My little guy had a poo-ey vent about two weeks ago and he hadn't gone in about 3 weeks. He had a humungo bulge in that area for about 2 days so finally I gave in a gave him a 10 minutes bath. He had the worlds biggest poo!! lol. But he also had a very large urate (much thicker than the poo and very hard) so I was a little concerned. I don't know if it was actually stuck or hurting him:(
GTKeeper, If you are worried about that ever happening again, you can switch to newspaper (printed or unprinted) or even what I have, Scott Shop Towels (100% non-toxic recycled cardboard) If you like the look of the aspen, then theres not much you can do, he should be fine either way!:)