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carlyjane79

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« on: June 04, 2012, 16:18 »

Does anyone know if I could use droppings and bedding material (usually wood shavings) from my Chinchillas on the compost heap?

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potatogrower

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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2012, 17:00 »

droppings would be fine but wood shavings will take up nitrogen to breakdown and will take a long time. i would put the wood shaving to one side and let woodlices and worms do the job of breaking it down.

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fatcat1955

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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2012, 18:02 »

Put the wood shavings in too. Everything uses up nitrogen to breakdown but it returns later in the process. Just remember not too much of 1 item without mixing.

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