Carefresh Small Animal Bedding, Natural

I’ve been buying a refresh for about 4 years now, because the other brands of bedding were always so dusty. But the last several purchases I’ve made, the paper is soooo dusty you can see it on my dark rabbit. Even when I’m putting it in the cage the dust flies everywhere. My bunnies eyes are starting to get irritated. I don’t know if another brand that is as good, comparably, as I’ve tried them all. I’m at a loss

My hamsters love this bedding but this bedding isn't the best with holding burrows so I add hay and other beddings:) other than that its really great. Also friendly reminder....ALL hamsters, it doesn't matter if they are young or old, they all NEED at least 450 sq inches of floor space, with 6 or more inches of bedding, 2 hideouts, 4 toys, a proper sized wheel etc. hamsters aren't toys

I have two rabbits and I tried some other litters before this and we had a lot more out of box pee accidents. With this litter it seems to absorb so well they don’t feel the need to pee anywhere other than the litter box. My younger rabbit had the urge to dig in it for the first month but eventually he stopped. They also didn’t like scented litters or dyed litter so this works well for them. I get a good amount in a package and can make it last about a month to a month and a half.

Like it says, it absorbs well and holds smell well until it’s full, but the bedding itself out of the bag smells... not pleasant lol. I have gotten it twice wondering if it’s the same or diff batch, but I might order a different kind, just to avoid the smell. Which is a bummer bc it’s good bedding! And cheap. Good for the price point.

I've been using this product for years for our guinea pig. Long ago the bedding didn't have any significant odor; you'd open the bag and it just smelled dry. For a long while now there's a chemical smell. It does dissipate over time but is very potent especially when you first open the bag. If they fixed that I'd give it 5 stars but given how long its been like this I suspect it's just a part of their drying process that they don't intend to change. As to the other reviews of this being dusty I've never found that.

I always buy Kaytee bedding for my rabbit. Chewy was out so I tried this instead. Unfortunately, it is not great. Super dusty, made my allergies act up, smells strongly like wood shavings, hard and densely packed. Meaning you have to use a lot more product to cover an area as opposed to other brands.

I have tried this product in the past... didn't love it then but it worked (was just kind of smelly and didn't control odor totally). I switched to the white for a bit, and recently couldn't find any so grabbed the natural color again to try (plus its cheaper). This product has gone way downhill in quality! It is SO dusty and SMELLS! Plus, you may as well put rocks in your animal's cage as the paper is so rough. Horrible product. I don't know what they did, but they somehow made a mediocre product even worse. That takes talent. I'll be switching back to the white color - and hopefully that hasn't gone downhill as well or else I'm at ground zero trying to find decent bedding for my bunnies!

Bought this for my guinea because the white was sold out, and I honestly felt sorry for placing my guinea in this bedding. But I had to do what I had to do because the white was out. I will never buy this product again because not only did it smell bad but my guinea did not like it what so ever so I had to change it quickly.

Read through the reviews and hoped that the stench people mentioned were isolated incidents - I don’t think so! This came in a damaged bag that was taped closed and smelled like fresh garden fertilizer. I had hoped that letting it air out would fix things, but after a few days, the bedding still smelled...used. Had to toss the whole container and buy a new bag in a different brand.

I have two hamsters and usually use Aspen bedding which works out fine. I decided to change it up hoping this bedding would be softer for them but not only was it not soft, it also smells really bad!