Oxbow Pure Comfort Small Animal Bedding, White

I don't usually leave reviews, but I noticed that this product has a lot of bad reviews and I don't really understand why. I used to use both Carefresh and Kaytee Clean and Cozy, but I noticed that they were both very dusty and a few times my hamster would get dust in her eye and would end up having sticky eye. I decided to give this bedding a try because it was cheap and I was looking for a nice, dust-free alternative to Carefresh and Kaytee and I think I found it! I mix this bedding with some fresh Orchard Grass hay and it holds up burrows really, really well. It's pretty much completely dust free. No more sneezing from my hamster, no more sticky eye! She's doing really well and I love that I don't usually leave reviews, but I noticed that this product has a lot of bad reviews and I don't really understand why. I used to use both Carefresh and Kaytee Clean and Cozy, but I noticed that they were both very dusty and a few times my hamster would get dust in her eye and would end up having sticky eye. I decided to give this bedding a try because it was cheap and I was looking for a nice, dust-free alternative to Carefresh and Kaytee and I think I found it! I mix this bedding with some fresh Orchard Grass hay and it holds up burrows really, really well. It's pretty much completely dust free. No more sneezing from my hamster, no more sticky eye! She's doing really well and I love that this bedding is very lightweight and the color makes it easy to spot the soiled bedding. My hamster doesn't tend to pee in the same area over and over, so I think that could be why I don't have the problem of the bedding collapsing like some people have had. I love this bedding so much. It's not as soft as Kaytee, but it's soft enough and much softer than Carefresh and a lot less dusty! Mixed with orchard grass hay, my hamster can make wonderful burrows in her bin cage and they stay up pretty well. This bedding definitely needs to be mixed in with some hay for the burrows to stay up, keep that in mind. But overall, I love this bedding. It's perfect for my hamster and I will be buying it again. … more

I began to order from Chewy because I am older and I no longer can lift heavy boxes of cat litter and sacks and cases of food from car up deck stairs and into house. Unfortunately Chewy sends my large orders consistently jammed into two or three HUGE HEAVY cartons, one weighed 60 pounds, and the delivery person can't even carry them up the deck stairs - just leaves them on the top step blocking my entrance.

I bought this because Carefresh had been receiving some bad press (terrible odors, etc) and I figured I trust Oxbow for my food, so I'll trust them for my bedding. The texture leaves something to be desired. It feels like ripped up restaurant napkins. It's lightweight, so that means it gets EVERYWHERE. The individual pieces of bedding have flown all around my apartment, tracked into rooms my girls have never been in, and certainly not their cage. But here's the thing. The odor control is FANTASTIC. I never smell them unless I'm leaning into their cage to clean it. The bedding itself has no smell at all. No dust, and it's packed into the bag so tightly that a little bit goes a LONG way. And I bought this because Carefresh had been receiving some bad press (terrible odors, etc) and I figured I trust Oxbow for my food, so I'll trust them for my bedding. The texture leaves something to be desired. It feels like ripped up restaurant napkins. It's lightweight, so that means it gets EVERYWHERE. The individual pieces of bedding have flown all around my apartment, tracked into rooms my girls have never been in, and certainly not their cage. But here's the thing. The odor control is FANTASTIC. I never smell them unless I'm leaning into their cage to clean it. The bedding itself has no smell at all. No dust, and it's packed into the bag so tightly that a little bit goes a LONG way. And even more? They LOVE it. My rats snuffle around in the bedding all day, they burrow and make dens with it, they pick it up in their mouths to carry into their nesting boxes and baskets. They go nuts for the stuff. I never knew that such small animals could have such strong opinions, let alone about something like bedding. So even though I don't love it, it makes all the difference to me that they love it. And it's all about them, right? So, five stars. All the way. Highly recommend for your pets. But definitely get one of those brooms that has the broom cleaning forks on the dust pan. … more

I got this bedding thinking it would be good for now because my other paper bedding was sold out and I was completely wrong. It doesn't soak anything up and my guinea pigs just chew on it. I usually mix my bedding so I do some regular bedding and then some soft paper bedding and this stuff is awful. First off when you take it out of the package, you have to literally tear it apart yourself because it was packaged like they shredded it and then tight wrapped it so it could form into a brick. Another thing is that I really can't use it at all... it doesn't soak up anything and it doesn't expand and whatever else it says it does... it DOESN'T. Not to mention this stuff gets everywhere and sticks I got this bedding thinking it would be good for now because my other paper bedding was sold out and I was completely wrong. It doesn't soak anything up and my guinea pigs just chew on it. I usually mix my bedding so I do some regular bedding and then some soft paper bedding and this stuff is awful. First off when you take it out of the package, you have to literally tear it apart yourself because it was packaged like they shredded it and then tight wrapped it so it could form into a brick. Another thing is that I really can't use it at all... it doesn't soak up anything and it doesn't expand and whatever else it says it does... it DOESN'T. Not to mention this stuff gets everywhere and sticks to anything it could. Don't waste your money on this crap. … more

I have used this product for a couple of years and been more than satisfied with it. That is until my last purchase. Oxbow has changed the packaging and the contents inside. Neither for the good! Packaging – the amount of product remains the same 72L but the bale is about 15% smaller making the contents more compressed. That makes it more difficult to separate and fluff. Is it a showstopper? No. Is it a pain in the Butt, yup! Product Change – the bedding is no longer chopped into confetti, it is shredded. the tiny ¼ inch pieces are now 1 to 2 ½ inch thin strips. This morning my guinea pig started to sound off in distress. When I checked on him, he had a golf ball sized wad of the “new I have used this product for a couple of years and been more than satisfied with it. That is until my last purchase. Oxbow has changed the packaging and the contents inside. Neither for the good! Packaging – the amount of product remains the same 72L but the bale is about 15% smaller making the contents more compressed. That makes it more difficult to separate and fluff. Is it a showstopper? No. Is it a pain in the Butt, yup! Product Change – the bedding is no longer chopped into confetti, it is shredded. the tiny ¼ inch pieces are now 1 to 2 ½ inch thin strips. This morning my guinea pig started to sound off in distress. When I checked on him, he had a golf ball sized wad of the “new” bedding tangled around his leg. The long shred got caught between his toes. As he walked around his habitat the pieces picked up more and more of the shred. He was frightened and very unhappy. Today my guinea pig told me this product has gone from the best to the worst! I agree with him! Oxbow – What were you thinking??? … more

Our rabbit was so happy with the softness and quality of this bedding that he was lifting it up in his mouth and throwing it up in the air! Then he would roll around in it! And because out rabbit is white and we bought the bedding in white, it’s like camouflage for him. Our rabbit loves it!

We were originally using the Kaytee clean and cozy bedding, but it not only soiled really quickly, it almost seemed like the perfect breeding ground for fruit flies for some reason? I was cleaning it out every 2-3 days. When I saw Oxbow made a bedding I was very excited to try it as I love all their other products. This bedding is. so. much. better. Its fluffy and airy, the ammonia smell doesn't build up as quickly, its has practically no dust left behind, and smokey has built all kinds of tunnels through it.

This bedding is super soft however, it's not great for guinea pigs who pee a lot. I think it would be good for a smaller pet or a potty trained Guinea pig. I would buy this if my guy was recovering from surgery, or had a wound but not for everyday use.

I love Oxbow products and thought this one had to be good as Oxbow made it. Very wrong - the bedding does not absorb much urine at all. It just gets saturated and wet very quickly and flattens, and the usual corner my hamster urinates in turns into a wet corner of flat, wet, paper shreds that work as well as if I shredded paper myself to use for bedding. kaytee bedding works 100 times better to control the smell and absorb the moisture. In fact the hamster house is so smelly literally the day after I clean it as if I hadn't cleaned it in a week. Very disappointed and will not buy again.

When we first received the bedding I was a little shocked because the bag looked a lot smaller than I expected. But when we started using it, it really does fluff up a lot and it soaks up liquid very well, better than the once we used before. So this will be the bedding we will use from now on.