Tractor Supply Equine Pellets

[bumpkin93]

Hey there! Sorry it’s my first post. I’ve been picking around looking for an answer, but the search engine is off. I am adopting two bunnies in two weeks from a rescue. I know a lot of people use tractor supply equine pine pellets. These: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/tractor-supply-pine-pellet-stall-bedding-40-lb?cm_vc=-10005 but I went in to purchase some and they had a strong smell. What are the additives that are dangerous to rabbits? Does anyone know? The packaging doesn’t state if these are kiln dried and I asked an employee who couldn’t answer or give a contact number. Thanks in advance! 

[tobyluv]

I think that most if not all pine pellets have been kiln dried, so they are safe to use. Pine pellets do have a strong smell, it’s not just these equine pellets. Feline Pine pellets are also very strong smelling. Aspen pellets have a strong scent too. The smell will dissipate some once they are out of the bag and spread into a litter box, but you will still be able to smell them. I use aspen pellets covered with a little Carefresh paper bedding/litter. I think it’s softer on my rabbits’ feet and it suppresses the aspen scent somewhat.

[Azerane]

Tobyluv is correct, in the process of making pellets they are kiln dried. Kiln drying removes harmful phenols from the timber and means it’s safe to use. I open my bags of wood pellets into a storage bin. I find the by the time I’ve emptied them into there and then scooped them into the tray, there’s hardly any smell from the pellets at all.

[bumpkin93]

Thank you!

[bumpkin93]

Thank you! I’ll be putting them in a storage bin today. Hopefully it helps.

[Bunny House]

Those pellets are the only solution I can find to help suppress my bunnies pee (New Zealand is a a heavy pee-er and is very cheap compared to paper litter) and basically take the smell away, so good choice in buying them!

[princessbookworm]

I’ve used it before and had it okay by my vet She said it’s fine especially because it’s only used in the litterbox and not under an entire cage. I find it’s pretty good at absorbing urine but not as great with odor control as yesterday’s news. Jake & Yulie also refuse to use separate litter boxes even though I provide them so they “pee it up” pretty quickly, lol!

[joea64]

I’ve been meaning to try Tractor Supply pellets for quite a while, since Carefresh, even when I buy it through Friends of Rabbits’ supply shop, can be pricey ($20 for plain bedding; I usually get confetti-colored bedding which can run $26 plus tax unless there’s a sale on). Panda and Fernando customarily pee only on one side of their litterbox, in fact in one specific area, to the extent that I can tell pretty much exactly where they’re doing their business when I empty the box. The good thing about that is that I’m usually able to recover some hay that wasn’t soiled and recycle it.

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