Picked up some red aspen

Earlier I went into Petsmart to pick up some bedding for Jacoby my corn. I took a look at their reptiles as they had a normal corn labeled "Normal Corn Snake" and another corn that had a white and grey pattern. I am not sure of which type it was as I am no expert only owning one corn, but I did find humor in the price tag reading "Fancy Corn Snake". It reminded me of how they sell hamsters and other fury critters.

Anyway, I picked up some Fluker's brand red aspen and though I was skeptical it looks so awesome against Jacoby's colors ( Jacoby's a snow ). I've never seen this on the market before and just think it's worth checking out. They also had black. I like the colors because regular colored aspen doesn't look at natural to me, though it's wood colored. Kind of hard to explain, I hope you know what I mean.

When I get ahead I may switch the balls to black aspen. Right now they are on newspaper, but think they there colors would look more vibrant on black.

Beat you to it man been using it for 3 weeks now and i like it it holds humity real good. Did you happen to see the black aspen it looks pretty nice to but its diffrent u kno i use it for my display tanks as well as 1 of my plastic tube for my baby ball but enjoy it man i do lol.

I didnt even know they had colored aspen, I know they have that sand stuff that people say not to use for beardies but it's cool that they also have colored aspen, I wonder if you can get crazy ones like blue and green

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Originally Posted by twan

Beat you to it man been using it for 3 weeks now and i like it it holds humity real good. Did you happen to see the black aspen it looks pretty nice to but its diffrent u kno i use it for my display tanks as well as 1 of my plastic tube for my baby ball but enjoy it man i do lol.

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The black aspen looks a bit shiny and reminds me of broken plastic. I like the way it looks so much, regular aspen is so boring

Yay! Red aspen? I just picked up a bag of black, but I won't get to use it for a while! I'm very excited :D

I would totally mix the two colours if I found the red, ha!

I have never heard of this!! Just make sure you are reading the label and there is nothing else mixed in. :rolleyes: sorry just had to make sure....I know you all probably did it already did.

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Originally Posted by BPelizabeth

I have never heard of this!! Just make sure you are reading the label and there is nothing else mixed in. :rolleyes: sorry just had to make sure....I know you all probably did it already did.

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Yes its safe thats the first thing i drilled the petsmart employee on. I told him if someting happen to babies i kno where he works lol but so far so good with me and i mix it on my hot side i got red aspen on my cool side i got plain aspen its a nice change for me because it brings a lil more life to your enclosure.:D

Does it have red dye in it? I remember reading somewhere not to even feed mice food with red dyes because its harmful to the snake.

I'll go ahead and put out there I do not like fluker products from bad experiances with other products.

The bag states that the aspen is in fact colored naturally.

And I think mixing would be an awesome idea. If only I wasn't a broke azz sexual chocolate!

pictures??????????

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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.