I bought a large cube of compressed pine shavings today from the fodder store. Its about 10kg and now i am wondering how to store it as it will take me AGES to use it and when i open it it will expand out heaps - shame they didn't sell it in smaller sizes

 

How do you keep your pine shavings clean and dry???

You can get large white plastic buckets with lids, or just put it in a large plastic bag. If fume-y ( strong smelling ) you need to air it for quite a while to take the smell out.

thanks for this topic I have been looking at mine for a week trying to work out what to do with it

Would a plastic rubbish bin with lid be okay or will it need to be air tight??

 

I will open it up tomorrow and air some out ready to put in the boxes

Would a plastic rubbish bin with lid be okay or will it need to be air tight??

 

I will open it up tomorrow and air some out ready to put in the boxes :nest:

Plastic bin would be fine

Actually it' better if it' not air tight as it decreae the chance of it getting mould problem and also allows it to breathe a little

Actually it' better if it' not air tight as it decreae the chance of it getting mould problem and also allows it to breathe a little

Agreed :nest:

Also if you make a little fabric bag and fill it ith rice and put it in the bottom of the bin before you fill it up it will absorb any small amount of moisture/humidity that does make it into in the bottom of the bin

Brilliant MB - Thanks

A certain amount of moisture and humidity is necessary in nesting materials. Fumes from excessive pine fumes are not.

Edited September 15, 200816 yr by KAZ

okay. No rice bag then :nest:

okay. No rice bag then :P

No. Some moisture and humidity helps eggs :nest:

But I have found that things stored in the plastic bins can get mould in the bottom of the bin which can cause more problems as the mould spores get through the whole bin. Personally I would prefer to keep the shavings as dry as possible and then maybe give them a light mist of water before using them in the nest box.

 

Just me though

Must be your location. I dont have such problems

I'd say it's a little drier over your way Kaz

MB what a fantastic idea!!!

 

I don't have this problem as I only buy the 2 kg wood shavings and I keep them in the bag opened

The same can be done with any dry product. So if you have anything that you keep in a container and use slowly like egg and biscuit or handrearing mix a small cloth bag of rice in the bottom will keep the mixture nice and dry.