Whats the best bedding to use?
Don’t even consider cedar or that weird green stuff in pet shops. Aspen and pine wood shavings seem to be a very popular choice, since they are inexpensive and control odor fairly well. Pine, especially, is often debated because it contains fragrant oils in its natural state, but oven/kiln-dried pine is available. If you want to use pine, look specifically for kiln-dried pine shavings at farm/feed stores and sawmills; this type of pine is unbelievably cheap, and has been oven-dried to remove the oils. The shavings should be coarse, about the size of breakfast cereal flakes, and there should be no dust. And they should not smell pungent. Some manufacturers don’t remove all the oil, so you’ll have to do a bit of searching to find the safe kiln-dried pine. Recycled wood pulp bedding, such as Care-Fresh, is immensely popular, but is costly. They don’t use dye nor chemicals, and it’s virtually dust-free. A soft pile of hay on top of newspaper or other bedding makes a great burrowing spot fo
