Ooooh I'm glad you guys have mentioned this Megazorb stuff because I am looking to use an alternative litter. For years I've always used a good layer of newspaper covered in straw to line my rabbits hutches, but it can lead to quite a lot of waste to dispose of, especially when you have more than one hutch to clean out.
Recently our council implemented a new waste collection service whereby wheelie bins get emptied once every TWO weeks! We virtually struggle to get rid of our household waste so I've no room for pet waste aswell. Therefore for the past five weeks I've been using shavings as a trial to see whether it creates less waste. It's convienient in the fact that soiled piles can be easily removed daily, and given that my buns are litter trained, emptying the tray is a piece of cake! The only bugbear with shavings is that they blow all over the place and it gets walked into my house :?
As I said before I would never use it on rats as I have read and seen how they suffer on it. Sniffles, runny eyes and noisy breathing now how unfair is that? I did think long and hard before placing my buns on it, but then I thought exactly what Bob thought, rabbits have been kept on the stuff for years! and also my buns are only placed on it at night in the hutch and when they need to go to the loo! Also my buns are housed outside in the fresh air whereas my rats are inside the house.
Anyway, I just took a look at this site
http://www.megazorb.co.uk and it says it's safe for rats aswell as rabbits. I hope this is true because it would be better for me to use one product in all my cages. I use a paperbased cat litter for my rats and I've just been told that because Morrisons have taken over Safeway, I wont be able to buy it anymore. Typical!
Now, all I have to do is find out where I can buy it from! lol