About the wood stove pellets - I was advised touse them by the HRS foster family of Checkers when I adopted her. I wasconcerned about the label on the bag 'not for consumption by animals',but they assured me as long as there was no fire excellerent added,they were just wood and were safe.
I was still a bit leary, so when I went to Home Depot looking for it,the man who was helping me (they are 40 pound bags) was surprised whenI only wanted 5 bags. He said usually people by these by the pallet. Itold him I used it as litter for my rabbit. He said he was familar withpeople using it for that. Since he seemed to be knowlegable, I askedhim about the warning label about use with animals. He said the pelletcompanies were forced to put that on because some dairy and steerfarmers were mixing it into the cattle's feed. It was a cheap way toextend the feed - the cows 'felt' full after eating it because itexpanded and disolved once in their stomach (or stomachs), and yet theyweren't getting the nutrition they needed. God only knows what otherproblems it would cause the poor cows.
The pellet industry got wind of this and highly discouraged this dispicable use of their product.
And so, the warning label about consumption by animals...
It made sence to me, and I have never had a rabbit even ATTEMPT to eatit. And my Checkers would eat ANYTHING. I use to say that if I put amanhole cover in the pen, she would try to eat it. But she nevertouched those pellets. She loved to dig in them, though!
They smell like wood - which is a nice smell, and it does deordorize the urine.
I put a thin layer of the pellets of the bottom of the pan, and put hayon top. They just eat and pee to their hearts content! Itkeeps the pan dry, and no urine soaked feet!
) but beforethat I have used carefresh and yesterdays news...I think they both workwonderful, but they are just a tad pricey. They both cost around thesame price as eachother. Whatever you do, dont buy the stuffcalled critter litter ..its makes a disgusting nasty mess to clean up!
