earliest on pine?

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johnskoi

johnskoi

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Jun 4, 2011
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i've got 10 goslings of various ages (the last 7 hatched yesterday)... i've always kept them on cloth towels (wrapped around a 1" thick media that helps keep the towels drier) till about 2 weeks, then switch over to pine shavings ... to make my life a little easier, i'd like to put them all on pine asap ... what do the rest of you do?
 
johnskoi said:
i've got 10 goslings of various ages (the last 7 hatched yesterday)... i've always kept them on cloth towels (wrapped around a 1" thick media that helps keep the towels drier) till about 2 weeks, then switch over to pine shavings ... to make my life a little easier, i'd like to put them all on pine asap ... what do the rest of you do?
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Because you run the risk of curious gosling nibbling on the shaving I would wait at least a week to make sure everyone knows what food is compared to shavings. I like to use puppy pee pads too but towels work great you just have to change both of them out alot.
 
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thanks! ...
 
I wouldn't use pine. Aspen or White shavings are better. Pine can emit fumes when it gets wet and with waterfowl that's a given. I put my gosling on white shavings when she was three days old.
 

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