Swallowing some aspen is not going to kill them. In fact my snakes get some on their rats in the enclosure. Security is what gets most snakes to eat, and that security of the known environment in the cage is the best thing for them.
If you're worried about substrate, swap over with paper towels. It is highly unlikely that they'd get a paper towel down before you could do something about it.
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