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    Ive used both aspen and newspaper. I definitely prefer newspaper becouse its cheaper and much like Salamander i got mites once from pet co aspen. To each his own tho it all depends on the person. I would also stay away from repti-bark if u feed in the cage. I had a female bp choke on wood chips and i had to pull it from her throat. So best of luck.

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    I was using aspen shavings until my snake started to ingest it when it was eating. I switched over to paper towels and I wont go back. Paper towels is the way to go. 1) its absorbent 2) it doesnt have ink in it to dye your snake if it gets wet then sits on the paper 3) its still cheap and lasts a while. 4) super easy to clean

    Paper towels for my snakes hands down.
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    Re: Aspen bedding or newspaper.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill T View Post
    Ive used both aspen and newspaper. I definitely prefer newspaper becouse its cheaper and much like Salamander i got mites once from pet co aspen. To each his own tho it all depends on the person. I would also stay away from repti-bark if u feed in the cage. I had a female bp choke on wood chips and i had to pull it from her throat. So best of luck.
    OMG....poor girl!

    My het Clown male Mosby got a piece stuck of aspen on the roof of his mouth 3 weeks ago that I thought sure was gonna strangle him.

    He was thrashing about wildly, trying to dislodge it [why can't snakes spit?!?] and I had to calm him down enough to reach in and carefully tease it out.

    He hadn't eaten since then until last night.

    I don't know if his off-feed was from pain or fear because the shaving was stuck to the rat's head and I think he may have associated his terror with eating.

    Even when he did eat last night, he didn't do his usual Killer Cobra imitation.
    He stayed away from it until I laid it on top of his hide and then ate it about a half hour later.

    That is not his normal, 'savage attack' behavior.

    Mosby was the final straw for me.

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    Re: Aspen bedding or newspaper.

    Quote Originally Posted by reptiliachnids View Post
    I was using aspen shavings until my snake started to ingest it when it was eating. I switched over to paper towels and I wont go back. Paper towels is the way to go. 1) its absorbent 2) it doesnt have ink in it to dye your snake if it gets wet then sits on the paper 3) its still cheap and lasts a while. 4) super easy to clean

    Paper towels for my snakes hands down.
    Has anybody ever tried something like these?

    http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/pr...navAction=push

    Lots of them, a nice size and they're washable/reusable.

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    Thanks so much everyone I love newspaper and I'm sticking with it now non-printed news paper would be awesome ! But it's more of a luxury that I can't really afford right now. Thanks again everyone!! This app and all of you are life savers!!!

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