Reddit reviews American Pet Green Dreamzzz Bedding,4-Pound (Expands to 44 liters)
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Very absorbentMade from recycled phone booksInk used is non toxicItem Package weight : 5.0 pounds
I use that exact brand of bedding, except I get the "natural" kind which is a brownish color and does not use baking soda (I believe that baking soda makes respiratory illnesses worse). I use 1/2 of the Kaytee, and then 1/2 Green Dreamzzz bedding. It's made of shredded newspaper printed with safe vegetable ink.
Petco and Petsmart are usually okay for some pet supplies, but really do research on the products first. A lot of the stuff they use is made in China and uses dyes and things like that which i'm not comfortable with. http://www.drsfostersmith.com is also great for rat supplies.
Also as I'm sure you know, rats are a grab bag of surprises. Most rats do not die of old age, they die from URI's, pneumonia, cancer, and other health problems. Obviously you will want to try and treat these ailments as long as you can instead of letting them suffer, which can cost quite a bit of money. I think I've spent over $1000 on just these 3 alone. I've also owned 5 other rats before them, 4 were euthanized after battling with a URI, pneumonia or otherwise, and one had a pituitary tumor. :( Those 5 had absolutely no aggression issues whatsoever, while these current 3 have a heap of issues, 1 is neutered, 1 is getting ready to be neutered, and the other gets beat up constantly by the about-to-be-neutered one and has a ton of bite marks which I have to put ointment on. Moral of the story, rats are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get. xD
Update:
I asked my vet about the new Carefresh and she said that the amount of baking soda in there is minimal and shouldn't be a problem if the rabbits are not prone to respiratory diseases. However, there IS indeed a slightly different "smell" to it which apparently I'm not the only one who noticed.
I did find this stuff and I REALLY like it in lieu of Carefresh: Green Dreamzzz I called the company and there is absolutely nothing in this except cut up phone books printed with soy ink.
It needs changed every day rather than every other day like the Carefresh, but worth it. Even though the Carefresh might be OK for the buns, the smell of the new stuff (even clean right out of the bag) is just kind of "wierd" to me and the Clean Dreamzzz doesn't smell like anything. (but the name of the product is kind of odd...)