Ekoo Animal Bedding

Ekoo Animal Bedding – Ekoo bedding & Ekoo cotton for rodents and rabbits

Ekoo Animal Bedding is a practical choice if you're looking for a comfortable, absorbent base for your pet's enclosure. The range includes popular Ekoo bedding for daily use and Ekoo cotton for a soft resting or nesting zone. This is handy if you're working with "zones" in the enclosure: a dry base layer, a toilet area that needs frequent cleaning, and a comfortable corner where your pet likes to sleep or nest.

At DRD Rodent Shop® (specialists since 2011), we focus primarily on behavior and use: do you want to encourage digging, support tunnels, or prefer a soft top layer? With Ekoo Animal Bedding, you can easily mix and match, ensuring a comfortable environment and easy cleaning.

Quick to:

• What is Ekoo Animal Bedding?
• Eco-friendly cotton: when do you choose it?
• Benefits of Ekoo ground covering
• Usage tips per stay
• Calculation aid: how much ground cover do you need?
• Maintenance & Refresh
• Good to know
• Useful shopping links

What is Ekoo Animal Bedding?

Ekoo Animal Bedding is a brand that offers various types of bedding and blends, including cotton varieties and combinations with fiber/cardboard textures. This allows you to choose what suits your furnishing style: a soft comfort layer, a practical base, or a blend that's also fun to burrow and nest in.

Eco-friendly cotton: when do you choose it?

When customers say "Ekoo cotton," they usually mean the cotton bedding from the Ekoo line. This is often chosen as a soft top layer or as a separate resting/nesting zone. It's perfect for a habitat with distinct zones, such as under a house, in a sleeping house, or in a quiet corner where your pet likes to nest.

Benefits of Ekoo ground covering

• ✓Comfortable: ideal for resting and nesting zones (especially with Ekoo cotton).
• ✓Absorbent: Helps practically control moisture and odors.
• ✓Handy in zones: combine base layer + comfort layer + toilet area.
• ✓Flexible to arrange: you choose what you need per corner (dry, soft or easy to refresh).

Usage tips per stay

• Create a clear toilet zone (which you refresh more often) and a dry rest zone (which stays nice longer).
• Use Ekoo cotton as a comfort layer in a corner or under a house/tunnel.
• Are you working with hamster or gerbil scaping? Combine textured substrates (basic substrate) with a softer Ekoo layer for contrast and comfort.
• Place water and feeding areas on a stable, dry surface to limit wet areas.

✓How much ground cover do you need?

Formula: (L × W × layer thickness in cm) ÷ 1000 = liters

• Preferably measure the internal dimensions of your accommodation (L x W).
• Choose your layer thickness based on animal species, digging behavior and layout.
• When spreading deeply, the ground often sinks somewhat after the spreading has been completed: it is better to allow a little more room for this.
• Number of bags: litres required ÷ volume per bag.

Example: 100 × 50 cm with 20 cm layer → (100 × 50 × 20) ÷ 1000 = 100 liters

Internal dimensions 10 cm 15 cm 20 cm 30 cm 80 × 40 cm 32 L 48 L 64 L 96 L 100 × 40 cm 40 L 60 L 80 L 120 L 100 × 50 cm 50 L 75 L 100 L 150 L

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Maintenance & Refresh

• Spot clean daily: remove wet/used areas, especially around water points and toilet corners.
• Refresh the toilet area more often than the rest (this makes a big difference in the odor experience).
• Don't always refresh the entire enclosure at once; for some animals, partial refreshment works better.
• Check corners and under houses for clumping/moisture and change there sooner.

Good to know

• ✓When changing your linens, always check for loose, long fibers and remove any that you find.
• ✓If you're using cotton as a top layer, keep it primarily for the resting area and combine it with a firmer base layer for the rest of the enclosure.
• ✓Not sure what's best for your pet and your home? We're happy to help you find the perfect fit via our service page.

Useful shopping links

• Ground cover & nesting material (all)
• Nesting material
• Bath sand (sand bath zone)
• Hamster (shop)
• Gerbil (shop)
• Personal advice via service