i recently had a run in with that eco earth brick..here is my story,



well about 3 weeks ago I had decided to try this stuff for my adult black milk as it wasnt pine, cedar or the like. Well about 2 1/2 weeks later I noticed her weezing and open mouth breathing so I took her to the vet and sure enough she had a respritory (sp) infection from it. She had a runny nose type deal. I took some of the mucous stuff and put it under a microscope. I compared the dry eco earth to the stuff that was in the mucous and it seems to be the same thing. It gets too dry to quickly and turns to very very fine granules (kinda like dust) so i took the stuff and lemme tell ya it makes a better fire starter than it does a cage substrate. just a note for those of you using it. There is some evidence for you disbelievers. I switched her back to aspen and shes doing fine



As a note this was a total mistake on my part and I regret ever using the stuff. I guess all I can say is that is one mistake I definitly learned from. I learned the hard way...which I hope none of you have to do. -George

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