I only use newspapers for my 14 kids. Friends and neighbors save them, the library has tons of them, and lots of free advertising flyers everywhere, I walk through the mall sack in hand, just wherever I am, I keep on the lookout. Newspapers are especially great for the oldies (that I LOVE) because they very often forget where to poop. I layer them in some cages that have "hit and miss" oldies. It makes life easier. I clean cages several times a day because of my oldies and newspapers make it quick work..........speaking of cleaning cages....it takes Chris Mathis 5 HOURS to clean cages for the 200+ ferrets at the Oregon Ferret Shelter! Then there's medications and nail clipping and ear cleaning and bedding changing and laundry and making soup and feeding the 200+. When on earth does that woman SLEEP? Nancy, grandma to 2 teeny tiny twin boys born too soon but determined to live! They weigh 1 lb 11 oz and 2 lbs (I have ferrets bigger than that!) and are 12 " and 13" long (I have ferrets bigger than that!). You grow Samuel and Gabriel...... so far away in Seattle!!!! [Posted in FML 7240]