Substrate - What do you use?

I just got my hands on a 20kg of future bedding, and i shit you not - £5.50 a bale and it's going to last forever, it's so compact!

The baby girls are trialing it for me!!!

Finacard till my huge bale runs out

When you do, head over our way! 5.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It is literally weighty as fuck too. REally wedged in, you have t loosen it before it goes in the cage!

e finacard but I was nosing at that megazorb stuff but I am not sure about it

I think megazorb can be a bit dusty. You're better trying to fine a equestrian supplier locally, they will do huuuuuge bales and you can contact the manufacturer to confirm they're dust free.

I live int he middle of a city equestrian stuff is unlikely but I will have a nose thanks for saying about the dust my lot snuffle enough whent hey kick up finacard.

Megazorb is dust extracted so it should be ok - I use it for my hamster who has the same potential problems as a rat with dusty stuff I was planning on using it for my rats too when I get them, it's dirt cheap and really very absorbant.

Podling wrote:Megazorb is dust extracted so it should be ok - I use it for my hamster who has the same potential problems as a rat with dusty stuff I was planning on using it for my rats too when I get them, it's dirt cheap and really very absorbant.

thats what I was drawn to it is dirt cheap and alot of people seem to use it.

I use aubiose, its a huge bale for £9 and it lasts ages, thats with 11 huge rodent cages too.

I've heard good stuff about aubiose. I don't know why people still use wood shavings as card/hemp etc seems to hold the smell away for much much longer than shavings ever did.

a_wee_one wrote:I've heard good stuff about aubiose. I don't know why people still use wood shavings as card/hemp etc seems to hold the smell away for much much longer than shavings ever did.

I think I can get the same quantity of shavings £2 cheaper, its hardly worth the risk for £2 is it.

Well no, not when you can het a whopping big bale of cardboard and hemp stuff for under a 10er (my card thing is only 5.50 for a massive big bale).

I've been thinking of switching over to Aubois for Fudge, how well does it hold the smell though? I'm loathed to leave megazorb as it's so damn absorbant it's ridiculous.

I use finacard but have been looking at other stuff recently but might stick with what works.