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So I got this new rat in September which is a Dumbo (my dream rat that I have been searching ages for!). She started off being sooooo cute. She still had her soft and round baby features and she would make these dove-like sounds so I named her Dove =)
And then she grew up. She now has sharp features, is lean, and has mutated turds. So now I call her Gremlin more often then I call her Dove. Those turds are causing major issues now. She had them when I first got her, but I thought they were like that because of what the pet store had been feeding her (could see seeds and stuff in her poo. Very gross). But it's been a while since then and they are still huge (about two times the size of my other rats turds). It's like the more surface area means the more stink. It is HORRIBLE. Is this some kind of weird medical issue or disorder? I've tried putting a little bit of vanilla in their water and I have gotten a hot surface thing that melts candle wax (my mom doesn't trust me with candles....) to try to help with the smell and it's still bad. I use Care Fresh bedding and it used to last a while, but now that I have Dove it doesn't even last a day. Are there any bedding alternatives that would happen to be cheaper and last longer against Dove's monster turds? Or is there a way to fix Dove's poo problem?
Also, my Dad got this pine bedding for my rats and I absolutely refuse to use it. I keep telling them that pine bedding is not good for them in the slightest and my Mom disagrees because it says it's ok for rats on the bag. I still don't trust it. And now my sister is going to use it for her rat. It's called Cozy 'N Fresh and it's made up of pellets. Is this pine bedding really ok for rats?
Got some pictures of the bedding bag and bedding pellets.
And then she grew up. She now has sharp features, is lean, and has mutated turds. So now I call her Gremlin more often then I call her Dove. Those turds are causing major issues now. She had them when I first got her, but I thought they were like that because of what the pet store had been feeding her (could see seeds and stuff in her poo. Very gross). But it's been a while since then and they are still huge (about two times the size of my other rats turds). It's like the more surface area means the more stink. It is HORRIBLE. Is this some kind of weird medical issue or disorder? I've tried putting a little bit of vanilla in their water and I have gotten a hot surface thing that melts candle wax (my mom doesn't trust me with candles....) to try to help with the smell and it's still bad. I use Care Fresh bedding and it used to last a while, but now that I have Dove it doesn't even last a day. Are there any bedding alternatives that would happen to be cheaper and last longer against Dove's monster turds? Or is there a way to fix Dove's poo problem?
Also, my Dad got this pine bedding for my rats and I absolutely refuse to use it. I keep telling them that pine bedding is not good for them in the slightest and my Mom disagrees because it says it's ok for rats on the bag. I still don't trust it. And now my sister is going to use it for her rat. It's called Cozy 'N Fresh and it's made up of pellets. Is this pine bedding really ok for rats?
Got some pictures of the bedding bag and bedding pellets.
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