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Feeding on Aspen

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Posted by: JYohe at Fri Sep 3 20:09:08 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JYohe ]  
   

I feed baby to giant balls on aspen....I used cypress before it became extinct.....I never mixed it...aspen needs to be dry and the cypress is better with a little moistness to it...LOL....
I feed on it...and they eat it...I have had a couple balls that I am sure have had troubles due to aspen getting in their gums...and yes it sucks...but they came out fine from it....no vet visits...no antibiotics...just keep an eye on them...

.....I do not use paper towels and never did...they are too flimsy...and I can just imagine going into a box and seeing the bare cage and a fat baby ball...with a paper towel in their gut....(big boas have eaten towels, teddy bears,shirts,,,I know of dogs that ate balls of foil, socks, head bands and all kinds of things....aspen is smaller....

good luck...if you are that afraid and don't want to have the sight of a dead $2000 baby ball in a cage...use and feed all on newspaper....works....

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