I don't even want to share with you the amount of money my mom spends on my children. Oh well, they're worth it!!
(Easy for HER to say - she needs to get a job! ) luckies4me, THANK YOU! I would never have known to look for wood stove pellets as an economical alternative to the stuff we bought at the pet store! I bought a 40 lb. bag of pure aspen pellet bedding at the only pet store near here that had it, which is 20 miles away , and it cost me $20.00. Since reading your posts here, I called a hardware store right up the street here, and they have a 40 lb. bag of wood stove pellets for $2.99. I love my daughter's ratties dearly, but this new special bedding would have cost me 3 times as much as the aspen shavings did, and I was not too happy about that. Luckily she hasn't opened the bag yet, so I can return it to the pet store the next time I make a pilgrimage out that way Now the only thing bumming me out is lugging the 40 lb bags into the house and storing them - I'm not exactly a weightlifter!