Bedding Options for Mouse and Rat, Research-Ready

All cage bottoms can be pre-bedded with your choice of bedding and delivered irradiated ready for use. Having pre-bedded caging on hand significantly simplifies your vivarium operations and eliminates the need for bedding inventory and management.
Bedding product

ALPHA-Dri

ALPHA-Dri bedding is ideal for GLP research. Standard disposable mouse cage bottom arrives pre-bedded and ready for use with ALPHA-Dri. Perfect for GLP studies.

Mouse:

  • M-BTM-AD (Pre-bedded, ALPHA-Dri)
  • M-BTM-ADE (Pre-bedded, ALPHA-Dri with 3-ply Innorichment)
  • M-BTM-ADE-1 (Pre-bedded, ALPHA-Dri with 1-ply Innorichment)

Rat:

  • R-BTM-H-AD (Pre-bedded, ALPHA-Dri)
  • R-BTM-H-ADE (Pre-bedded, ALPHA-Dri with Innorichment)

Key Advantages:

  • Dust elimination: Clean and virtually dustless bedding helps reduce cross-contamination, filter clogging, and possible issues of dust adherence to animals.
  • Better for animal observation: Bright, white color aids in animal observation.
  • Exceptional absorbency.
  • Environmentally friendly.
  • Delivered irradiated.

ALPHA-Dri+

Mouse cage bottom for use with Innovive IVC or static mouse lids, prefilled with ALPHA-Dri+ bedding. ALPHA-Dri+ is both bedding and nesting materials combined in one. Mini-rolls of multi-layered virgin paper cut into short lengths are added to ALPHA-Dri to give the animals nesting material that enhances their nest-building instincts.

Mouse & Rat:

  • M-BTM-AD+ (Pre-bedded, ALPHA-Dri+)
  • M-BTM-AD+E1 (Pre-bedded, ALPHA-Dri+ with 1-ply Innorichment)

Key Advantages:

  • Dust elimination: Clean and virtually dustless bedding helps reduce cross-contamination, filter clogging, and possible issues of dust adherence to animals.
  • Better for animal observation: Bright, white color aids in animal observation.
  • Exceptional absorbency.
  • Environmentally friendly.
  • Delivered irradiated.

Corn Cob

Corn Cob is proven to encapsulate the urea crystals found in animal urine, controlling ammonia levels. Its sponge-like characteristics encapsulate ammonia and trap associated odors.

Mouse:

  • M-BTM-C4 (Pre-bedded, Corn Cob)
  • M-BTM-C4E (Pre-bedded, Corn Cob with 3-ply Innorichment)
  • M-BTM-C4E-1 (Pre-bedded, Corn Cob with 1-ply Innorichment)
  • M-BTM-C8 (Pre-bedded, Corn Cob)
  • M-BTM-C8E (Pre-bedded, Corn Cob with 3-ply Innorichment)
  • M-BTM-C8E-1 (Pre-bedded, Corn Cob with 1-ply Innorichment)

Rat:

  • R-BTM-H-C4 (Pre-bedded, Corn Cob)
  • R-BTM-H-C8 (Pre-bedded, Corn Cob)

Key Advantages:

  • Will not cling to animals or cages.
  • Fast-wicking absorption.
  • Resistant to cage flooding from water bottle drip.
  • Perfect for isolator and IVC cages.
  • Environmentally friendly.
  • Available in 1/4 in (C4) and 1/8 in (C8) sizes.
  • Delivered irradiated.

SAFE (Biofresh)

Mouse cage bottom for use with Innovive IVC or static mouse lids, prefilled with SAFE bedding.

Mouse & Rat:

  • M-BTM-EP (Pre-bedded with SAFE)

Key Advantages:

  • Excellent absorbency and ammonia control.
  • Improve the welfare of animals with soft, absorbent, and comfortable bedding.
  • Helps alleviate animals' stress with easier clean-up and longer changeout intervals.
  • Aids in a cleaner and healthier environment for research.
  • Environmentally friendly.
  • Delivered irradiated.

Bedding Available by Cage Type

Bedding Type/Application Ratón Rat/Tall Rat Tall Rat XL
Alpha-Dri
Alpha-Dri+
Corn Cob
Safe

Innorack IVC Mouse 3.5

A highly-controlled clean environment at each cage level.

Innorack IVC Rat System

All Rat Racks feature a highly-controlled clean environment at each cage level.

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