ok i have read that you can't use cedar due to toxicity. My question is can pine be used as a substrate or should i stay with news paper and aspen?
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substrate ?
hmj75
Dec 28, 2007 08:15 AM
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Dave763
Dec 28, 2007 09:28 AM
no pine. stay with aspen or newspaper
morphmagician
Dec 28, 2007 11:04 AM
I use cypress. You can buy it at Home Depot for $2.00 a 40lb. bag. I just hate using plain paper. May be more effecient but not near as nice for my snakes IMO.
Dave763
Dec 28, 2007 02:31 PM
Cypress is good. Holds humidity up when it's misted. Or you can try cellsorb. I saw it in Daytona. Petsmart has it.I have not tried it,I'm using aspen.
Dave
hmj75
Dec 28, 2007 02:36 PM
Going to give the cypress a try.
ChrisGilbert
Dec 28, 2007 05:53 PM
Watch that the Cypress is 100% Cypress.
Depending where you are in the country your Home Depot version is likely a Blend. Not all the things that go in blends are the safest.
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hmj75
Dec 29, 2007 10:26 AM
Actually i went to Home Depot yesteday and they had small 2.2 cc bags and they looked liek they had weed control stuff on it....Going to stay with the aspen and keep some on newspaper..
FatBoyBallPython
Dec 29, 2007 10:02 PM
I also use newspaper. My one experience with cypres was bugs. It may have been just a bad bag but had a lot of little bugs in it.
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