[sneakers88]

Can you put normal would chips down on the ground or do rats even need anyything on the ground

 

[Forensic]

Rats (and mice and most rodents) should not be kept on pine or cedar. Aspen wood chips are fine. Some people like Carefresh or a cat litter called Yesterday's news.

My boys are kept on fleece, but they usually try to pull it up to make a nice big comfy nest.

 

[sneakers88]

What about corncobs?We put that down in the mouse cage and the bird cage.....The package of the corn cobs has a picture of a rat on it lol.

 

[Vixie]

corncob tends to grow mold after having been peed on.

Aspen and paper-pulp beddings are best.

 

[Forensic]

Not to mention some rats will try to eat the (presumably) moldy corn...

 

[waffle]

i couldn't find just aspen chips but i couldn't find it so my rats are on pine chips for the bedding, is that bad?
i keep them REALLY clean but now i'm worried. there hasn't been any sneezing at all with my doe and her 9 babbies but now i'm worried!

 

[Forensic]

Pine is bad, yes. I'd switch to aspen, carefresh Ultra, or Yesterday's news ASAP.

 

[waffle]

where can I get it?

 

[silverynitrate]

Any pet store should carry aspen or other litters.

 

[LiamHasRats]

If You live Near Hamilton i Know you can get aspen and other beddings really cheap its on te rapa strait.
Thats where i Got my rats and bedding.

 

[Meghan]

I use carefresh,Ollie seems to like making nests out of it=3

 

[mopydream44]

I recently switched to Yesterday's News, and it's been helping my boyfriends allergies quite a bit. Might want to consider that if you're sensitive

 

[JESSU]

I use carefresh for my ratty. I would take the wood chips out and scrunch up some tissues and use them as bedding until you can get something better.

 

[Kimmiekins]

I use towels, fleece and baby blankets. For litter boxes, I use rabbit pellets. I don't see why one couldn't use them as an all-over litter.

 

[JennieLove]

I use Towels, and Yesterdays New for the potty box.

 

[Sparker]

I'm about the same as JennieLove. Fabric or bare solid floors and YN in the litterbox.

 

[chrisstrikeagain]

My girls have linolium tiles on all upper levels( so no icky bars!) and carefresh on the first floor and yesterdays news in their litterboxes

 

[hjkaga]

i just started using yesterdays news instead of aspen and i love it! i barely notice an oder now and i don't have to clean the cages as often. they also don't throw it out of the cage like the aspen, so their is less mess on the floor.

 

[Celestrina]

Yesterday's news is great. No smell, no dust, and easy to change.

 

[ratzgirl]

I defienatley recammend CafeFresh.