Stay away from cedar or pine shaving tho - or any wood shaving really. Not good for rodents. Anything papery is fine - shredded paper is nice for them to burrow into. I give my mices 'safe bedding' as a substrate (that's paper flakes Petsmart do, sounds like the stuff you're using though) and shredded paper to burrow into.
Rats don't always want bedding though, so try a few different types with them but if they always chuck it out of their beds or whatever then don't worry about it - have some bedding their for them, it's there if they want it and if they don't, then fine..
ChaliceI have 2 rats and they hate the white cotton bedding I use, any suggestions on what rats like for bedding?
I have five rats and the one thing they hate the most is wooden shavings, don't get any kind of store bought shavings, some can be very harmful to rats. I use shreded paper, it works great, all you do is buy a paper shreder and throw in old envelopes and paper you don't need any more. they like being able to crawl through it so get the paper shreders that cut horizontaly and vertical. It saves you alot of money and a trip out to the pet store.I have 2 rats and they hate the white cotton bedding I use, any suggestions on what rats like for bedding?
I think u should use shredded paper unless they have babies then you went to put whole pieces paper or long pieces of ripped paper.
I know what Carefresh is--I use it for my hamster and gerbil. But for the rats, you might want to use the aspen shavings or even shredded newspaper. Don't use cedar. I've been told that the strong fumes really damage rodents.
Try corncob bedding and a toliet paper roll.
i don't know about rats, but cotton bedding killed a lot of hamsters.
Jave has the best answer (1st post) woodshavings/shredded newspaper.
well you don't actually HAVE to use bedding, with my rats I don't
they might just be hot, i can't imagine that they dislike their bedding. before i used carefresh, i used corn cob bedding and aspen. though i haven't noticed that my rats have a preference for any of the three.
We've had rats and they seem to like pine bedding. It's more of a shredded wood and it's not prickly or anything. It's nice and our rats love to dig around in the stuff. We also gave them a nice wooden house in their cage....They love it!!
try pine or corn cob will help our alot dont use cider it has chemicals that cause uran problems
The care fresh bedding is really absorbent stuff and works great. If your rats don't seem to care for it, but you still want to use and get rid of it (since it is so darn expensive), you can always put a layer of aspen wood shavings over the top of a layer of care fresh. That is what I do for my 2 little girls. Please do not use any cedar shavings as they contain phenols that can irritate a rat's respiratory tract. Good luck!
i just get my gebil shredded up paper or tissues, so a rat might like that too
I don't know if they have this in America, but in Australia there is this stuff called Breeder Choice, it's basically just rolled newspaper, it's really good. But youcan also train your rats to use a litter tray, www.dapper.com.au has a article on it, so you can use towels and stuff as their bedding. It saves money too,
shred some paper by hand or get some aspen bedding for them. never use pine or cedar.
I, as many other guinea pig owners, use fleece on top of a few towels for the bedding. It is very easy to clean, seeing as you wash it once a week, and very cheap because you buy it once and it will last for quite a while. Maybe your rat will like it?
What are they doing to make you think they do not like it?Carefresh is the best for them,so they do not get an URI.
I use aspen wood shavings for mine and they LOVE it!
try shreded news papaer alot of little creatures like that
use wood chips or newspaper you might have to clean it more but it will probably work
try wood shavings they MIGHT like it. also try shredded paper..
My 2 rats like shredded newspaper. It is inexpensive.
Use a tissue box. They's tear it up, get inside %26amp; make a nice little nest! It's cheap %26amp; they love it.
i have two rats and i have experimented w/ many different types of bedding. i learned that they love shredded paper and newspaper but they also like cat litter. they are using cat litter right now and it lasts longer than any other bedding i have tried. it is easy to clean because u use a cat pooper scooper and it is very simple. and the fresh scent of some cat litter brands eliminates some of the odor!
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