Van Dyke's recommends corn cob dust, but I used to use white corn meal. Can corn meal be substituted in a tumbling mix, rather than pay shipping on cob dust? Also, can hardwood sawdust be a substitute for the oak stuff Van Dyke's also sells?
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Use corncob grit (flour) or hardwood. I like corncob better as it has no splinters to stick into the feather barbs.
Are you saying that if I just use cob dust only and not the wood stuff, I should be okay?
I have had corn cob grit mold. I use kiln dried hardwood sawdust, it works very well never molds. It also is courser than wood flour and cleans up very easy from birds and hides.
what about the corn cod litter that they sell at Wal-mart for the bottem of bird cages? will that work or should I put something else in with it? Thanks