how horrible!!! - 2006/06/06 23:52Hi everybody, I was using pine shavings, but it was getting everywhere around the house, so I decided to try that carefresh stuff and see if it would work better. It was a complete disaster!!! Peanut hated it!!! First, I think it gave his some kind of allergy or something, because I would sometimes find a little bit of blood on his hedgiebag, as soon as I made the trade. I could not quite tell where it was coming from, though. And it would also get really stuck to his feet and to his private parts after it got wet. Also, I noticed he would not come out of his bag anymore, because all the mess was inside of it and everything very clean on the rest of the cage, even the wheel. As soon as I changed back to pine, he was so much happier and everything went back to normal: no more blood, and mess everywhere else... like it's suppose to be Has anyone have this happen to them before??? Tatiana.
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/06/07 03:58What a silly boy! Carefresh is normally not a bedding known to cause irritation, but different hedgehogs have different preferences. :-P Glad you figured out what his issue was! Becca
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/06/07 05:08Good, because when I read this post I got nervous. I plan on using Carefresh because I've heard such great things about it. I hope nobody else has problems like this. I'm glad your hedgehog is all better now
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/06/07 15:09Carefresh may have changed their product. The one I used to get was gray colored. I just got a new bag and it is brown and seems to stick more and has a different texture. I have not had any problems with it though.Ann Connecticut Hedgehogs
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/06/20 02:55i currently use carefresh, usually i get the ultra and have had no problems, but i recently got the regular(brown) kind because i figured it was the same thing really just a bit cheaper, but it appears to make my girls itchy. back to the ( more expensive) ultra. o well.~Blessed Be~ Alison and a house full of hogs. Love my hoggies: Clementine, Supernova, Ravina, Bathsheba, Gideon, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Ziggy Stardust, Monochrome, iPod, EggNoodle, A-La-Mode,Pixel,Chloris,Gadget, Caviar Dreams,Pepper, Barbie, & Ansii. Bodha Lei the pooch and cats: Persephone & Seuss http://www.myspace.com/vlinderbug
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/06/30 03:46in used the pink carefresh for my girl girl and for a wihle her poo had pinks stuff in it ! abnd they say it has no dust yah right she snezzed ever 2 seconds.hogs&kisses kiwi ♥ jaime
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/06/30 05:38luvshedgies wrote: i currently use carefresh, usually i get the ultra and have had no problems, but i recently got the regular(brown) kind because i figured it was the same thing really just a bit cheaper, but it appears to make my girls itchy. back to the ( more expensive) ultra. o well.
I use the Carefresh Ultra too $15 for a medium bad. It's worth it though. It's soft, easy to clean & looks nice & Murphy loooovvvveees to dig in it. I bought the white kind becuase the brown just looks nasty. My hedgie loves it.
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/07/04 00:52just dont get the pinky kind oh u could try the blue?hogs&kisses kiwi ♥ jaime
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/07/04 01:25Randashea wrote: luvshedgies wrote: i currently use carefresh, usually i get the ultra and have had no problems, but i recently got the regular(brown) kind because i figured it was the same thing really just a bit cheaper, but it appears to make my girls itchy. back to the ( more expensive) ultra. o well.
I use the Carefresh Ultra too $15 for a medium bad. It's worth it though. It's soft, easy to clean & looks nice & Murphy loooovvvveees to dig in it. I bought the white kind becuase the brown just looks nasty. My hedgie loves it.
yeah, i tried using liners too, but my girls like to burrow too much. i felt bad taking that away from them. besides the liners turned out to be a pain. the colored carefresh was nice to, but with two hogs i now have a much larger cage and the colored stuff only comes in the smallest size bag. besides i too like the look of the ultra. how is little murphy doing? i believe i met you at kelly's little gathering in may. you got the little boy that came down for a visit with the girly hogs. i'll have to send you a pic, i think i got one of him, he was so cute and tiny then!~Blessed Be~ Alison and a house full of hogs. Love my hoggies: Clementine, Supernova, Ravina, Bathsheba, Gideon, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Ziggy Stardust, Monochrome, iPod, EggNoodle, A-La-Mode,Pixel,Chloris,Gadget, Caviar Dreams,Pepper, Barbie, & Ansii. Bodha Lei the pooch and cats: Persephone & Seuss http://www.myspace.com/vlinderbug
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/07/07 00:12luvshedgies wrote: yeah, i tried using liners too, but my girls like to burrow too much. i felt bad taking that away from them. besides the liners turned out to be a pain. the colored carefresh was nice to, but with two hogs i now have a much larger cage and the colored stuff only comes in the smallest size bag. besides i too like the look of the ultra. how is little murphy doing? i believe i met you at kelly's little gathering in may. you got the little boy that came down for a visit with the girly hogs. i'll have to send you a pic, i think i got one of him, he was so cute and tiny then!
Yup that was me with the little munchkin that day. Murphy is doing great. He's still a little on the grumpy side but comes around eventually. I'm assuming it's just from the quilling. I just got back from a 5 day vacation & was very surprised to see how much he had grown. I had a friend take care of him & I swear she fed him growing pills or something
He has his first vet appointment on Monday so I'm kind of excited to see how that goes.
I'd love that picture if you have it. For now here's one from about a week ago. I'll have to post some more once I get them sized down.
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Re:how horrible!!! - 2006/07/17 15:10I use the grey carefresh as well. I haven't had any problems with it yet but I think I might try out the liners. Its good that your hedgie is back to normal too!
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Also, I noticed he would not come out of his bag anymore, because all the mess was inside of it and everything very clean on the rest of the cage, even the wheel.
abnd they say it has no dust yah right she snezzed ever 2 seconds.
. It's worth it though. It's soft, easy to clean & looks nice & Murphy 
