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Rextiles
at Sun Nov 6 19:57:36 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rextiles ]
The substrate used for shipping an animal is not really relevant to what you house the animal in.
I don't think I nor Gregg made any relation to that. I was merely playing the devil's advocate on all of the pluses and minuses of rabbit pellet usage and Gregg merely stated his opinion on what he uses, paper towels. Since I've been using rabbit pellets for over 17 years almost exclusively with my reptiles, I find it necessary to address any and all problems as well as the benefits for all types of usage. Personally, I don't care what other people choose to use as I'm going to use whatever works best for me and my animals.
Obviously if the box is tipped the pellets would go to one side of the container. Paper has the problem when the snakes deficates it doesn't seem to absorb as well as sanichips.
The last shipment box I received had all of the specimen containers sideways and a lot of the sani-chips had poured through the breathing holes into the rest of the box making a huge mess inside the box as well as creating a very dusty and dirty environment overall. The snakes survived the trip but I think usage of paper towels would have been a little cleaner in this particular instance.
This isn't a pissing contest just an exchange of ideas.
That's absolutely correct! Every post/argument/debate should be an exchange of ideas. Again, I always try to be as factual as I can about these types of topics and never take it personally should someone have something contrary to say about what I've posted. We're all here to learn from each other, at least in theory.
maybe gregg will say as it doesn't seem like he cares for them.
Gregg's going to have his own opinions based on what works for him which doesn't make him right nor wrong. I always take a grain of salt whatever Gregg happens to say knowing that everybody has their own methods and ideologies about keeping animals within artificial environments. 
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RE: Substrate for Young - Rextiles, Sun Nov 6 19:57:36 2011