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What is the best bedding to use with little mice?

I've been using that soft carefresh bedding and they seem to really like it, but I know this bedding can cause breathing problems just like pine with some animals. I've tried Aspen and they don't like it at all. Also, is the Carefresh okay with Robo hamsters? Actually Carefresh can cause breathing problems in rats...trust me I know. I lost one because of this.

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1. carefresh does NOT cause breathing problems i have no clue where you heard that. its a lie. i use for all my animals and none of them have any breathing problem.
2. It should be fine, we ALWAYS used the carefresh w/ our rats, and nothing ever went wrong with them.
3. you don't always have to buy bedding . :] you can shred lots of soft tissues and use that as bedding :] easier and cheaper (y)
4. carefresh is a good bedding but if it seems too dusty then get carefresh ultra instead the aspen is bad the wood contains oils and odors that can make them sick you can also try soft sorbent but i've never heard of carefresh causing breathing problems its the wood chips that do
5. carefresh doesnt cause breathing problems, so dont worry, and keep using it :) PS: i would recomend usin Carefresh ULTRA or carefresh COLORS, its softer :)
6. DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT use tissue or newspaper. THe chemicals can kill your mice. carefresh (the gray stuff) is great. Also use old toilet paper rolls for tubes and tunnels and for them to gnaw on. Just make sure all the tissue remnants and glue remnants are off. You can use boxes too, just take tear the lids off if it has glue on it.