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RE: un-treated pine shavings as bedding

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Posted by: BrandonSander at Wed Dec 22 00:31:50 2010 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BrandonSander ]

Don't use it. Bedding with Pine or Cedar are both bad ideas. Both types of wood contain aromatic oils that, given time, will prove fatal to your snakes.

Stick with Aspen, Fir, Newspaper, - even soil is okay- just make sure it doesn't have any fertilizers in it.

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un-treated pine shavings as bedding - nervous, Tue Dec 21 20:15:01 2010

RE: un-treated pine shavings as bedding - BrandonSander, Wed Dec 22 00:31:50 2010

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