Bedding question (about Premium Pak)

[Rakshasi]

I was wondering, does anyone know what kind of wood shavings Premium Pak (out of California, i believe) is?

I seen a huge white bag of it at the feed store, yet it just states that it is "premium wood shavings." The person working there that day had no clue what kind it was, just that they use it for their small rodents.

During fall and winter, I always give my snakes aspen shavings to warm up in. Yes, they have other heat sources, too, so they definitely are not freezing, but they really like curling up under their substrate during winter. Especially my corn snake. During summer, they don't seem to like going in their bedding much at all, so I just use newspaper.

I was thinking of buying the big bag of Premium Pak, since it would last me quite awhile and I could store it in the freezer so nothing gets into it. But, I can't find any information on it!! I don't want to harm my snakes in any way. The person at the store let me sniff it, and it doesn't even really have any smell at all. I got to touch it, and it felt almost like light shreds of paper, but of course it looks like wood shavings. It felt really comfortable. I just don't know if it's safe, so I told them I'd have to pass until I found out what type of wood it was.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[frankykeno]

I think this is right website for the company that makes Premium Pak. Check it out, they have full descriptions of each product they produce.

http://www.longbeachshavings.com/products.html

[Rakshasi]

You know, I do remember seeing that "LBS" logo on the front of the bag! I just didn't remember to add that in my post, because when I seen it, I was totally stumped as to what it meant. They don't have much information on their bags, themselves. But, thank you so much for the link.

Edit: Oh, JoAnna...what are your thoughts on it? It was the big white/green bag I seen, which states it has pine shavings in it. You've always been helpful, so I'm curious to know what you think. Thanks.

[frankykeno]

No problem, Raven, me and Google are glad to be of help.

[Rakshasi]

Whoops, I was slow with my edit on my other response. Not sure if you seen it, so here I am again, lol. Sorry to be such a pain!

But, what do you think of it? It was the one with pine in it. The big white/green bag that's 8 c. feet. I'm so inexperienced when it comes to bedding. I've always limited myself to just aspen. I don't know what I'm doing outside of that, unfortunately.

[frankykeno]

If it's pine or a pine blend, I'd avoid it for the snakes. A really good quality pine with no dust is okay for rodents if they are well ventilated but for snakes...I'd pass on pine products.

I know someone in the forum was mentioning they found a great deal on aspen at a feed/tack/farm supply type store. It was being marketed for horse bedding but was a lovely pure aspen bedding. Sorry I can't remember at the moment which thread or who that member was unfortunately.