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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

@ spellbound- You might know something that I don't. That's why I was asking :). I've read and heard to never use pine shavings because the oil in it could be harmful to snakes but I hadn't heard about any ill effects of aspen. I do agree that it's kinda dusty though. I usually spray my bedding with water when I clean cages to keep that dust down a bit. Aspen sanichips is less dusty but the snakes spill it all over the place. I've been thinking about trying coco husk/eco earth too. I really like the looks of it.

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I'm still learning so I dont have a ton of personal experience that's just what I've heard. I actually have a bag if aspen that came with my tank and never used bc of what I heard about it, so maybe I'll give It chance. I like Eco earth but it can be a pretty big pain because its essentially just soil 😅 so it might not be best if you have a large amount of snakes. But it definitely gives the tank a really cool, tropical look if you're willing to keep up with the maintence (its a also good if you have a hard time with keeping high humidity like I do because its kind of moist)

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I think you may be confusing aspen for pine and/or cedar.

I don't use aspen, but have and the past and no many people who have for years with no complications.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

I think you may be confusing aspen for pine and/or cedar.

I don't use aspen, but have and the past and no many people who have for years with no complications.

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That's possible. Sorry if I caused confusion! 😶😶😶

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Originally Posted by neonspeed

Yeah aspen is what the tank came with might switch when I clean his tank but seems to be doing good with it so far


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I hate Aspen as it looks so fake ( like sawdust ) and gets all over the house and carpets ... It also drains colour ( not literally ) out of light coloured or albino snakes .

If you want a pale substrate which is so much better to look at and doesn't get everywhere try Beech Chips .


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I use Herptopia. Holds the humidity better than Ecoearth in my opinion. And since Boople likes to burrow it is not as wet either as the eco earth.

Added some new stuff to the tank, he loves it!

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Added some new stuff to the tank, he loves it!

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Looks awesome man!! A cool snake for a cool noodle 😉😂😊

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