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brhaco
at Sat Oct 17 19:19:37 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by brhaco ]
No precautions at all are needed when feeding on aspen. I've been using shredded aspen for my large collection since the late 80s. In that time I've never fed in separate cages, laid the rodents on towels, or done anything else other than just feed the f/t rodents on the aspen itself (I DO thaw my rodents dry, not in water however).
In those 20 years, and literally thousands of juvenile and adult snakes, I have not had a single injury or gastrointestinal problem that could be traced to aspen ingestion. I know many others who have had similar experience. No one picks the odd leaf or twig out of a snake's mouth in the wild, so why would it be necessary in captivity?
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Brad Chambers
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Not a problem - brhaco, Sat Oct 17 19:19:37 2009