Is Aspen Substrate Safe for Ingesting??
I recently migrated my snakes to a rack system....YAY! I am using aspen substrate and when I fed my snakes I noticed a little bit of bedding on the mouth of one of my snakes. This sparked a question. Is it safe for Ball Pythons to ingest aspen substrate in tiny amounts?
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Klagid
I recently migrated my snakes to a rack system....YAY! I am using aspen substrate and when I fed my snakes I noticed a little bit of bedding on the mouth of one of my snakes. This sparked a question. Is it safe for Ball Pythons to ingest aspen substrate in tiny amounts?
To a certain extent. Aslong as its not mouth fulls its fine. You more so have to worry about the long "tooth"pick pieces getting there jaws stuck open i find vs them eating a bit that got stuck to rat. When i feed FT for the picky ones who are shy i swat away the substrate and place it on plastic for them.
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They digest fur, bones, teeth so a little substrate is no big deal.
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My girl usually eats in a separate tub but when she doesn't take in tub I feed in her cage. I have picked aspen out of her mouth a time or two, and stressed about it. After talking with my breeder and others on this forum, I no longer stress about this. They've convinced me that small amounts is not going to harm her. I know feeding in a seperate tub is not necessary but it works well for us 95% of the time and when it doesn't, she doesn't hesitate eating in her cage.
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Tbrown806
My girl usually eats in a separate tub but when she doesn't take in tub I feed in her cage. I have picked aspen out of her mouth a time or two, and stressed about it. After talking with my breeder and others on this forum, I no longer stress about this. They've convinced me that small amounts is not going to harm her. I know feeding in a seperate tub is not necessary but it works well for us 95% of the time and when it doesn't, she doesn't hesitate eating in her cage.
Same here, usually feed outside the tank in a plastic tub too. Just last night my son's normal had himself all hidden in ambush mode in his cool side hide so instead of digging him out and upsetting him I just dangled a small mouse in from of the hides opening and he struck hard!
