Corn Cob Bedding For Mice

Corncob a higher bacterial load.

Corn cob bedding for mice.

Bedding corncob was more absorptive than pcc regardless of autoclaving. This may result in the animals not eating as much of the high fat diet and not gaining weight as expected. Ideal for mice rats guinea pigs and other small animals. Autoclaving altered the absorptive capacity of 1 4 in.

It has very high absorbancy but watch out for all that dust. Pcc had a lower and 1 8 in. 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. 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 bedding is proven to encapsulate the urea salt crystals found in animal urine controlling ammonia levels. Lab supply offers swine corn cob bedding from the andersons and shepherd specialty papers. Will not cling to animals or cage. Resists cage flooding due to water bottle flooding.

Compared with other bedding types in the absence of mice 1 4 in. Perfect for isolator and ivc cages. Corn cob is great bedding for small animals like mice gerbils birds etc. Its sponge like characteristics encapsulate ammonia and trap associated odors.

The product can be autoclaved or can be bought already irradiated. It comes in different sizes including 1 8 1 4 or combination. Natural absorption odor control. Bed o cobs is proven to encapsulate the urea salt crystals found in animal urine controlling ammonia levels.

Porous cob material allows liquid to flow to the bottom of the cage then absorbs liquids from the bottom up. 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. Different size bags are available from 5lb vacuum packed bags to 1000 lb. 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.

At jax we maintain our dio mice on a 1 1 blend of aspen wood chips pj murphy and aspen shavings.