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Hi i am currently trying out some hemp bedding for one of my kings and just wanted to know what you guys think of it like are there any problems with it and is it safe to feed on?
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Cheesemonkey

The only problems I have ever found with it is I would sometimes find them in the corner smoking some of it!!!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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HaHa nice man so other than that nothing to worry about then? no impaction if swallowed?
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Cheesemonkey

Well, to be quite honest, I have never used it, but I couldn't resist the joke there..LOL!

I wouldn't see it being any worse than other types of wood substrate, as long as any swollowing of it was very minimum.

Do you have any pics of the stuff?

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Yup here you go.

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Cheesemonkey

I've been using/experimenting with it in a few tubs/cages and it seems to clump nice for feces removal. Slight odor in less ventilated enclosures and it mildews when wet like any other wood sustrate but removal seems like basic maintenance to my way of looking at it like feces removal. Always looking to do the best for my animals like others here.

Off topic, But saw this guy on side of Sky Line drive at Shenandoah national park in Virginia a few days ago. Wished I could have pushed him off the road before he was hit.

helped this guy to side he was pointed. He was just sitting in the middle waiting..........

Gosh Bob, that's too bad the Timber there didn't get as lucky as the turtle did. But at least the turtle did well with your assistance.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Yeah, After you've raised up snakes from hatchlings to adults I think we kind of take it more seriously because we see how long this animal lived to get this large and have an appreciation for all the things it probably went through just to make it this far just to get trashed in a split second. Bummer.

Yeah, Bob,....that is exactly how I see those things too!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Wow!,..that looks pretty similar to alot of aspen bedding, and I have never had a problem with aspen in all the years of using it.

I would think that would be just as good all thing being equal.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

That guy looks like Johnny Vegas from the UK TV show Ideal! That is something he would do! LMAO!!!!

For irritable snakes that hemp bedding might calm them right down!

"For irritable snakes that hemp bedding might calm them right down"

Yeah, or at the very least make them forget they are in captivity!..LOL!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

...it's for my snakes to sleep on...
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
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that pic is priceless....lmao

...are you saying that "A snake ON the grass is a Good thing?"
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"...are you saying that "A snake ON the grass is a Good thing?"

HAHAAAA!!,...good one Mike!, I guess I was!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

That hemp bedding is expensive, I might try growing my own. Anybody got any seeds?

"That hemp bedding is expensive, I might try growing my own"

C'mon guy's!!, I was only growing it for SNAKE SUBSTRATE for chrissakes!!!

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Doug you always find the best pictures man! That's hilarious!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
J Sierra

LOL!!,...I was crackin'up makin' the post too!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

It's great for troublesome feeders.

The only issue I would worry about is the oils and if they are strong like cedar and bad for the snake.

I can tell ya, he's gonna be H U N G R Y....
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

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>>I can tell ya, he's gonna be H U N G R Y....
>>:Mark
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>>Surrender Dorothy!
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>>crimsonking.piczo.com/

LOL, YOU GUYS ARE KILLING ME,LOL
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Some minced "puree" pinkie also added to the brownie mix would send the little snake into slumber-land!..

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

i dunno, I'd be careful exposing reptiles to hemp! It certainly has a profound effect upon amphibians!

HAHAHAAH!!!......that was good!!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Mark you get my vote for best response. BTW the little kings look great!
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in the way it performs. The notable difference is it weighs less by volume than even aspen. Snakes did fine on it. I would use it more but the stores here do not stock it often.
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Mark