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I am done with letting snakes breed on aspen. Last year I had my male het White Wall Speck get a nice splinter and tonight I find a huge piece of aspen lodged in my het PB male. I know most of the time this does not happen, but twice in the same decade is enough for me....bring on the newspaper. Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

Just another issue to add to my list of why I always have and will continue to use newspaper...

Hope the snake is ok..

~ Mike

He was not acting like a snake in pain....and he is a big boy. I actually have a back up male het PB and that is a relief. Many people hate the idea of having extra males as if it is a waste of space or something. I have found myself grateful for having extras around a few times now... you just never know what may happen. Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

Tom,

As you are aware I use pine shavings. But during breeding season I go out of my way to get pine from a source that has very large chips to avoid this very problem.

After hearing that this has happened to you twice, i will probably use newspaper just to be safe. I have a couple males in particualr that are very important to me breeding plans this year as they are set up with 5 or six females,,AND NO BACKUP MALE. You ca bet I will only put them on newspaper to breed. To important not to have problems with them.

I always use newspaper. It is cheap and easy to clean. I've never had a problem using newspaper. Buddy.

Thanks for the heads up on that problem Tom. I dont have much that breeds on aspen shavings as most of mine are on newspaper but hearing that will give me some good first hand info to consider. Randy W.