Response to New-bians

I wouldn't put too much straw down if you have a dirt floor. The straw will only absorb the urine and you'll be mucking out the stall a lot to rid the smell of ammonia. Dirt floors are nice since they absorb the urine. Just some bedding in a corner where they will bed down would be enough. Of course, if you like to garden and want to use the urine/poop for your garden, then you may want to "save" the urine by soaking it into the straw...I just go in every evening after chores and use a pooper-scooper and collect the berries of the day and put them in a bucket for garden use...much easier than cleaning bedding out. I spread some "sweet PDZ" or dolomite lime mixed with about a cup of diatomaceous earth once a week to keep the stall "sweet" and control bacteria...it will also hold down fly population. Have fun!

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