Carefresh Small Animal Bedding, Natural

It’s not really brown. The one I received was more of a light gray with patches of light green. It looked really sickly. It’s not as soft as Kaytee Clean and Cozy but I have to test out the absorbency. Burrow-wise, it doesn’t look like it sticks together well and I assume it will not hold up well. I mostly got it because I wanted different textures and was going for a natural theme but this is very very very pale.

I have been using this pet bedding for my mice and rats for about 20 years. I have tried other bedding brands and they do not work as well as this does! I tend to keep quite a few rodents in the same cage so I’m cleaning it about once a week, but this does an excellent job with odor control and absorbing all of their various messes. I had one instance where one of my mice chewed a hole in their plastic water bottle. It leaked all over the cage. The bedding absorbed all of it and the bottom of the cage wasn’t even wet. I cannot recommend this product enough or give it enough praise! It really is low dust. I tried a different brand that was cheaper at one point and it had a lot of dust and my rats I have been using this pet bedding for my mice and rats for about 20 years. I have tried other bedding brands and they do not work as well as this does! I tend to keep quite a few rodents in the same cage so I’m cleaning it about once a week, but this does an excellent job with odor control and absorbing all of their various messes. I had one instance where one of my mice chewed a hole in their plastic water bottle. It leaked all over the cage. The bedding absorbed all of it and the bottom of the cage wasn’t even wet. I cannot recommend this product enough or give it enough praise! It really is low dust. I tried a different brand that was cheaper at one point and it had a lot of dust and my rats and I were all coughing and sneezing. I would never recommend Wood shavings as bedding because it can cause skin irritation and let’s be honest, no one wants to walk all over wood chips 24/7. My philosophy has always been: give your pets the life that you would want to live. If you wouldn’t want to live in a dirty or uncomfortable environment, don’t allow your pets to live that way. That’s why I’ve been using this bedding. There have been no irritations with any of my animals and they actually like to pile it up and sleep on it or under it. This product gets an A++++++++++++++++ … more

I have been ordering this bedding for over a year now but this time the quality was absolutely terrible. There were chunks of lint and paper inside. Horribly disappointed and may be moving to a new company. It was so dusty I didn’t want to use it for my hamster.

We’ve had guinea pigs for 4 years and this is the worst bedding we’ve ever had. It is very hard and crusty/crumbly. Does not absorb well. I was refreshing the bedding every day and went through a whole bag in two weeks. Will not buy again.

We use this bedding in our guinea pig enclosure. It’s great. Does not get nasty. We have a hard time finding it locally but Chewy always has it in stock. We use the auto ship for it.

We use Carefresh Small Animal Bedding in the bottom of Sweet Pea's (our little blind bunny) hay box, underneath the hay. . Great service from Chewy.

I’ve been ordering this bedding for years for my guinea pigs. Never had any issues besides it being smelly on occasion. My last autoship some thing was seriously wrong, there was dirt, pebbles and debris all mixed in with the bedding. When I was pouring it into my pigs cage it looked as if I threw dirt in it! I cleaned it all out and took pics of the debris. I never experience this before. I emailed chewy and waiting on response. Hope it’s a fluke and the debris won’t come again in the next shipment.

I really thought this brand would be interchangeable with Kaytee Clean & Cozy, per hamster groups on FB. Boy was I wrong! The bedding I got is very hard. It does not really seem to expand much at all either compared to the Kaytee brand. My hamster loves to snuggle in his Clean & Cozy and he hasn't touched this stuff since I put it in his cage. I'm really surprised. Maybe it's just a bad batch? Going back to our old brand ASAP.

I love using this for my hamster cage. It’s great and natural! But this time it had a weird smell when it arrived ?! Will be ordering again just because I use it! hoping it’s okay next time.

I have been purchasing this item for a few months now but the latest batch I received was very small. The Natural 14L used to be the same size as the Confetti 10L, but now it's lighter and smaller. First time I saw Carefresh in that size! No value for money! Please bring the old packaging back!