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Pine
I just got Pine shavings for my rats can I use it for my snakes also? I know cedder is'nt good
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Ah so it wasn't aspen? I wouldnt use pine for snakes.
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Nope only small bags of aspan I'm almost 100% sure Ed uses Pine for snakes
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No Ed uses aspen for his snakes and pine for his rats..LOL
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Pine is fine as long as it isn't super fresh, so fresh that it's still sappy.
Also, keep it out of the water bowl. Turpines will be released by fresh pine if it gets soaked and these are bad for snakes.
Other than that, I've only been using it for few decades without problems.
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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
No Ed uses aspen for his snakes and pine for his rats..LOL
I knew it was somthing like that:rolleyes::8::rofl:
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Originally Posted by wilomn
Pine is fine as long as it isn't super fresh, so fresh that it's still sappy.
Also, keep it out of the water bowl. Turpines will be released by fresh pine if it gets soaked and these are bad for snakes.
Other than that, I've only been using it for few decades without problems.
I'll use pine then :D thanks!
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Originally Posted by wilomn
Also, keep it out of the water bowl. Turpines will be released by fresh pine if it gets soaked and these are bad for snakes.
Wouldn't it be in risk of getting soaked frequently? Snakes tip their water bowls over. Snakes climb into their water bowls and slosh water everywhere. Snakes drag themselves over the bowls and drop shavings into the water, as well as sloshing it out of the bowl. Snakes pee and soak their bedding on a regular basis.
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I dont know. I dont see why it would hurt them its not like cedder.
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Originally Posted by Hotshot
I dont know. I dont see why it would hurt them its not like cedder.
Not trying to throw sand but is it wroth the risk. If so and people are willing to try it and don't have any problems :rockon: but as for me I wont risk it.
just my two cents
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Originally Posted by Hotshot
I dont know. I dont see why it would hurt them its not like cedder.
Actually cedar and pine do have a lot in common. The most common being phenols, that sweet aromatic scent. They are caustic, poisonous, acidic compounds that are very commonly used in cleaning products. Pinesol and Lysol are a few of the brands that use these phenols.
They have been shown to increase liver enzymes and cause liver and kidney disease in small animals.
Phenols are present in all softwoods, so sticking to hardwoods is recommended.
http://www.afrma.org/rminfo2a.htm
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Originally Posted by JLC
Wouldn't it be in risk of getting soaked frequently? Snakes tip their water bowls over. Snakes climb into their water bowls and slosh water everywhere. Snakes drag themselves over the bowls and drop shavings into the water, as well as sloshing it out of the bowl. Snakes pee and soak their bedding on a regular basis.
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I meant if it was fresh and smelling of pine. If its well dried I've never had a problem. In fact, I have never had a problem with adult snakes at all, just a few babies back in the long ago.
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I can just use it for my rats I can use newspaper for snakes :)
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Originally Posted by Hotshot
I can just use it for my rats I can use newspaper for snakes :)
:gj: best bet
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personally i wouldnt risk using pine for any of my animals, pine is toxic to small animals so i wouldnt take a chance. You can get the huge bags of aspen for like 12 bucks at petco/petsmart in the rodent section anyway.
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I think the will be fine :) Thanks everyone!
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Originally Posted by Hotshot
I can just use it for my rats I can use newspaper for snakes :)
:gj::gj:Yes I recently switched to paper. I bought fat rolls of unprinted news paper and that stuff is great and amazingly cheap compared to any kind of wood bedding. Easy to clean the cages and It also lacks the possible problems of using the wrong kind of wood shavings.:gj::gj:
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