I guess I've been very lucky.
I've never had a loss to aspen...
(I guess I need to play the lottery!!)
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There's nothing wrong with cautiously trying alternatives to best suite your needs, preferences, and setup genres.
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Some cage decor, made from products and materials that wouldn't normally be exposed to animals or people, can pick up "hitch-hiking" critters and, worse, chemicals.
These can be applied even in a factory warehouse or shipping dock.

An example was some industrial gravel that a friend used in the early '70s. It wiped out a tank of frogs, even after going through the normal introduction washing.
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Turns out that the building supply warehouse regularly sprayed insecticides on outdoor materials.
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Regards, Bill McGighan

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