Amy thoughts on the smell of mice? I only keep one cage of 2 mice right now and it gets pretty stinky. Am I just not cleaning the cage out enough? How often do you replace the bedding? I really use no time frame or "smell frame" I just clean it when I decide to clean it. Any input?
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The smell?
JasonW
Jan 04, 2009 06:50 AM
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DeguMeat
Jan 04, 2009 08:09 PM
Mice are easily the stinkiest rodent I've ever heard of. There isn't a lot you can do other than just change the litter every week or sometimes even twice a week. I'm not exactly a veteran keeper of them though as mine kept killing each other and I got fed up and got rid of them.
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caz223
Jan 07, 2009 05:26 AM
The females don't really smell, the males are the problem.
I use pelleted pine bedding called equine fresh. It's been treated to take out the bad stuff in pine, while keeping it's good properties. It's sold in places that sell horse stuff.
The bedding is really dusty, so I keep rodents in a spare bedroom, and put a HEPA filter in there, it really helps with the smell. Really. If it still smells, then shut it off, and put an air freshener refill inside where the air moves through it.
The pre-filter needs to be washed out at least once a week, so it's doing it's job just fine. Make sure you keep on the pre-filter, and make sure no air leaks past the pre-filter, or you'll have to buy a new HEPA filter too often.
