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breeding size?

Dirk94 said:
Okay all, bad news kind of...

My parents are forcing me to finish up the bag of bedding that consists of pine/spruce/fir. They think it won't affect the mice or the snake, and they say I can't buy any more bedding until that bag is finished up. So, do you guys think that the small amount of pine mixed in will affect the mice/snake in a negative way?

Thanks,
--Mike
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Well... Parents are like that sometimes. It took pointing out procrastination=more expensive vet visit when I thought my RTB had mouth rot. :shrugs:

It shouldn't be a major problem... Just be really generous with the bedding until it runs out. ;)

Are they making you use it for the snake, too? I'd be more worried about the snake than the mice, but they should be alright... That and I don't know a whole lot about the whole "pine bedding" issue. I've heard the main danger of pine bedding is if it gets into the water, where the oils can seep in and get ingested.

Change out bedding more often than usual (probably a good idea with mice, anyway), and, like I said, the more generous you are, the faster it'll go! An extra inch of bedding won't hurt the mice.. In fact, they may enjoy it. Just watch the food dish. If their food dish is in the bedding and the bedding is deep enough, they will fill the dish with bedding. I've had to pick a thick layer of bedding off my mice's food several times just in the last day or two! Needless to say, I won't be using THAT much bedding anymore, and I just got them a taller dish...
 
Taylor's got a good idea, there! Be generous, and don't worry too much about a single bag of mixed bedding causing too many problems. I clean my mice 2x per week anyway, and they do have a tendency to cover their dish with bedding.

Good luck.
 
Thanks all, and no they are not making me use it for the snake. She just gets aspen. I was actually able to compromise with my parents -- I'm going to get a big bag of aspen from Tractor Supply and use that only for the snake and, for the mice, mix it in with the current bedding for the mice.

Thanks,
--Mike
 
That's a reasonable compromise. And your willingness to work things out with your parents in the interests of responsbile animal husbandry says lots of good things about your future in the hobby.
 
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