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- From: "Amy Young Leith" <alyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Subject: Re: Purina Rabbit Chow and wood-chip litter (was Re: bunny questions)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.005229.29222@news.cs.indiana.edu>
- Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
- References: <1992Dec23.205153.9774@ee.ubc.ca> <1992Dec24.091133.958@ee.ubc.ca> <23014@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:52:25 -0500
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- In article <23014@drutx.ATT.COM> njl@drutx.ATT.COM (LaRocheNJ) writes:
-
- >Most of all, cedar chips (in fact, any wood chips) emit phenols that
- >cause liver damage if the phenols can collect in the air the rabbit
- >breathes. (I suspect the same is true of hamsters, mice, and all the
- >other small animals for whom wood chips are sold!)
-
- WHAT???
-
- I have been using the "plain" untreated pine shavings for Dink's
- bedding and litterbox. What should I change to? I've heard of
- numerous paper or corncob based litters and beddings here, but not
- been able to find any in the numerous stores around town... is there a
- place I could get them mail order?
-
- amy
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