LOL...been using pine for 30 years....
works for me...for everything....

always here:
chinese hamsters
Peromyscus leucopus
mice
rats
african soft furred

used for pygmy mice, russians, roborovski's, guinea pigs, chinchillas, ferrets, rabits, snakes, hedgehogs...

and I know people that used pine for snakes....$15,000 snakes....and he been around for 40 years...

so yes...PINE is fine....

...and yes...there are different types of pine...and I have used them all......

(*I have been known to throw a handful of cedar into each tank once in awhile for smell and all...once in a great while actually, but have done it..)....

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........JY