>I read with interest the responses re the fluffy bedding for small pets. I
>had heard it was unsafe, but it amazes me that they are allowed to sell it
>in pet shops labelled up so blatantly as "safe for small pets". Surely
>there is some kind of trades description act type ruling to stop that?
We've been trying for years. A friend of mine in the hamster
circles is trying for legislation, and been trying for years.
The package says "Safe" and it isn't. If it has fibers, don't use it.
>I have been giving my three the pink shedded up tissue paper stuff which
>they seem to adore, but I am concerned about them eating it. They seem to
>eat a third of it as soon as I put it in, then use the rest for bedding.
Unscented undyed toilet tissue is safe. And cheap. I have never
heard of or seen what you're talking about....go buy a package
of the toilet tissue on sale, it'll last for awhile, and when you get
to the roll, the gerbils like those to chew up too.
>Its not so much the paper I am worried about but what makes it pink. I
have
>been all over the packet and it just states tht its safe for small pets.
>But, given that the lethal white fluff says this I wanted to get some other
>opinions.
If it has fibers, it's not safe. Anything that looks like cotton waste,
poly fill, or threads isn't safe.
>Also, I couldn't get them the pink tissue this weekend, so I bought some of
>the shredded up jaycloth type stuff. Is this safe?
No. If it has fibers it isn't safe. Those compressed bedding
blocks are no good also. Anything that is cotton waste, polyfill,
shredded cloth, or has any fibers or threads you can see, is
no good.
The unscented undyed toilet tissue, the paper fibers are chopped
very fine and pressed into the product, so if it's put in water, it
dissolves and has nothing to wrap around or otherwise cause
blockage.
Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch
