Carefresh Small Animal Bedding, Natural

I've had my rabbit for 10 years and have tried every type of bedding including this one for several years. A few years back it started having a wet newspaper smell to it that smells just like urine. I recently had to return to this due to limited stock of any other bedding around during the Covid stuff. I was tempted to just use newspaper and I should have because within 3 days this bedding smells atrocious and my husband asked why the basement smells like dog pee. Disappointing that I have so much product that is useless to me. Won't buy this again.

We tried different bedding brands for our bunnies and looks like Carefresh is the only one that works perfect ! No dust whatsoever ! Our bunnies doesnt sneeze from this paper. Its super easy to change their toilets! Controls the odor for much longer than the others brands. Comes in different colors that helps spotting easier the droppings.

Ordered this bedding originally for our rabbit. We ended up getting the bunny sooner so needed some bedding ASAP we bought Kaytee comfy from a local store and the rabbit loved it. Once it ran out we switched to this product it is a lot more rough in texture. I will be switching back to Kaytee once we run out again. The dust is also more then the other brand.

We've tried different kinds including more local/artisanal (if you will) bedding materials. Carefresh Natural works the best for us in terms of value + effectiveness and it's comfy on bunny's toes. To reduce waste, I do wish all three of our autoship packages could come in one box instead of the 2-3 we've been getting.

I have two mice, Stormy and Cupcake. I was using Kaytee Clean & Cozy when the babies were in a smaller habitat. It smelled bad when they peed and pooped, and I upgraded their habitat to a bigger one. I bought Carefresh and opened the bag and washed the cage. It smelled old and musty. I thought used the bag and bought another because it was awesome and cheap. It is rough and mind of stinky but the mice like it. I think that since it is natural it has more of a stink. I'm going to change to a different bedding, still carefresh but not natural. It's good but smelly. I opened the lid of the bin (I have a bin cage) and wow! The bedding already has a noticeable musty smell but when it's dirty I have two mice, Stormy and Cupcake. I was using Kaytee Clean & Cozy when the babies were in a smaller habitat. It smelled bad when they peed and pooped, and I upgraded their habitat to a bigger one. I bought Carefresh and opened the bag and washed the cage. It smelled old and musty. I thought used the bag and bought another because it was awesome and cheap. It is rough and mind of stinky but the mice like it. I think that since it is natural it has more of a stink. I'm going to change to a different bedding, still carefresh but not natural. It's good but smelly. I opened the lid of the bin (I have a bin cage) and wow! The bedding already has a noticeable musty smell but when it's dirty it smells so bad. Whew! I'm changing to a different one not natural. … more

I use this litter with my 12 yo rabbits. I put a thin layer in their litter boxes and change it every other day. They don't like the compacted paper litters and this type doesn't stick to their fur like the softer paper tends to.

The bedding is amazing! Its soft, it absorbs “hammy stank” greatly! Ghost loves it. But it does have somewhat of a dust that gathers at either the bottom of the bag or cage but its little to none.

This product is perfect but they lie about it being dust free. I always sneeze alot when I clean my Bunny's cage. That probably wouldn't be a problem for you if you don't have any allergies though.

I still use the bedding because I haven't found anything better. Overall I'd still recommend this product but I am disappointed because the quality has declined. A couple months ago the bedding would last much longer and absorbed more urine. Now you can tell the pieces of paper are more shredded and each individual piece of bedding is smaller and less absorbent. The color of the bedding is also slightly darker than before which is also indication the product changed. I haven't noticed the poor odor that other reviews have mentioned. When I open the package it just smells normal, however the other day I did smell a strong urine odor in my house that didn't exist before so maybe it is the bedding I still use the bedding because I haven't found anything better. Overall I'd still recommend this product but I am disappointed because the quality has declined. A couple months ago the bedding would last much longer and absorbed more urine. Now you can tell the pieces of paper are more shredded and each individual piece of bedding is smaller and less absorbent. The color of the bedding is also slightly darker than before which is also indication the product changed. I haven't noticed the poor odor that other reviews have mentioned. When I open the package it just smells normal, however the other day I did smell a strong urine odor in my house that didn't exist before so maybe it is the bedding like other people are saying? … more

This is not like Kaytee's Clean & Cozy - it's literally like someone tore up a bunch of paper bags into tiny pieces and crumpled them up into tiny wads. Too harsh for my nudist cavy.