carefresh 99% Dust-Free Natural Paper Small Pet Bedding with Odor Control, 30 L

Our hamster loves it and so do we!
—> ODOR CONTROL <---🔲 A sewer smells better🔲 Holding your nose is advised🔲 It's "OK"☑️ Keeps the room breathable🔲 Cleaner than Spring air---> SOFTNESS <---🔲 The label should read "rock pebbles"🔲 A bit hard and rough on the skin🔲 Relatively soft☑️ Soft as a feather🔲 Like floating in the clouds---> ABSORPTION <---🔲 Absorbs like a rock🔲 Very meh🔲 Absorbs as can be expected☑️ Is this stuff made from a sponge?--> LEVEL OF DUSTNESS <---🔲 Ever been in a dust storm?🔲 Plenty of dust🔲 Nothing special🔲 Hardly any dust☑️ No dust! It's like space!---> DO PETS LIKE IT <---🔲 Pet frantically tries to get away from it🔲 Pet isn't happy but accepts it🔲 Pet is indifferent☑️ Pet absolutely loves it-----------------------------------------Our hamster really loves this stuff. He carries it around to add to his little sleeping spot and, regularly, can be seen rolling and digging in it.

Not Very Absorbent
I bought this because it was dust free, but I found it to be less absorbent that some other dust free options.

Perfect!
Exactly what I needed. Only thing was I definitely needed a larger bag.

I’ve been using this bedding for years, what happened?
I’ve been using carefresh pet bedding for years for my ferrets and never once had an issue. I usually get the 60L bag but there was none in stock so I went with the 30L bag. When receiving it, it was a lot darker in color, like a dark brown instead of the normal beige color (see picture for reference). I chose to ignore it because some times the color can vary due to it being natural paper bedding. But then, a few hours later, after scooping out the old, dirty bedding and replacing it with this new bedding, I noticed a funky smell..it almost reminded me of cat litter and I couldn’t get over it so I grabbed the bag of new bedding and smelled it. Low and behold the combination smell of cat litter and farm animals hit my nose. I’m not sure how or why this bedding smells like it was picked out of a used animal cage but I’m extremely unhappy as a regular customer.

2024年9月に購入しました。「臭いについての問題を改善した」とメーカーが言っているようなので信用して買いましたが、やはりすごく臭いです🤣飼育ケースがプラスチックケースであるか、金網ケージであるかは関係ありません。商品の袋を開けて、直接嗅いでみるべきです。嫌な匂いがします。商品の固さや質感については不満はありません。動物が穴を掘りやすいし、硬い部分を齧って楽しんだりもしているようです。ただ、臭いの問題だけ解決してほしい。この問題が大きすぎるので、星一つです。臭いの問題が解消されれば星５つですよ。商品を水に溶かすとヌルヌルするのがわかると思います。最初、再生紙の材料の一部であるデンプンなどが悪質なのかなと思いましたが、「バージンパルプ」なのでこの推測は違うようです。ネットの情報によると、もう何年も前のこと、バージョンチェンジされた際に材料に重曹が追加され、これが臭いの原因ではないかということです。

The natural color isn’t brown, it’s actually grey. Many other reviewers complain about the smell. That’s probably because they keep their hamsters in tiny plastic cages which is so cruel.In my wire cage the smell is gone and I don’t smell any of my hamster’s smells.