Poll Question: 1. Shredded Paper (From Home Use Paper Shredder) 2. Cat Litter 3. Cedar / Pine shavings 4. Black & White Newsprint 5. Low-Acid, No-Ink White Newsprint 6. Shredded Eucalyptus 7. Non-Cedar/Pine Wood Pellets or Crumbles 8. Other (Reply what it is) Choices: Shredded Paper (From Home Use Paper Shredder) Cat Litter Cedar / Pine shavings Black & White Newsprint Low-Acid, No-Ink White Newsprint Shredded Eucalyptus Non-Cedar/Pine Wood Pellets or Crumbles Other

Anyone choosing "other" please post a reply on what the other is to share wtih the rest of us. Please.

i voted for number 4, although sometimes i used fleece too.

i use a fleece liner

Thanks you guys. I'm glad you mentioned the fleece. After this poll is done, I will create a new one with the "others" in it so we can be more accurate....

Fleece and velour are options that some use.

I know a rescuer who uses the velour. Swears it's easier than fleece.

I use puppy potty training pads. They're such easy clean up it's insane!!

i don't use anything. I just clean them once a day, it takes about three minutes.

NEVER USE PINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT CAN EVENTUALLY KILL YOUR GLIDERS!!!

we use ground up corn cobs

we use this http://www.swheatscoop.com/ wheat litter but, it works great... no smell and clumps so can be scooped. But really even with this as far as contact goes it doesn't much matter, our cage has the grid a good 6" above the little pan, so the suggies can't reach into the litter at all.

I use fleece on top of the cage wire. Underneath in the tray I use white paper towels(never color) and sometimes brown paper grocery bags. I line the bottom tray because the urine goes straight through the fleece,and it makes for less smell, and it's easier to clean the paper towels out daily and the fleece every 3 days.

You guys are so lucky, my glider will move fleece from the bottom of their cage and pull it out of the tray pan and destroy puppy pads, and carefresh is too expensive. LOL. LUCKY.

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Originally posted by maple

NEVER USE PINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT CAN EVENTUALLY KILL YOUR GLIDERS!!!

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I think you are confused with cedar, but I use carefresh

i use fake Carefresh, Critterfresh cheaper and easier to find right in Walmart

i did use old sheets folded up (pull out bottom cage) but recently i started using timothy hay (helps with the smell also) i was worried about hay dust bothering them or something, but all the research i did said nothing against timothy hay plus the pet rabbit grade stuff does not contain much dust at all either way.

I use paper towel in the babies cage.. and corn cob in the big one.. none of them mess with any of it.
sarah

i use fleece

I have read that pine and cedar are both bad, but cedar is supposed to be a little worse. I also learned years ago that corn cob can be horrible too. When it gets wet, it builds up a mold that is toxic to small mammals. After we learned this, the pet store I worked for kept it in very limited supplies and would only sell it to reptile (snake mostly) owners. This is about the only safe application. My glider is bad with the fleece also, but after researching there is one thing that I've not been able to find any negative information on against glider safety; Aspen crumbles. I love it. If there is any problem that anyone here has found, please correct me so I can stop and no one else takes this advice.

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Originally posted by mandellajo

I use puppy potty training pads. They're such easy clean up it's insane!!

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i now also use puppy training pads and i agree it is much easier the pads holds the odor in so you cant smell it and the liner underneath prevents it from leaking there wonderful

I use paper towels.

I dont use anything...I just hose the bottom tray out every other day and wipe down the cage with baby wipes.

I don't use anything.The grate at bottom of cage keeps babies out of what falls into the catch tray. I used clorox wipes to clean the tray each morning. I change out pouches every morning when I clean cage. Should I be using a litter?

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Originally posted by LuckyGlider

Anyone choosing "other" please post a reply on what the other is to share wtih the rest of us. Please.

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I use human pee pads in the bottom of the tray and the bottom of the cage.

I use fleece.

I use the training pads. It is realy easy to use and to clean I just roll it up and throw away every week.

i have a homemade cage and i just clean the floor everyday also

What about using kitty liter if it is on the tray under the main portion of the cage? I am not using it currently. We are using black and white newspaper currently. I do like the idea of the paper towels. Fleece am not to sure about that...

I use aspen shavings.

Wood shavings of any kind arent recommended.