Picked up some red aspen

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Originally Posted by granitestate

The bag states that the aspen is in fact colored naturally.
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And Calci sand says its Digestable :rolleyes: There are ZERO regulations on what they can and cant put on the bag. They could make rusty nails a product and say its 100% safe :colbert:

Around here I stay away from Flukers, ive seen to many people buy their substrates and get some free mites added in.

They also had a contests a long time ago and gave away free reptiles. Free VERY sick reptiles that mostly died shortly after the new owners got them.

sorry for the rant :cool:

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

pictures??????????

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Hear ya go sorry no picks of the bag cant find my camera charger these pics are from a few weeks ago.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...fk/pics051.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...fk/pics050.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...fk/pics049.jpg

looks cool, but definitely not natural.

by the looks of it i wouldnt bother its a bit to bright for me and doesnt look natural compaired to the normal stuff

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

looks cool, but definitely not natural.

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Any additional information you could provide as to this products 'real' ingredients would be appreciated

http://www.petsmart.com/product/zoom...ductId=3945029

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Originally Posted by granitestate

Any additional information you could provide as to this products 'real' ingredients would be appreciated

http://www.petsmart.com/product/zoom...ductId=3945029

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I suppose that depends on your definition of "natural".

Neon red aspen is not found in nature.. Last I checked.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

I suppose that depends on your definition of "natural".

Neon red aspen is not found in nature.. Last I checked.

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Right, I am just saying the stuff they use to color the aspen is all natural. I thought you were implying that this item is manufactured to be similar to aspen, but is made of man made products.

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Originally Posted by granitestate

Right, I am just saying the stuff they use to color the aspen is all natural. I thought you were implying that this item is manufactured to be similar to aspen, but is made of man made products.

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No I was just pointing out that it is really not "natural". The dyes might be natural but really, how natural is fluorescent red wood dye?

Natural does not mean 'safe'.

Some of the most toxic poisons and venom are "natural". Cedar is natural, and is toxic. Same with arsenic.

Some red dyes are still toxic despite being naturally occurring.