Carefresh alternative

[gwtreka]

Hello,

For the last month, there seems to be some kind of Carefresh bedding shortage. I have different pet stores (online and physical) and none seem to have or know when the next load of bedding will arrive.

Unfortunately, the last bag I had it's almost finish.

Does anyone know of any similar and SAFE alternative for gerbils as main bedding?

Thank you.

[amura]

I would suggest you to read the substrate thread, where different types of bedding are reviewed:
gerbilforum.proboards.com/thread/11528/litter-substrate

I'm no expert so I can't give a lot of advice ^-^

[gwtreka]

Mar 4, 2022 5:16:39 GMT -8 amura said:

I would suggest you to read the substrate thread, where different types of bedding are reviewed:
gerbilforum.proboards.com/thread/11528/litter-substrate

I'm no expert so I can't give a lot of advice ^-^

Thank you! I already checked it, but sadly it doesn't mentioned any other paper based bedding apart from carefresh.

I use hay and hemp as well, but without any paper based bedding, tunnels don't hold up

[Markpd]

I use hemp, and especially with hay it holds tunnels just fine, that said, that's with Ecoshiv, I did find that Aubiose was much drier and didn't hold tunnels anywhere near as well.

There's much more discussion at the substrate sticky thread in this forum section , see here for recent discussions (I'm going to link that in the FAQ thread).

[catnut]

I use Aspen for my boys but i have seen a brand, Pets' Pick Uber bedding that is paper, not sure if it's good or how available it is, maybe search for that and check reviews?

[Thelodar]

Two beddings that are similar to Carefresh (in the US) are Kaytee Clean and Cozy and Oxbow Pure Comfort.