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What do you guys think about the douglas fur shavings with eucalyptus?

>>What do you guys think about the douglas fur shavings with eucalyptus?

no..
If i'm not mistaken, eucalyptus can be toxic to most reptiles.
I will look this up but it seems I read that somewhere.
not to mention pines, furs, cedars and other evergreens can be bad as well.
I would stay away from it
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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the zilla package says it's prefered for snakes and that it contains no oils or resins Douglas Fir Shavings with Eucalyptus
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• Ultra-absorbent bedding
• Contains no toxic resins or oils
• 100% natural—environmentally friendly

Ultra absorbent with natural freshness
Successful hobbyists and breeders have long recommended Douglas Fir bedding for its superior ability to absorb the moisture that naturally occurs in reptile environments. Eucalyptus adds a bonus: a fresh scent that’s 100% natural and completely non toxic to your pet. No noxious resins or oils are added...just pure, biodegradable fir and eucalyptus chips. Try it instead of your old litter...you’ll notice a refreshing change!

i was wrong i was reading the wrong package

i don't care what the package states... i would not use that product with my animals...

~ Mike

what do you guys recommened i usually use aspen but the male i have sneezes all the time when on anything but papertowel

Ok.. if you are saying that the snake sneezes on anything but paper towels...i guess i would say that you should go with... Paper towels.. or newspaper if that works.

~ Mike Russo

>>what do you guys recommened i usually use aspen but the male i have sneezes all the time when on anything but papertowel

I'm with Mike on this one...If it sneezes on anything other then paper towels then paper towels would be your best bet.
It's kind of odd that it would have trouble with aspen shavings.
I have had no problems with any of my snakes on aspen.

By the way...packaging for repti sand says it is safe for snakes as well....I wouldn't use that for any of my snakes or even my bearded dragons.
They print that on their product to sell it. You don't think they would label it with the truth (this stuff could cause respiritory and other problems in reptiles) do you?
be safe don't use it.

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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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I use a T-Rex product called Desert Snow. Its basically Carefresh, which is cheaper anyway. I never liked the aspen, or paper towels because my corn likes to burrow. Its really just paper anyway. However it probably still has dust in it which I'm guessing is what makes your corn sneeze? (I didn't even know they could sneeze). Just a suggestion.
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0.1 ball python (Kilimanjaro)
1.0 amel corn snake (Houdini)
0.0.1 leopard gecko (Charlie)
1.1 cats (Kitty & Milo)
0.1 mouse (Creepers)

Personally, I go with experience over package labels. I've been reading these forums for years and it's always been the same trustworthy substrates here. The best I've ever used is paper towels. The news print would discolor my corns skin, so I stopped using it, because he aways looked like he'd been playing in the mud and didn't get a proper bath. When he was on just aspen, he'd burrow in it and turn everything in his tank upside down just because he could. Now he's on half paper towels and half aspen. He sleeps in his hide on the aspen most of the day and at night he curls up on the paper towels. when he's sheddng he's always on the paper towels but he also spills some of his water onto the towels when he's shedding. Not sure if he does that on purpose or not, but he does it faithfully every single time he sheds.

If I were you, I would stick to the paper towels as your snake prefers those and has trained you to know what his preferences are.

Good luck, Izora