AFRMA

American Fancy Rat & Mouse Association

Paper Beddings and Enrichment

These pages are to give you a visual representative of the different types of bedding offered for small animals. AFRMA is not endorsing any bedding type.

CareFRESH™
CareFRESH

Reclaimed virgin wood pulp.
Made by Healthy Pet (was Absorption Corp.)
CareFresh Ultra
CareFresh Ultra
Unbleached reclaimed long fiber, high-grade wood pulp.
Made by Healthy Pet (was Absorption Corp. Now known as White Natural Small Pet Bedding.)
Read Critique
 
ECOfresh™
ECOfresh
100% recycled paper.
[Product now used in the Puppy Go Potty™ system.]
Diamond Soft Bedding
Diamond Soft

Cellulose bedding material from specially-processed bleached hardwood paper pulp made by Teklad.
 
Kaytee Clean & Cozy™
Kaytee Clean & Cozy™

Kaytee Clean & Cozy™ made from discarded remnants and trimmings from other hygienic products. Tested in a shipping box and box was humid.
Oxbow Pure Comfort™ Blend
Oxbow Pure Comfort™ Blend

Oxbow Pure Comfort™ Blend bedding made from pure, never-printed paper.
 
Performance Bedding
BioFresh Performance Bedding

Absorption Corp. BioFresh™ ¼ inch pelleted cellulose.
Performance Bedding+
BioFresh Performance Bedding+

Absorption Corp. BioFresh™ Performance bedding ¼ inch pelleted cellulose plus BioFresh Comfort Bedding (was CareFresh® Ultra™).
 
Paperlet Small Animal Litter
Paperlet

Works best as nesting material. Recycled paper tightly rolled into one-half inch long pieces.
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Alpha-Dri™
Alpha-Dri

White paper chip animal bedding.
Pure-o’cel®
Pure-o'cel®

The Andersons high purity paper laboratory ¼ inch bedding chips (similar to ALPHA-dri®).
Enrich-o’cobs®
Enrich-o'cobs®

The Andersons ¼ inch Bed-o’Cobs corn cob + Enrich-n’Nest paper rolls for enrichment.
 
7084 Pelleted Paper Bedding
7084 Pelleted Paper Bedding

Recycled paper and aspen hardwood sawdust made by Teklad.
CageTech
CageTech
Pelleted cellulose animal bedding from Stutzman Environmental Products.
 
Pet’s Preference Soft
Pet’s Preference Soft
100% Recycled paper fiber. Looks like ground up CareFRESH™.
 
Pet’s Preference Original
Pet’s Preference Original
100% Recycled paper fiber pellets.
Cell-Sorb Plus®
Cell-Sorb Plus®
Crumbled pellets made from recycled paper and a non-toxic patented neutralizing mineral.
 
Yesterdays News®
Yesterdays News®

Pellets made from recycled newspaper with an odor absorbing ingredient.
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Cellu-Dri Soft
Cellu-Dri Soft
Recycled cellulose fiber.
Looks like Pet’s Preference Soft.
Cellu-Dri Pelleted
Cellu-Dri Pelleted
Recycled cellulose fiber.
Looks like Pet’s Preference Original.
 
PAPERCHIP Soft
PAPERCHIP Soft

Pellets made from recycled newspaper.
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PAPERCHIP Pellets
PAPERCHIP Pellets

Pellets made from recycled newspaper.
Read Critique
 

Enrichment
Natural Crinklets
Natural Crinklets
Absorption Corp. BioFresh™ Enrichment thin brown paper strips for nesting.
Crink-l’Nest™
Crink-l'Nest™

The Andersons crinkle-cut paper strands for mice and rats’ nest building and enrichment.
 
Bed-r’Nest®
Bed-r'Nest®

The Andersons portion controlled nesting material made out of brown paper strips, also for enrichment.
Enviropak
Enviropak

W.F. Fisher & Son, Inc., nestpacks paper bag with Enviro-dri® crinkled paper strips for nest building and enrichment.
 

You can read more about most of these beddings at Critter Critiques: Cage Litter Comparison Review,
The Bedding Dilemma, Part 2, and The Bedding Dilemma, Part 3. *


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Updated May 9, 2020