What is your bedding of choice?

[cheekycheeks]

Thought I would do a poll. I've been buying carefresh for a while, as it is very popular where I live. Plus the three options at my local pet store were carefresh, pine, and aspen shavings, I heard pine is bad. It said carefresh was number one in odor control, so that factor alone made me choose it. It is pretty nice stuff, I like it but theres a huge downside. Its about twice as pricey as any other bedding it seems. Would like to switch, once this package is done. So what do you use?

[poeyswifey]

I just use toilet paper towels from the tube then use the tube for a toy i used to use wool stuff but got told thats not good fot the hamsters so i switched to toilet paper

[cheekycheeks]

Originally Posted by poeyswifey

I just use toilet paper towels from the tube then use the tube for a toy i used to use wool stuff but got told thats not good fot the hamsters so i switched to toilet paper

Wow I never ever thought of toilet paper, thats a great idea!

[mrnibblesmommy]

i use aspen shavings now, i use carefresh natural when i have the money or sometimes i'll use carefresh colors

[DeweyTheHammy]

I used to use carefresh but I couldnt STAND the smell. It made the whole cage smell like poop. Unlike the Aspen, which after a while starts to smell like pee, but honestly I enjoy the smell of piss rather than poop... gah.

So I use Aspen. I like to use the white carefresh in the winter though cuz it looks like snow!

[mrnibblesmommy]

i was going to do that! use the white for snow, but i didn't have the money to do it for my ten hamsters...so they've got aspen. i actually like the smell of carefresh and it's very absorbant..granted the care fresh natural is a tad on the ugly side, it works great and nibbles enjoyed sleeping in it. when i first got him i only had him and was buying care fresh colors (blue) and it was beyond gorgeous

[SnickersTheFirst]

Do not use pine or cedar bedding as these are thought to be toxic and the smell from these is too overpowering for a hamster to live on.

[Redame]

Bedding being the substrate on the bottom of the cage? I use Megazorb. Heard it is a bit like Carefresh (or I must be mistaken), but very cheap. It smells nice and keeps the cage very clean! As nesting material my boys all get loads of shredded tissuepaper.

[anorak]

I use the safe bedding from pets at home and cheap as chips toilet paper. She seems to like snuggling up with that.

As for the rest of the cage I just use the pets at home wood shavings.

[shazzy]

Anorak, by the 'safe bedding' do you mean the fluffy stuff? As that is often labelled as safe but really and truly is not - its very dangerous in many ways. Best off with toilet paper on its own