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Title: Alfalfa pellets as bedding? Post by: Heartsib on May 07, 2008, 02:27:21 PM I used to use alfalfa pellets as litter for my rats and, aside from a little dust, never had an issue with it -- liked the scent, nice and absorbent, cheap, and no problems with parasites.
Currently, I'm considering adopting some mice from a friend, and I was wondering if there are any known issues with using alfalfa pellets as bedding for smaller rodents. My rats didn't try eating them or anything, but I don't know if pellets are more palatable to mice or if there were other issues that I hadn't considered. Title: Re: Alfalfa pellets as bedding? Post by: Topaz on May 12, 2008, 08:00:14 PM I used to mix the rabbit pellets in with my mouse litter to help control odor and had no problems. A friend of mine used only rabbit pellets and some of them started to lose their hair. Since he switched to aspen, there have been no problems.
Title: Re: Alfalfa pellets as bedding? Post by: slimynolegs on July 08, 2008, 02:07:44 AM I've heard that the little pellets can soak up and retain water and then sometimes grow fungus n stuff. Not sure about that- but I wouldn't want to risk it! I throw in pellet leftovers from my rats' dish into their pooping platter, and they don't seem to care. They never touch the stuff anyway.
Good luck! Title: Re: Alfalfa pellets as bedding? Post by: Ratlovingkippy06 on July 10, 2008, 10:51:43 PM i think i will try it, boys have a very nasty odor and this one boy smells worse than my 18 rats put together but i love him. I normally use aspen and i try to mix this green bedding from petsmart into it to help with odor. I will try it and let you know how it helps.
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