AFRMA - Critter Critiques - Shepherd Shack® Review

This article is from the WSSF 2004 AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales news-magazine.

Critter Critiques

Shepherd Shack® Review

Karen Robbins, Winnetka, CA

The folks at Newco Distributors told me about this product for mouse housing and gave me a few to try out on my mice. These are small tent-shaped houses made out of egg-carton type cardboard (unprinted, uncoated white book publisher-grade paper). They are only large enough for a single male show mouse, but for the

Shepherd Shacks from Shepherd Specialty Papers www.ssponline.com. Photo from Shepherd Shack.

smaller pet shop mice it would work for more than one animal. My mice loved them. Usually, cardboard houses get shredded quickly, but a few of my males actually didn’t really chew them for several weeks, they liked them that much. They worked out so well, that I actually bought a bunch for the mice. The price per Shack is reasonable which is important since they are cardboard and do eventually get chewed and made into a nest. My only suggestion is for Shepherd Specialty Papers to make them double size so they can be used for groups of females. This is a product that my mice can highly recommend and give it an enthusiastic squeak of approval.

This product is only sold through distributors, so call to find a supplier near you.

NOTE: Shepherd Shack® is made by Shepherd Specialty Papers, P. O. Box 64, Watertown, TN 37184, 1-800-382-5001, e-mail: info@ssponline.com. Their web site is http://www.ssponline.com/shepherd_shack.htm.

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