Anyone use Good Mews for bedding?

[~Lilly's mama~]

I'm thinking about getting that for bedding.  I don't like using wood litters (aspen).  Is it just as dusty as CareFresh?  How is it for oders?  Thanks all knowing ones!

[EaglesEye Rattery]

I used to use it BUT it leaves ink on their noses, and on their toes and i didn't feel safe with that- esp for babies.

I use the blazer pellets.  Wood stove pellets.  I swear by them and have had NO problems these past few months with my allergies from bedding- and the rats are doinbg just fine.

The way the wood is treated kills the harmful oils so they are safe- and smell REALLY good.  We also use it as our bunnies litter- and the puppy is being trained on it.  If you also have a wood stove it makes it better all around!  LOL

                                              Em~

[SonyaFancifulRats]

I used to use it BUT it leaves ink on their noses, and on their toes and i didn't feel safe with that- esp for babies.

I use the blazer pellets.  Wood stove pellets.  I swear by them and have had NO problems these past few months with my allergies from bedding- and the rats are doinbg just fine.

Kind of strange request, but if you have a digtal camera, could you take a pictuer of these, like in your hand? I am curious as to what they look like and what size the pellets are. Are they harder then yesterdays news?

[EaglesEye Rattery]

Kind of strange request, but if you have a digtal camera, could you take a pictuer of these, like in your hand? I am curious as to what they look like and what size the pellets are. Are they harder then yesterdays news?

They are about the same size as goodmews, and don't have that dusty 'newspaper' smell.  They are a little hardewr than yesterdays news.

One thing I like best about the is that when they need to be changed they break apart.  They obsorb odor VERY well.  I know someone who wasn't able to change her cage litter for 3 weeks and they did just fine, aand the house didn't stink.  She has two special needs kids and a full time job and I believe 10 rats...  My fiance cleaned the cgaes for her actaully LOL  

                                        Em~

[Valerie]

I use it for the eight ratties here.  I've tried EVERYTHING and this is what I like.  I hated wood stove pellets, they just didn't seem to keep down the smell as well as the newspaper.  Plus I didn't like the light color, you could see how dirty it was.  With the newspaper it masks the poopies and makes it look cleaner.  I don't let that put me off of my cleaning schedule though!  Plus they are cheap!  I get the Good Mews for $5 for 30 lbs which cleans my R-690 and R-695 three times.  Although the wood pellets were $4 for 40 lbs., they were more dense and a bag only cleaned my cages twice.  If you have any other questions I've been using Good Mews for three years now...  I love it.

Valerie and the Brood de Brux

[Anna]

The way the wood is treated kills the harmful oils so they are safe- and smell REALLY good.  

as far as I know there is no safe treatment for pine or cedar wood. If that's what it is, it's still toxic, no matter how much they claim it's treated to be safe.

from RFC http://www.ratfanclub.org/litters.html
"Some claim that pine shavings which are heat-treated are safe because the heat drives off the toxins. There are currently products being sold, notably All-Pet Pine, Feline Pine, and Pine Fresh, that claim to be free of toxins. However, the studies in references 8 and 9 found that heat treatment did not remove all the toxins from the wood. Heat-treated shavings still caused a rise in liver enzymes in rats and mice. "