stunk bad when wet.

Softwood pellets (pine) are for me the best choice. I think the process to make them also has to do with the effectiveness of the odor control. (as in you get what you pay for)

Woody Pet is the same type of wood as Equine Fresh, and I'm convinced they are nearly the same thing.

I've tried several types of bedding: I started with aspen shavings, aspen and Sweet PDZ on the bottom, Cell sorb, Equine fresh, stove pellets, hardwood stove pellets, a mixture of any of the before mentioned.

Nothing works as well for me as 3 scoops of equine fresh in a tub. I use a deli cup to scoop, and all nursing females get 2 handfuls of aspen for a nest. Works great and I won't look back.

I notice that if I give too much aspen to the females when their pups are running around, the smell goes up considerably.

Just my 2 cents. It was really important for me to cut the smell since these rat butts are all in my bedroom, so the searching was crucial!

[kc261]

Peat moss should be available at any place that sells garden supplies. At least that is where I used to get it to use in fish tanks, but that was 10 years ago. I would assume it is still easy to find.

[RogueStar]

Over here it's sold both fertilized and unfertilized. I've always used the unfertilized kind.

They also sell this stuff that gardeners use to cover planting areas, here's a pic of the bag. I've never tried that but if I'd want a naturalistic enclosure that would be a cool substrate to try out.

[MarkS]

The peat moss is an awesome idea, though I'm afraid that I have never heard of any place that carries it around here.

Connie, you live in WI right? Most of the peat sold in landscaping stores is probably mined in peat bogs in northern WI or MN. Around here you can find 50lb bales all year round. It might be called Peat moss, or sphagnum peat, or milled sphagnum, but usually is just called peat moss. Found in the nursery or landscaping departments of any Home Depot or Lowes or even WalMart.

I haven't tried it myself, but I might give it a shot just to try it out.

Mark

[littleindiangirl]

Connie, you live in WI right? Most of the peat sold in landscaping stores is probably mined in peat bogs in northern WI or MN. Around here you can find 50lb bales all year round. It might be called Peat moss, or sphagnum peat, or milled sphagnum, but usually is just called peat moss. Found in the nursery or landscaping departments of any Home Depot or Lowes or even WalMart.

I haven't tried it myself, but I might give it a shot just to try it out.

Mark

I live in MI, but close enough. That's a great idea though, I would never have thought they carry it year round. I'm thinking I have something else to try out! Thanks people

[Mike Cavanaugh]

i got some peat moss at lowes. HUGE (like 50 lbs) for less then 10 bucks... the bag says pure spagnum peat moss... but it is chopped up very fine. it looks almost like brown dirt. I picked it up. will see how it works...

If it doesn't work, i have a few bushes that can use it!!!!

Mike

[Mike Cavanaugh]

ok, it is going in the yard! definantly NO GOOD! It was way to dusty! mouse ran around in it for a minute and he was COVERED in it! all over food bowl and food. LOL. another lesson learned.

[MarkS]

Maybe if you sprayed it down a bit to keep the dust down?