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View Poll Results: What is the type of animal bedding that you use? | |
Comfey pet Pine pellet Cat Litter
|     | 3 | 1.96% | |
Breeders Choice Paper Cat Litter
|    | 19 | 12.42% | |
Oz-Pet Hardwood pellet Cat litter
|    | 2 | 1.31% | |
Shredded Paper
|    | 7 | 4.58% | |
Newspaper
|    | 78 | 50.98% | |
Repti - Bark
|    | 12 | 7.84% | |
Aspen reptile Bedding
| | 23 | 15.03% | |
Gravel
| | 6 | 3.92% | |
Paper Towel
| | 19 | 12.42% | |
Other - Please let me know.
| | 29 | 18.95% |
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10-Oct-08, 05:29 PM
|  | Mmm Reduced Pattern Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Central QLD Age/Gender: 18  | | | |
Newspaper for the large enclosures. Paper Towel for hatchy tubs.
I am going to experiment with Aspen when I get my BHP's and Woma's.
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10-Oct-08, 05:40 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-08 Location: Stafford Brisbane Age/Gender: 16  | | | |
newspaper coz its cheap and easy to change/clean
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10-Oct-08, 05:52 PM
|  | DA_N3RD Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: South West Sydney Age/Gender: 14 | | | |
sand
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10-Oct-08, 09:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-08 Location: Adelaide, SA | | |
I use 'Back-To-Nature 'which is similar to 'Breeders Choice', being a compressed recycled paper pellet but apparently has less dust and rubbish in it than 'Breeders Choice' (I've never seen or used BC, I can only go by the reptile breeders advice).
I give it a quick sift outside in the breeze to blow away any dust that's in it and I find it good for absorbing urine and spilt water. I have no troubles with humidity as it doesn't seen critical for my Inland (MD) Carpet and I move the water dish over to the warm side for the duration of shedding.
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10-Oct-08, 09:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 15 | | | |
yeh i use back 2 nature aswell, no dust, gets rid of smell, really absorbent and 100% biodegradable
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10-Oct-08, 09:35 PM
|  | FORD OWNER Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sutherland Shire NSW Age: 33 | | | |
Theres been mention of pine here. I thought pine wasn't good because of the oils in the wood, which is why Aspen bedding is quite commonly used???
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10-Oct-08, 09:57 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Behind You :o Age/Gender: 21 | | | |
Newspaper. Looks crap, but it's free and so easy to clean.
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10-Oct-08, 10:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Ashfield Age/Gender: 28 | | | |
i use heavy duty lino, i got from work, its also textured so feels grainy. eay to clean. I also ur tiles or slate
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10-Oct-08, 10:30 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Perth WA Age/Gender: 16 | | |
I, too, use marine carpet (for my python). I think I've managed to make it look almost natural 
For my gecko I use red reptile sand, for the frog I use marine carpet (but most of the floor is taken up by a water dish and rock. For my bearded I use the ground walnut shell desert blend...
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10-Oct-08, 10:54 PM
|  | Errr...<_< >_> <_< Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: SE-ish kinda West-ish QLD | | | |
I use Newspaper and papertowel (depending on the size of the tub/enclosure) for my snakes and lizards, because its cheap, easy, and hygenic and they dont end up eating it. I use breeders choice for my rodents tho...as they are more dirty and soil more frequently, and it is really good at absorbing their urine and keeps the smell to a minimum. breeders choice is probably the expensive way to do it, but I like it and prefer it to shavings etc. I use shredded newspaper as the nesting material on top of that for the rodents. Hope that helps with ur endeavors.
P.S. I forgot to tick papertowel and shredded newspaper lol.
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10-Oct-08, 10:59 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: bathurst nsw Gender: | | | |
for my snakes i use half lino and half bark and for the blue tongues when they were inside i used 3/4 lino and 1/4 breeders choice.
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10-Oct-08, 11:09 PM
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Newspaper, and I had glow-in-the-dark sand for my snake (it was white, it looked really good). When my bearded gets older, I'll put him on washed beach sand.
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10-Oct-08, 11:34 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | |
I used to use Marine Carpet and I still love it, BUT, I now use Aspen, so easy to spot clean etc and no problem with ingestion so far and I've been using it well over a 12 month.
VixenBabe, if you are only going to experiment with it I'd be doing it on cheaper snakes than the Aspidites Just for your piece of mind I keep all my BHP's and Womas on it and no problem so far.
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10-Oct-08, 11:41 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Western Vic Gender: | | | |
Sand for my lizards
fake grass from bunnings for some of my snakes and hopefully the rest when I go near bunnings again (1hour drive from here)
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13-Oct-08, 10:16 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Brisbane Gender: | | | | Animal Beddings
I thought i would show you guys a couple of pics of my stuff, The blue's have had the same litter comming up on 3 months, i just spot clean and top up once a month. Its easy to do, and its all bio-degradeable. I put it out to everyone to try the Comfey pet pine cat litter at least once, after all you can always go back.
I think it gives a much more natural look and its enviromentaly friendly!
As for the pine, i have looked into it, and because its pelletised the steaming process takes all the nasties out. if any are missed the heat from forming the pellet gets the rest.
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