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Old 06-20-09, 12:20 am
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Re: Yes, Finally, Moving to fleece!!! Questions too!

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Ahahah, I'm posting on this to get it back to the top Ha sorry I just really want people to answer
You need to be patient and not expect people to answer your threads right away. This behavior is likely to get you impactions in short order, so please cut it out and just be patient when you're waiting for replies.

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Yeah we we're told from like some experts or whatever that it was a respitory infection, But she died before we could get her to the vet. She was found with blood coming out of her nose and mouth, and was EXTREMELY skinny, with bones sticking out. (No, not out of her skin.)
Can you please tell me what "experts or whatever" constitutes? The condition you describe here suggests an illness that was going on a very long time and not something that just "sprung up." She could have had a URI, maloclusion, or both. Both conditions are treatable and are easily observed by an attentive owner. Your pets depend entirely on you for their care and so it's important that you take extra care to monitor their health daily. Weighing weekly is an excellent place to start.

I agree with the others, that have pointed out the death you describe is very unlikely to have been caused by the CareFresh bedding alone.


To answer the questions you asked in your original post, fleece and other bedding needs to be changed and washed at least once a week.

As for the litter box areas, you can use anything that would be recommended for an entire cage - aspen, CareFresh, etc.
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