Supreme Tiny Friends Farm Bathing Sand 2.2lb

I have been using this sand for the last 7 months for my Dwarf Hamster. She loves it! I was concerned at first with her ingesting it but there have been no issues at all. She uses this as her potty, and when I put the new sand in she loves to roll around in it. She has a three level cage and I will watch her go from the top all the way to the bottom to use her potty. The true test was when I went away for 2 weeks and left her in the care of someone and I did want them to worry about changing the sand so I took the sand out. She proceeded to urinate in another corner of the cage and it was a smelly mess when I returned. Now her sand is back in and she is happily using her potty again! I tend to go through one container every 4 months. I change her sand at least every three days if not sooner. Its totally worth it UPDATE...…. This new sand is MUCH DUSTIER … I sent an email because if this concern and had to return the product This is the companies relpy…... Thank you for your e mail, we hope that the information below provides reassurance to you. Supreme Petfoods strives to ensure and maintain quality and consistency across all products, however occasionally, natural variation of raw materials may result in some unavoidable variation of a finished product. Supremes’ Tiny Friends Farm Bathing Sand is a Sepiolite mineral and may occasionally vary in both colour and particle size. The specification of the raw material being purchased has not intentionally changed and these variations are fundamentally unavoidable natural variances. Colour variation can occur due to natural variations of the rock from which this product is derived. As deposits of Sepiolite are mined, the change in location can bring about a change in colour. Unfortunately, this variation is beyond the control of both Supreme Petfoods and our supplier/producer, and the colour can vary from a yellow/beige to grey. The colour will not detract from the products suitability to be used for its intended purpose. Particle size can vary slightly and Supreme Petfoods strives to limit airborne dust through extraction during the packaging process. Sepiolite sand is a naturally occurring clay mineral. Due to the relatively soft nature of the particles, during transport, packaging and distribution, the sand particles may break down resulting in the presence of some fine dust which may become airborne when poured or decanted from the packaging. Supreme Petfoods is committed to producing a high quality and user-friendly product, and where systematic changes are required to achieve this, we will endeavour to take remedial action. Supreme Petfoods is currently installing additional grading and dust extraction equipment within the packaging process to further limit any variation in particle size and reduce the likelihood for the generation of airborne dust during the products use. We hope the above information is helpful to you and that you remain a valued customer of Supreme Petfoods

My hamster loves it.

Hey there! If you own a hamster, having a sandbox or area in your cage is a must. This are will be readily utilized by your hamster to pee and poo and keep the rest of the cage relatively clean. The hamster's absolutely love to take a sand bath and no training is required. Once they see it they will start to use it immediately. I use one of the habitrail transport boxes as a sand box. I also usually mix this sand with Kaytee Potty Litter (larger size granules) and my hamster loves it. Place it in a box in one of the corners of your cage and that is it for a week or two. The important aspect is price. I found it at 7 USD /2 lbs box on other retailers online. As this is just sand in a pretty box, one should look to pay the least price possible. I am not entirely sure if one could use sand from the beach and filter it using a strainer and then roasting it to kill some microbes. To be honest, I would just buy this to avoid hassle and possible health issue to my hamster and just be careful with the buying price. Anything over 10 USD implies you are paying way to much for just sand. I attached a picture of my sandbox for you to picture and get some ideas. I hope this helps. Regards.

My bag unfortunately shipped with a hole so i did end up losing some. But i just stuck it in a ziplock and that did the trick. This sand is a bit dusty, but shaking off the dust did help a bit. I will see how this works for a longer period of time though.

We bought this for our new pair of gerbils, after reading how the dust baths (vs. sand baths) can get in their lungs and also leave them (not surprisingly) dusty. This sand was great - they took their time investigating it, but ended up playing in it while we gently hand-ladled it onto their backs and tails. Once they got used to that, they started digging around it in themselves and got their bellies, paws, and even faces clean with the sand (they rubbed some of the sand on their faces, which was adorable to watch). We didn't see them roll in it yet, so we'll probably help them with their backs until they get that figured out, but they seemed to really like it, and they definitely, definitely look and smell much better now. Their fur was starting to look a bit "greasy" and now it's nice and fluffy again with minimal effort.

This is in my personal opinion, the best sand for hamsters. Is very thin and soft, and easy to scoop up once hamster pee on it!! Excellent quality

We've got a teddy bear hamster who loves to take dust baths, but we've struggled to find quality substrate for his bath. This stuff is great– soft, not grainy, but not so fine that it gets into the air when we change it. It seems to absorb the oils in his fur without drying his skin, and he seems like he has a great time playing in it! The bag is small, but it lasts a while, so it's a good value for the quality of the dust.

perfect for my lil guy. i love watching him clean himself in it.