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- From: rotheroe@convex.com (Dave Rotheroe)
- Subject: Re: Cage flooring
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:22:46 GMT
- References: <20592@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <BzznxG.6qn@news.iastate.edu> <1992Dec28.235559.16000@progress.com>
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- >I get unprinted newsprint for short money at the local paper dealers. If you can
- >find it get the unfilled kind since it's more absorbent and even cheaper. The
- >size I like is 36"x24". It can be folded to fit most any cage. I don't recall
- >the exact price but I think I got 1500 sheets for about $50 last time. This much
- >lasts me close to a year.
-
- >Newsprint is so quick and easy to replace, so easy to keep clean, and so cheap that
- >other than being a little drab I can see no reason to use anything else.
-
- excellent points. another suggestion is to call up a paper company and find
- out what they have laying around. most paper distributors have small (to
- them) amounts of paper that they want to get rid of. for my 10 and 20 gallon
- tanks, I have them cut the paper to fit the bottom of the cage. I'll buy
- 500-1000 sheets, usually getting 2 or 3 out of each sheet. they charge me
- a small fraction of the paper's list price, and either cut it for free or
- some nominal charge (like $5). sure makes cage cleaning easy, and it doen't
- look half bad either.
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- Dave Rotheroe rotheroe@convex.com DoD#0045
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