If I had Skips experience and years of successfully doing so then sure why not..After all regardless of the paint job its still a ball python. Would I ever use pine, probably not simply because I'd have to know that I know that I know that my supplier is drying the stuff really well.. Hell I've gotten pine for rats that smells like smoke and has huge burned chunks in it..
I'm not comfortable with it..that's me,, I've heard Bailey talk about things he does that make my butt hole pucker..that's him he's comfortable doing it and has great success doing it..
I'm just not confident enough with my local product to try it..