Has anyone ever had this problem before with aspen bedding?? I fed my BPs last night and today I checked on them. They are all on Aspen bedding. My male Fire's mouth was all :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:-eyed. When I looked closely, he opened his mouth a bit and I could see a big aspen chip in his mouth. I had a hard time, but held his head, opened his mouth with my tweezers and managed to dislodge it. It was all slimy (I'm guessing from sitting in his mouth) and had just the faintest tinge of blood on it. I'll keep an eye on his mouth... but has anyone every had this problem before with Aspen bedding? I'm seriously considering throwing the whole huge block away and changing to paper towels.

Also, while feeding last night, our KillerBee blew the guts out of his rat (I had to heat it twice, unfortunately) and as he was eating it, all of the intestines oozed out and literally got COVERED in aspen bedding. When he got to the end of the rat, and the big clump of Aspen bedding, it kind of freaked him out and he started thrashing. I had to hurry and grab a pair of scissors, grab the guts with the tweezers and snip them off as quickly as I could without scaring him, cutting him, or yanking on the rat while he swerved and bobbed. I was so afraid he would swallow that whole clump of aspen chips.

Am I the only one who has experienced things like this?