always prefered straw myself, and btw, lifes to short for grudges, sorry if i was out of term mate
ive never got on with straw, top layer always gets caked up and compacted and bottom is clean. fair play mate, same
the down side is, is that it does need changed often, but i think it makes for a happier bird. you thought about bark chippings?
you need a lot of bark chippings i feel to make it worthwhile, i thin layer doesnt work and if you neglect to turn them they get a layer of muck on top pretty quickly. heard something about the cocoa shells used in them can have a po