Corn Cob Bedding For Mice

Bedding corncob was more absorptive than pcc regardless of autoclaving.

Corn cob bedding for mice.

Will not cling to animals or cage. Autoclaving altered the absorptive capacity of 1 4 in. At jax we maintain our dio mice on a 1 1 blend of aspen wood chips pj murphy and aspen shavings. It has very high absorbancy but watch out for all that dust.

The product can be autoclaved or can be bought already irradiated. Porous cob material allows liquid to flow to the bottom of the cage then absorbs liquids from the bottom up. At first i was worried about the scratchy edges of each cob but my mice did fine an their feet weren t hurt. Corn cob is great bedding for small animals like mice gerbils birds etc.

Corn cob bedding is proven to encapsulate the urea salt crystals found in animal urine controlling ammonia levels. Compared with other bedding types in the absence of mice 1 4 in. Bed o cobs is proven to encapsulate the urea salt crystals found in animal urine controlling ammonia levels. Different size bags are available from 5lb vacuum packed bags to 1000 lb.

Resists cage flooding due to water bottle flooding. It comes in different sizes including 1 8 1 4 or combination. I used it for quite some time for my 2 mice and it works pretty well. We do not recommend corn cob bedding for dio mice because the mice tend to eat it and get full while not deriving any calories from it.

Northeastern products 216091 8 inch corn cob bedding for pets 1 25 cubic feet. This may result in the animals not eating as much of the high fat diet and not gaining weight as expected. Prevent food spoilage by completely replacing the food with each cage change to encourage weight gain place a small amount of the old food in the bottom of the cage. Bedding materials and for 1 8 in.

Lab supply offers swine corn cob bedding from the andersons and shepherd specialty papers. Avoid using corn cob bedding as mice will eat that bedding and therefore will eat less of the high fat diet thereby gaining less weight. Ideal for mice rats guinea pigs and other small animals. Natural absorption odor control.

Perfect for isolator and ivc cages.