I'm not very good with litres but hopefully this will help.
This 14 litre bag of carefresh (size wise) fits at least 3 x into a 4kg bag of fitch first. There is also more of the fitch first bag left at the top - so rough estimate is more than 42 litres in a 4kg bag as they roughly look about the same compressed state. so 20kg could be a bit less or a bit more than 210litres as this is all just rough guess work Bedding forum.jpg
This pic shows the 4kg bag of fitch first with the carefresh 14lt in front of it, and an 85 litre of megazorb behind it and a bag of aubiose hemp (20kg) bedding at the back Bedding forum 3.jpg
I've just read through all the responses. Serendipity, does fitch hold burrows well?
Yes it does - it holds them surprisingly well. I think most members would agree with that. At one time people used to mix it with another substrate to help hold burrows well but it doesn't seem to make a huge difference.
Lol that's confused me even more Luna . Great comparison though. I think showing a 20kg bag at the back is good to show size - although 20kg of one substrate will be less than 20kg of a lighter substrate - if you get what I mean.
Now the small 4kg bags of fitch I find very strange. You would think 3 x 4g bags would be more than 1 x 10g bag but it seems to be less! I think the content weight of the 4kg bags is very iffy. The 10kg bags are pretty big. The 20kg bags are HUGE.
A video here give an idea of the size of the 20kg bag. I was trying to find another video where she was trying to carry it and it was nearly as big as her! Couldn't find it. Just skip through the video till you see the bag. The inner plastic clear bag is oversized, which I like - so the bedding doesn't fall out of the bag - loads of extra space in the bag.
Yes it does - it holds them surprisingly well. I think most members would agree with that. At one time people used to mix it with another substrate to help hold burrows well but it doesn't seem to make a huge difference.
Alright, thank you! I'll probably go with fitch as it seems to have alot more pros than cons.
Lol that's confused me even more Luna . Great comparison though. I think showing a 20kg bag at the back is good to show size - although 20kg of one substrate will be less than 20kg of a lighter substrate - if you get what I mean.
Now the small 4kg bags of fitch I find very strange. You would think 3 x 4g bags would be more than 1 x 10g bag but it seems to be less! I think the weight of the 4kg bags is very iffy. The 10kg bags are pretty big.
Yes the aubiose bedding is probably the most dense of beddings, and lasts probably twice as long as the megazorb from what i can remember.
But i thought comparing carefresh paper v fitch paper must be around the same(ish) in weight - not an exact science - but hopefully it gives people a rough idea.
Yes the aubiose bedding is probably the most dense of beddings, and lasts probably twice as long as the megazorb from what i can remember.
But i thought comparing carefresh paper v fitch paper must be around the same(ish) in weight - not an exact science - but hopefully it gives people a rough idea.
Absolutely Luna - good comparison
Incidentally Ambient - I have never ever found any dust in Fitch ever. It's the only bedding I've ever found that is no dust. About four or five years ago it went through a patch of not being as white - but that was very shortlived and I've found it's been good again every since.
I think you'll be pleased with it. It's a bit like Carefresh, but without the dust and a better texture. Shame it only comes in white. I thought that looked weird at first but you stop noticing after a while. Sometimes I sprinkle finacard on top if I want it to look more "natural" in the cage.
Still can't see the 20kg bale on their website. They have a 15kg bale for guinea pigs but that is different - that's the long strands rather than the small pieces like in the 10kg bale "for small critters". Where did you see the 20kg bale being sold? Won't work out as cheap if you have to buy two x 10 kg bales.
It really is. And Serendipity, in my opinion the bad batches are just the bales that come with seemingly less quality control. It may be because I had skinny pigs that it made it more noticeable, but occasionally after a cage clean I'd definitely notice a lot more dust, especially on the pigs themselves. Otherwise, was definitely a good bedding.
Skinnies would've been fine with the harder bits so no need to sift through it. I'm with Serendipity on this, I too have had many bales over the years for a variety of rodents and never had an issue. It's recycled so there's slight variation but nothing harmful or damaging and certainly doesn't affect the quality of it.
Re: How much is 20kg of fitch bedding in Litres?
. Great comparison though. I think showing a 20kg bag at the back is good to show size - although 20kg of one substrate will be less than 20kg of a lighter substrate - if you get what I mean.
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