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boxienuts
at Wed Mar 5 11:55:14 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by boxienuts ]
I use paper towel for the balls, newspaper for the corns, and carefresh for the garters. Total cage clean including scrub with antibacti soak and or 10% bleech depending on smell level, and replace bedding once a week sometimes two, but spot clean big turds as needed. The thing I like about the paper towel is they are cheap, although not free like yesterdays news, but they soak up the liquid "pee" well and if there is a turd you can just tear off that square of paper towel and roll up the turd in the paper towel and then put it in one of your used rodent thaw zip lock bags and put in the trash, with no smell lingering from the trash can between garbage pick-up. I use newspaper for the corns because they push the paper towel into the water dish and then it soaks all the water and floods the tub, where as the newspaper is stiff enough to not allow that to happen. I use carefresh for the garters because they have a higher metabolism and poop a lot, so it's worth spending the extra money plus they like to burrow in it. Those are just my views, but there are many, many other ways and oppinions.
Jeff
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RE: what subrate do you use? - boxienuts, Wed Mar 5 11:55:14 2008