Shredded Paper

[Bill]

I can get access to ample amounts of shredded paper - clean office waste. Any comments on suitability or not for mews floor for free lofting. Obviously in a roofed mews.

Attraction being it is easy collect and to remove and dispose of - quick bonfire well away from the hawks.

[Varmint]

Well mate we all know the dangers of bio degradable Organic material and Fungus, but shredded paper in a dry environment changed regularly shouldnt offer any prob what so ever!

Hows the new bird doing? (Scratchley?)

[Gaz]

(Scratchley?)
I get that as well Varmint..get some cream from Boots...goes after a couple of mins :mrgreen:

[Varmint]

Gaz, there's some itches that no cream can help?

[North East Harris Hawker]

i was worried about aper initially but if you are gonna change it regularly and it dry in there, i dont see why not

[Jiff]

i wouldnt use it mate,how big is youre mew,it would have to be cleaned very regularly which could become a bug bare,damp and paper dont mix well,and even tho you say you're mew is fully covered there will still be damp,then fungus as the paper reacts(it is wood after all) i can understand where your comming from but i would advise go for gravel,which can be raked and hosed from time to time. one last point,with a fully covered mew its very important to erradicate any chance of fungi spores in the air.

[Shaun Byrne]

I tried it in my dog kennell for bedding. Its a nightmare, one gust of wind and the garden is covered in it. Walk in and out of a mews and its stuck all over your shoes and then all over the garden.

Why do you want such a material in your mews anyway??