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This article is from the WSSF 2007 AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales news-magazine.
By Karen Robbins
 This is one square of the cotton Nestlets™, Made by Ancare. (http://www.ancare.com/our-products/nestlets-ancare) |
Nestlets™ was reviewed in the Spring 2003 issue by Cindy Stratton with her rats. In this review I will concentrate on the mice. These are small squares that come on a sheet 12″ x 12″ with scored squares 2″ x 2″ size. They are manufactured from pulped virgin cotton fibre, sterilized during manufacture, and clean packed. They are packed in cartons containing 100 sheets and cost $124 per carton or 3¢ per square.
I tried these out on several cages of mice and about half used them, the other half didn’t like them. With the numbers of cages that I have, I find that shredded napkins work just as well and are cheaper for my use and all of my mice use this for nesting.
| Nestlets™ | number of cages | |||
| shredded and used | sort of used | shredded but didn’t use | didn’t use at all | |
| groups of females | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 male/several females | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 male/1 female | 1 | |||
| pg/new mom | 1 | |||
| moms w/babies | 1 not until babies 3 weeks old; 1 not until babies 4 weeks old | 2 | ||
| single male | 2 used part | 2 | ||
NOTE: Nestlets™ is made by Ancare, P.O. Box 814, Bellmore, NY 11710,
1-800-645-6379. Their web site is www.ancare.com.
