Watching YouTube and stumbled upon hemp for bedding. Has anyone used it? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
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Watching YouTube and stumbled upon hemp for bedding. Has anyone used it? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
Pines shavings are cheap for a reason they are full of tannins:
I use Hemp Bedding superior and now these guys have small Eco-Friendly packaging - http://hemp-solutions.org/animal-bedding/
http://poisonousplants.ansci.cornell.edu/toxicagents/tannin.html
Toxicity to monogastrics
Animals fed diets with a level of tannins under 5% experience
In poultry, small quantities of tannins in the diet cause adverse effects
- depressed growth rates,
- low protein utilization,
- damage to the mucosal lining of the digestive tract,
- alteration in the excretion of certain cations, and
- increased excretion of proteins and essential amino acids.
- levels from 0.5 to 2.0% can cause depression in growth and egg production,
- levels from 3 to 7% can cause death.
Think it's more fad here than anything......they use it in the UK as it's readily available and reasonably priced.Watching YouTube and stumbled upon hemp for bedding. Has anyone used it? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
Pines shavings are cheap for a reason they are full of tannins:
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OK, you posted on this public Forum they were cheap because they were full of Tannings, I use the flake pine shavings for some of the chick bedding as well as Many/1000's and 1000's of others---with no problem. Now when questioned ----you state you do not know if the research has been done----well then how do you know this statement is true----you posted this Info on a public forum---Is my Question??Not sure the research has been done, if so I can't find it. Tannins or other imputities are not worth the chance.