So i just switched some of my collection to aspen again do to ease of cleaning however tonight when i was feeing i coldnt help but notice small pieces of aspen getting stuck to the rats. how bad is this for the snakes?
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Dave
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Aspen beeding and feeding
dnreptiles
Aug 28, 2006 08:10 PM
Replies (3)
Herpout
Aug 28, 2006 08:28 PM
I've had small king snakes die from swallowing some aspen. Josh of J & K Reptiles had a small ball get a piece stuck in the roof of its mouth. This led to a bad oral infection with weeks of abts and poor weight gain for months. Wouldn't recomend it for small snakes.
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Jesse Jeffcoat
Gopher Hill Herps
dnreptiles
Aug 28, 2006 08:39 PM
thanks for the info.
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Dave
ballfreak
Sep 28, 2006 06:28 PM
i just read about aspen bedding in the barkers new book and they use it for all there snakes and never had a issue. in fact they even seen some snakes eat a small amount of it with there food and never any issuies. i also use it and highly reccomed it.
