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Originally Posted by spoiled_rat
in regards to wood based litter, prob why they are smelling after that amount of time lol, plus it isnt nice for rat lungs or liver either. best substrate ive found between 40 rats and a rodent room is megazorb. after that its vetbed with daily poo pickings up to replace the substrate, vetbed as a cage substrate replaceent is great!  |
i found megazorb very messy and extreemely dusty - it also stank. There is no conclusive up to date proof that wood shavings causes any damage to rats/rodents. PLease remember when most of the tests were done many years ago, rats were mostly kept in tanks with little ventillation.
You can't beat friendly rats as pets - but then i do have a gerbil phobia so im probably biased against the degu lol