Over the years I've always heard (and said) that any type of wood chip/shavings substrate was bad for snakes but lately I've seen a whole lot of folks using and recommending aspen. I don't feed my snakes in their homes so impaction risk is minimal.

I see that its sold specially labeled as "snake bedding". i haven't seen that locally but I wouldn't be surprized if I could find aspen bedding of some sort. There wouldn't be any difference in aspen bedding marketed for rats, ferrets or whatever and that marketed for snakes, would there? In other words, is one type of aspen bedding acceptable while another isn't?

Thanks,

Tom

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• larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 08:00:32 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 09:12:53 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 09:23:34 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 09:47:07 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - CBH, Mon Jun 6 09:58:00 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 10:50:59 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 11:18:43 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 12:00:38 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - johnnyblazekfd, Mon Jun 6 19:03:54 2005
• You want to use... - bthacker, Mon Jun 6 11:45:02 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 10:44:24 2005
• Just one! - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 11:21:57 2005
• try throwing in some wadded paper from the get go..> - PanamaRed, Mon Jun 6 12:55:38 2005
• I probably just stupid, but what does.... - Sunshine, Mon Jun 6 20:00:40 2005
• Dang It !!! A typo when I already confessed about stupidity. - Sunshine, Mon Jun 6 20:21:12 2005
• Disposable Cage Liner. np - rainbowsrus, Tue Jun 7 00:57:19 2005
• Oh...I was making that alot more complicated. - Sunshine, Tue Jun 7 21:04:35 2005
• ROFLOL..... - rainbowsrus, Tue Jun 7 23:07:05 2005
• You crack me up, Linda....... - Chris Olson, Tue Jun 7 19:24:24 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - kprime, Mon Jun 6 13:11:50 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 13:12:57 2005
• I don't remember that to be the case, and ... - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 13:24:05 2005
• RE: I don't remember that to be the case, and ... - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 13:26:01 2005
• There you go... I wouldn't recommend the .. - bcijoe, Mon Jun 6 13:33:37 2005
• You are not using enough newspaper (MORE) - AbsoluteApril, Mon Jun 6 13:19:39 2005
• RE: You are not using enough newspaper (MORE) - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 13:22:30 2005
• oh and.. - AbsoluteApril, Mon Jun 6 13:23:04 2005
• RE: You are not using enough newspaper (MORE) - Fred Albury, Mon Jun 6 15:00:21 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Mon Jun 6 13:37:50 2005
• I just started using.... - Sunshine, Mon Jun 6 20:07:11 2005
• Other Cage Liners...More - Sarge2004, Mon Jun 6 23:03:20 2005
• THANK YOU !!!!! n/p - bcijoe, Wed Jun 8 10:57:26 2005
• RE: larger cage=substrate issue - wreckwriter, Wed Jun 15 09:01:19 2005